Cyber
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Congress
House Panel Authorizes $1.1 Billion For DHS S&T; Would Boost Cyber
By Calvin Biesecker A House panel on Tuesday approved an authorization bill for the Science and Technology (S&T) branch of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that would boost the […]
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Business/Financial
Nation Needs To Get Down To Business In Defending Cyber Space, Official Says
By Geoff Fein The nation needs a new cyber security strategy with a clear statement on the use of key elements of governmental authority, according to a Microsoft [MSFT] official. […]
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Business/Financial
Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman Win Navy’s CANES Award
By Geoff Fein The Navy yesterday awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] $14.9 million and Northrop Grumman [NOC] $17.4 million contracts for the Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services (CANES) system, a […]
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Business/Financial
Lockheed Martin Introduces Platform For Smart Grid Assets
By Calvin Biesecker Lockheed Martin [LMT] yesterday introduced a new suite of software management tools it is offering to utilities, system operators and defense customers to give them more insight […]
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Business/Financial
Five Companies Receive SPAWAR C2 IDIQ Award
CACI [CACI], Computer Sciences Corp. [CSC], G2 Software Systems Inc., Northrop Grumman [NOC] and Science Applications International Corp. [SAI] were each awarded an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (ID/IQ) award from the Navy to […]
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Congress
Napolitano: Cuts To Cyber Security Budget Reflect Completed Efforts
By Calvin Biesecker A $19 million planned reduction in FY ’11 for cyber security spending stems from new organizational efficiencies on managing cyber within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) […]
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Cyber
Unisys Wins $32 Million Award For Mexico Biometric Database
Unisys [UIS] said it has received a $32 million, contract from Mexico’s Mnistry of Internal Affairs to create and manage a citizen identification database based on fingerprint, iris and facial […]
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Cyber
IARPA Issues RFI For Novel Biometric Signatures
The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Agency (IARPA) has issued a Request for Information (RFI) for novel biometric signatures that can be captured by non-contact methods. Specific signatures that currently require […]
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Cyber
DHS Can Do More To Protect Against Fraudulent e-Passport Use, GAO Says
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has been slow to deploy devices at ports of entry that can read digital information stored in electronic-Passports that would help a Customs official […]
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Cyber
Most Enterprises Face Cyber Attacks, Symantec Survey Finds
By Calvin Biesecker About 75 percent of enterprises have experienced some sort of cyber attack in the past year and most are reporting "somewhat to extremely fast growth" in the […]