What you CAN'T see CAN hurt you. In this case, it's wireless intrusion by unauthorized devices. The U.S. Departments of Homeland Security and Defense are hot on the trail to ramp up detection and amp up protection.
A significant modernization effort underway across the national electric grid is seeking a balance between strong cybersecurity capabilities and affordable protections across the sector.
The Defense Information Systems Agency's Host-Based Security System is evolving to handle today's wide range and high number of cyberthreats as well as to accommodate the prevalence of emerging mobile platforms. With a new contract in place, the experts who employ the system to keep networks safe will train more often in realistic scenarios, preparing them for attacks that would disrupt operations.
U.S. officials attending a United Nations meeting this month will try to sway other nations to agree to a set of international norms of behavior in the cyber realm. The U.S. approach is at odds with that preferred by Chinese and Russian officials, who argue that new treaties or international codes are needed for cyber.
Quanterion Solutions Incorporated, Utica, New York, is being awarded a $26,978,011 cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide research and development and non-personal services to include information collection, processing management, analysis, dissemination, and other associated activities necessary in maintaining and operating the Cyber Security Information Analysis Center's scientific and technical information repository. The location of the performance is State University of New York Institute of Technology, Utica. Electronic Systems Group, Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, is the contracting activity.
Sandia National Laboratories is actively seeking partners to conduct research in the newly opened Cybersecurity Technologies Research Laboratory (CTRL). The CTRL offers the capability to run experiments and freely discuss a wide range of cyber research issues.
In the world of cybersecurity, the problem is not the threat to, but the vulnerability of, the Internet to breaches. The question is whether this reality can be conveyed successfully to the populace. What do you think is the key to solving these kinds information-age challenges?
EmeSec Incorporated, Reston, Virginia, recently announced that it has been awarded a $1.3 million follow-on contract with the U.S. Air Force Medical Services (AFMS) Office of the Chief Information Officer's Information Assurance Division. The company will focus on providing information assurance (IA) engineering services for a variety of systems and applications supporting 74 Air Force sites. Additionally, the company will deliver certification and accreditation service support. EmeSec will perform risk-management and information security controls evaluation and technical testing to bolster AFMS' security posture. Additionally, the company will manage an IA Engineering Lab as it ascertains real and potential vulnerabilities in procedures, design, operating systems, hardware and software that may expose AFMS to security breaches.
Although outside adversaries constantly attempt to gain access to U.S. Defense Department networks, cybersecurity leaders within the Marine Corps agree that internal user errors and attempts to skirt security measures pose the biggest threat.
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