Cyber
-
CyberLockheed Martin Wins $347 Million Contract Supporting U.S. Defense Cyber Crime Center
The U.S. Defense Department awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] a $347 million contract to renew its support of the Defense Cyber Crime Center (DC3), the company said Thursday. The company will […]
-
Homeland SecurityBossert: DHS Will Be Cyber Managed Service For Government With Private Sector Help
An adviser to President Trump said Wednesday that the new administration will shift federal government cybersecurity into a Department of Homeland Security (DHS)-led managed service provider model and that the […]
-
CongressWarner Says Working On Legislation To Build Cyber Security Into Federal IoT Purchases
Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) on Wednesday said he is working on legislation aimed at requiring that cyber security be built into Internet-connected systems and technologies that the federal government purchases. […]
-
CyberBAE Wins $8.6 Million Contract For Technology To Restore Power To U.S. Power Grid After Cyber Attack
The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) awarded BAE Systems an $8.6 million contract to develop technology to quickly restore power to the U.S. electric grid after a cyber […]
-
Business/FinancialLockheed Martin Upgrades Airborne Intelligence Lab Testbed
Lockheed Martin [LMT] has upgraded its Airborne Multi-INT Lab (AML) manned airborne testbed to enhance its ability to deliver decision-quality intelligence, the company said Monday. The AML is a modified […]
-
InternationalUK-EU Cyber Defense Ties May Continue After Brexit
The United Kingdom will likely seek to continue its cyber defense cooperation with the European Union after it exits the EU, a British defense official said last week. “I would […]
-
InternationalThales And BT Sign New International Agreement To Offer Vormetric Transparent Encryption
Thales and BT [BT] made a new international agreement wherein BT will offer Thales’ Vormetric Transparent Encryption, a cyber defense tool, to its existing customers in 180 countries, France’s Thales said […]
-
Cyber
OMB’s FISMA Report Shows Agencies Moving Toward Cyber Security Goals
Federal agencies are making progress toward achieving cyber security goals in three priority areas although overall, agencies are still short of meeting targeted metrics, the White House Office of Management […]
-
CyberRAND Study Finds Zero-Day Software Vulnerabilities Have A Lifespan of Almost Seven Years
A newly released RAND Corp. study found that zero-day vulnerabilities have an average life expectancy (time between first private discovery and public disclosure) of 6.9 years, making it a reasonable […]
-
Cyber
Navy Awards Contracts For Cyberspace Research And Technology Integration
The U.S. Navy awarded four indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) cost-plus-fixed-fee contracts worth a combined almost $76 million to provide cyberspace science, research, engineering, and technology integration, the Defense Department said Wednesday. Contracted […]