Is Cybersecurity for the Nation's Critical Infrastructure Rooted In the Past?
Efforts to increasingly digitize networks that run the nation’s critical infrastructure enterprises also are boosting attack surfaces and vulnerabilities in an enduring cybersecurity contest in which hackers target those weaknesses with an elevated furor, experts admonished during a panel discussion on the issue. What can industry, government and academia contribute to shore up the weaknesses that could bring the United States to its knees?

IARPA Pursues Virtuous Computing
Cray Inc. Awarded Supercomputing Contract Modification
Cray Inc., Seattle, was awarded a $26,559,500 modification (P0017) to contract W912DY-13-G-0022 for Department of Defense high-performance computing moderni
Silicon Graphics Receives Two Supercomputing Task Orders
Silicon Graphics Federal LLC, Annapolis Junction, Maryland, was awarded a $17,646,418 modification (P0006) to contract W912DY-13-G-0025 for Department of Def
NCI to Provide Engineering and Integration Support
NCI Inc., Reston, Virginia., recently announced that it was awarded a task order under its TEIS III contract valued at $63 million by the U.S.
Sharing Their Invisible Tale
The story of the women who helped create the first large-scale computer to run at electronic speed often goes unnoticed and unappreciated. Women in AFCEA aims to change that.

Computer Users Offer a Word about Cybersecurity: Enough

PacketSled Inc. Hires Wilmot as Chief Technology Officer
PacketSled Inc., San Diego, hired Fred Wilmot as chief technology officer.
J.F. Lehman & Company Promotes Shor, Thomas and Hatcher
J.F. Lehman & Company, New York, promoted Glenn M. Shor to managing director; David F. Thomas to vice president and R.
MBDA Hires Gottschild as Managing Director
MBDA Deutschland GmbH, Schrobenhausen, Germany, hired Thomas Gottschild as managing director.