Cyber
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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. […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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CyberOMB’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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Congress
Industry Officials Praise Cyber Information Sharing Efforts With DHS But Seek More Context
The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) role in creating processes for sharing cyber threat information between the federal government and industry, particularly through a year-old automated portal, has been valuable […]
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CyberDTRA RFI Seeks Input On IT Support Including Migration To The Cloud
The U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) issued a request for information (RFI) for industry input on strategies to implement a goal of evolving the agency information technology (IT) services […]