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MetTel To Leverage Raytheon Cyber Capabilities Under New Partnership

By Matthew Beinart

Thursday, November 16th, 2017

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MetTel To Leverage Raytheon Cyber Capabilities Under New Partnership

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Telecommunications company MetTel has formed a partnership with Raytheon [RTN] to leverage its cyber security capabilities for commercial and government projects, including work on a $50 billion General Services Administration (GSA) contract. Under the alliance, announced Tuesday, MetTel will utilize Raytheon’s Automated Threat Intelligence Platform detection system and the company’s advanced managed security services for currently awarded network security contracts."As rogue governments, nation-states and independent cyber criminals increasingly focus their attacks on commercial industry targets, the need becomes apparent for…

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