Cyber
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CyberUnited Kingdom Plans New $57 Million Cyber Security Operations Center
The U.K. Ministry of Defence (MoD) plans to spend nearly $57 million on a new Cyber Security Operation Centre (CSOC) to strengthen the country’s cyber defense, the Defensce Secretary said […]
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CyberSummit Leaders Agree To Strengthen Cybersecurity Of Nuclear Facilities
Many participating countries of the 2016 Nuclear Security Summit, held in Washington, D.C. last week agreed to strengthen the cybersecurity practices of their respective nuclear facilities and work together to […]
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CongressRogers: CYBERCOM Would Become Faster If Elevated to Independent COCOM
U.S. Cyber Command is ready to become a fully independent combatant command, and gaining that status would allow it to more quickly respond to crises and strengthen its role in […]
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Business/FinancialDHS Releases RFP For Security Operations Center Cyber Support Services
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on April 1 issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) seeking support services for its Security Operations Center (SOC), thereby allowing the department to accomplish […]
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CyberFrench Defense Ministry Awards Thales Two Contracts To Upgrade Defense Ministry Data Networks
The French Ministry of Defense (MoD) awarded Thales two contracts as part of the DESCARTES program to upgrade ministry data and telecommunications infrastructure networks, the company said Wednesday. The two […]
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CyberWith New Automated Cyber Threat Sharing System, DHS Sees Opportunities To Get Ahead Of Adversaries
Development of advanced analytics that sort through Internet traffic looking for anomalies, even better reputation scoring of web links, and the potential for voluminous amounts of cyber threat data to […]
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CyberDefense Department Opens Up Registration Website For ‘Hack the Pentagon’ Effort
The Defense Department’s “Hack the Pentagon” pilot program has officially kicked off and is accepting applicants, the department said Thursday. Earlier this month, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter announced on a […]
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Cyber
Obama Extends Executive Order Allowing Sanctions On Foreign Hackers After Justice Department Indicts Iran Hackers
President Obama notified Congress and the Federal Register that he is renewing Executive Order 13694 for one year, which allows the U.S. government to impose sanctions on foreign entities that […]
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CyberNational Security Archives Launches New Cyber Site
The National Security Archive nonprofit investigative, research, and archive center for declassified U.S. documents based at the George Washington University’s Gelman Library has launched a new Cyber Vault project web […]
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Cyber
DoJ Reports Thousands Of Complaints Of Ransomware Totaling Millions Of Dollars Since 2005
Since 2005 the Department of Justice has received nearly 8,000 complaints of hijacked computer systems totaling more than $57 million in ransom and other related costs, the department said in […]