Cyber
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Business/FinancialCowen Report: Budget Flexibility, Sector Consolidation Improving Outlook For Defense IT Industry
Department of Defense information technology (IT) partners are poised for improved revenue pick-ups in FY ’18 and FY ’19 due to more flexible budgeting for cyber and cloud projects and […]
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CyberLawmakers Seek Input On Addressing Open-Source Software Vulnerabilities
House Energy and Commerce Committee leadership is seeking input from the head of the Linux foundation on how to better secure systems using open-source software (OSS) from known vulnerabilities. Rep. […]
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Business/FinancialGD Nabs Potential $629 Million Contract To Provide IT Support For DHS
General Dynamics [GD] won a potential six-year, $628.6 million task order from the General Services Administration (GSA) to provide information technology (IT) support related to the Department of Homeland Security’s […]
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Cyber
Symantec: Industry Facing New Ransomware, Supply Chain Software Attacks
Following another year of an upward trend in private sector cyber attacks, industry can expect to see rapidly changing ransomware variants and an emphasis from hackers on software-targeted supply chain […]
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Cyber
Chamber Of Commerce Issues Industry Cyber Attack Response Recommendations
Chamber of Commerce officials are asking companies to work with law enforcement agencies to develop cyber attack response plans and threat sharing partnerships to combat increasing numbers of ransomware and […]
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Homeland SecurityDHS’ Confidence In Northrop Grumman Proposal For Biometric System Higher Than Leidos, GAO Decision Shows
The Department of Homeland Security’s award to Northrop Grumman [NOC] last fall of a contract to develop a new biometric storage and matching system was based on having higher confidence […]
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CyberNew Cyber Command Strategy Emphasizes Offensive Operations
Cyber Command officials are calling their current reactive approach to cyber defense “unacceptable” and looking to move to an operational approach focused on thwarting attacks at their point of origin, […]
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CyberDHS Hires Former Election Assistance Official To Be New Cyber Adviser
The Department of Homeland Security has hired the former commissioner of the agency tasked with assisting states’ voting security efforts to be a new cyber security adviser, following pushback from […]
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Cyber
NSA Completes Full-Spectrum Cyber Operations Exercise With Military Academies
The National Security Agency (NSA) has completed its first ever cyber exercise testing military academy teams’ ability to defend against near full-spectrum cyber operations. NSA Cyber Exercise (NCX), which ran […]
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Congress
FY18 Spending Bill Funds Critical Infrastructure, Federal IT Cyber Security Projects
Facing increasing cyber threats aimed at exploiting known vulnerabilities, lawmakers secured funding in their new $1.3 trillion spending bill for programs needed to improve the cyber resiliency of critical infrastructure […]