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ISC West Conference 2013: Pan Kamal, AlertEnterprise

Pan Kamal, VP of Marketing for Alert Enterprise, a security software company headquartered in Fremont, CA, explains in his opening remarks that he is going to describe Alert Enterprise’s award-...

GSN 2012 Award Winners/Finalists/Sponsors: RedSeal Networks, Allan Thompson, Executive VP Global Sales and Business Development

RedSeal Networks is both a Sponsor of the 2012 Awards Program and recipient of a Winner’s trophy in the IT Security Category of “Best Continuous Monitoring Solution”. According to Allan Thompson,...

GSN 2012 Award Winners/Finalists/Sponsors: Steven Ringelberg, COO, Vanguard Integrity Professionals

Vanguard Security Professionals has been a multiple Winner and Finalist in previous GSN Awards Programs and was named Winner in the 2012 category of “Best Intrusion Detection/Prevention Solution” and...

GSN 2012 Award Winners/Finalists/Sponsors: Brivo, Inc, John Szczygiel, Executive VP Sales and Marketing

John Szczygiel describes Brivo, Winner of the 2012 Award for “Best Integrated System for HSPD-12/FIPS 201 Compliance” for the second year in a row, as a cloud company that provides hosted subscriber...

GSN 2012 Award Winners/Finalists/Sponsors: Jody Mack, Director Business Development, Vanguard Integrity Professionals

Jody Mack provides a thumbnail description of Vanguard Integrity Professionals, a Sponsor of the 2012 GSN Awards Program as well as a Winner in the 2012 IT security category of “Best Intrusion...

GSN 2012 Award Winners/Finalists/Sponsors: Ken Ammon, Chief Strategist, Xceedium Corporation

Xceedium Corporation garnered its second GSN awards trophy for the entry of its Xsuite solution in the “Best Privileged Access Management” category of the 2012 Awards Program. Ken Ammon, Chief...

ASIS 2012: John Bartolac, Manager Government Programs, Axis Communications

2012 ISC West Conference, Las Vegas, NV, Joe McDonald, Board of Directors Member, ASIS International

Joe McDonald states that ASIS International, which has deep roots in federal government and law enforcement, has had a banner year in which membership increased from 37,000 to 38,000, with...

GSN 2011 Awards Dinner Winners and Sponsors: Bill Conner, President and CEO, Entrust, Inc:

GSN 2011 Award Winners and Sponsor Interviews: Mike Potts, CEO, Lancope, Inc

Company CEO Mike Potts talked with GSN on November 14th shortly after Lancope, Inc was awarded the Winner’s Trophy for its StealthWatch product in the IT category of “Best Network Security/Enterprise...

ASIS 2011: Mark Desmarais, Clear View Systems Product Manager, Raytheon Corporation

Mark Desmarais discusses Raytheon’s new “Security and Transportation Systems” business, recently created in a restructuring instituted by Raytheon’s Network Centric Systems president, Dan Crowley....

ISC West 2011: Jasvir Gill, Founder/CEO, Alert Enterprise

Alert Enterprise is a security software company documenting all standards and providing insider threat management, prevention of suspicious activity and protection against acts of sabotage and...

RSA 2011: Patrick Bedwell, VP Product Development, Fortinet, Inc

Fortinet pioneered the concept of consolidating multiple security technologies in a single device, according to Patrick Bedwell. The simple firewall later evolved into a complex gateway incorporating...

RSA 2011: Derek Manky, Senior Security Strategist, Fortinet, Inc

As Senior Security Strategist, Derek Manky says his team’s job at Fortinet is to study the latest threats in cybersecurity. This entails finding threats, developing signatures, reverse engineering...

News

FBI sees cyber-attacks as threats to national security

Thu, 2013-05-16 04:07 PM

Even as traditional crime -- from mortgage originations to healthcare to child exploitation -- has migrated online, the range and scope of the FBI’s investigations into cyber-crimes has continued to...

Telecommunications advisory panel to confer in DC on May 22

Thu, 2013-05-16 11:35 AM

The President’s National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee will meet in both closed and open sessions in Washington, DC, on May 22 to discuss nation-state capabilities and strategic...

Dell carving out a new role for itself -- security solutions provider

Thu, 2013-05-16 09:42 AM

Scott Stevens

When Dell began nearly 30 years ago, it built its initial reputation as a lean-and-mean supplier of personal computers. Over the years, it expanded its portfolio to include desktops, laptops, servers...

Expanded availability of federal data could spur new entrepreneurial ventures

Fri, 2013-05-10 05:16 PM

Recognizing that the free availability of various chunks of federal government data can spur the development of new, job-producing entrepreneurial ventures -- just as the availability of government...

Internet Complaint Center warns of phishing attacks posing as telecom carriers

Wed, 2013-05-08 03:48 PM

The Internet Crime Complaint Center, a partnership between the FBI and the National White Collar Crime Center, announced on May 8 that it has received numerous reports of phishing attacks targeting...

Secret Service provides half-million dollar contract extension to IT firm in Northern Virginia

Mon, 2013-05-06 11:22 AM

The U.S. Secret Service wants to extend by two or three months a contract it currently has with EMW, Inc., of Herndon, VA, for the company to continue providing mainframe and helpdesk support...

Sen. Carper sends 9-page letter to appropriations honchos supporting higher DHS budget levels

Thu, 2013-05-02 02:51 PM

Sen. Tom Carper

The chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee has written a 9-page letter to the chairman and ranking member of the Senate Appropriations subcommittee on homeland...

Georgetown University taps Objectivity for Big Data research

Wed, 2013-05-01 07:03 PM

Sunnyvale, CA-based Objectivity, Inc., a provider of object and graph databases, has announced that Georgetown University has selected its technologies to power big data analytics for addressing...

TSA extends work on 44 existing task orders under its OASIS blanket purchase agreement

Wed, 2013-05-01 06:47 PM

As TSA makes the transition from its current OASIS blanket purchase agreement, for which the sole incumbent contractor is IBM Corp., to its new OASIS II blanket purchase agreement, on which IBM, BAE...

Obama administration and IT industry partners will help service members obtain IT credentials

Tue, 2013-04-30 11:56 AM

Michelle Obama

Speaking at the White House Forum on Military Credentialing and Licensing, First Lady Michelle Obama announced on April 29 the “IT Training and Certification Partnership,” a new public-private...

NIST panel to explore cyber-security issues in public meetings in DC on June 12-14

Tue, 2013-04-30 10:42 AM

Meeting space at
U.S. Access Board

NIST’s information security and privacy advisory board, which advises the secretary of commerce and NIST director about security and privacy issues related to federal computer systems, will hold a...

2013 Homeland Security Awards program opens for entries on May 1

Thu, 2013-04-25 04:59 PM

Following up on a record number of entries and a rousing awards dinner at the Washington, DC Convention Center in 2012, Government Security News has announced that its 2013 Homeland Security Awards...

Company News

Prolexic tracks more than 47 million DDoS attack bots worldwide

Prolexic, a provider of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) protection services, announced on May 7 that it tracks more than 47 million bots in its global IP reputational database.

PSA Security and Seneca partner to advance digital security

PSA Security Network announced on April 22 its new partnership with Seneca. For over 30 years Seneca has been a leading custom computer and appliance manufacturer providing optimized, certified and guaranteed solutions for the digital security and surveillance (DSS) market.

SAIC gets mission computer, info tech contract with Sandia

SAIC Corporation will provide was mission computing and information technology (IT) services, including Cyber security, in support of the Department of Energy (DoE) under a prime contract awarded by Sandia National Laboratories.

The single award, said SAIC on April 8, is an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract with a five-year base period of performance, one two-year option, and potentially worth approximately $228 million, if the option is exercised. Work will be performed primarily in Albuquerque, NM, and Livermore, CA, said SAIC.

QinetiQ North America names Gary Slack as president and C.O.O.

QinetiQ North America (QNA) announced on April 3 the appointment of Gary Slack as president and chief operating officer. Slack joined the company in August 2012 as executive vice president and chief financial officer, and will continue to serve as CFO on an interim basis.

Prior to joining QNA, Slack spent 13 years with BAE Systems, last serving as the president of the company's U.S. combat systems business where he directed operations involving more than 9,000 employees across 16 states.

LGS Innovations lands $1 million HHS firewall maintenance and support contract

LGS Innovations, an independent subsidiary of Alcatel-Lucent, announced on March 28 that

FS-ISAC to use Secunia IT security

The Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center (FS-ISAC) signed on with Denmark’s information security solutions provider Secunia for vulnerability intelligence services.

Exelis names Dr. Pamela Drew as president of its information systems business

Exelis Inc. has appointed Dr. Pamela Drew as president of its information systems business area, based in Herndon, VA. Drew replaces Mike Wilson, who is retiring from the company, effective March 31, 2013.

Behrman Capital acquires Cyber security provider Tresys Technology

Behrman Capital, a private equity investment firm on Jan. 9 acquired Tresys Technology, a provider of Cyber security products, services and solutions to government and commercial customers.

Financial terms of the transaction weren’t disclosed.

The Columbia, MD-based Tresys offers services and products that address computer network defense, focusing primarily on platform security, assured information sharing and security engineering.

Commentary and Opinions

End-user awareness is the missing link in cyber security

Nobody can argue that cyber security and data privacy have become hot topics this year. The buzz has been felt world-wide, as people strategize on both offensive and defensive aspects. When cyber security is mentioned, many reflexively jump to thoughts of firewalls, complex passwords and malware protection.

Cyber attacks: Why government agencies are potential targets

Many industry experts believe that the Advanced Persistent Threat (APT), any group or foreign government that persistently and effectively targets a specific victim, is the primary enemy of the U.S. Government when it comes to cyber attacks.

Thoughts on President Obama’s executive order on improving critical infrastructure cyber security

Over the past few years, the president of the United States has worked to remediate issues within the cyber infrastructure. The most recent executive order is yet another attempt to preempt potential disaster by mitigating underlying critical infrastructure issues.

DoD embraces innovation and increases efficiencies through Cloud technology

As the Department of Defense (DoD) continues to turn to the Cloud to improve computing efficiency, its adoption of innovative technologies is enabling DoD to secure high performance solutions while also reducing costs.

Three ways government security will change in 2013

Security is an ever-growing priority for government. Every CIO and CTO is concerned with protecting his or her agency’s data, as well as determining which technologies to prioritize in the New Year.

As the security landscape continues to evolve in 2013, agencies will change the way they react to and defend against cyber attacks, and government will attempt to reach a resolution for a national cyber defense posture.

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GSN 2012 Award Winners/Finalists/Sponsors: Jody Mack, Director Business Development, Vanguard Integrity Professionals

Jody Mack provides a thumbnail description of Vanguard Integrity Professionals, a Sponsor of the 2012 GSN Awards Program as well as a Winner in the 2012 IT security category of “Best Intrusion Detection/Prevention Solution” and 2012 Finalist in the categories of “Best ID Management Platform” and “Best Compliance/Vulnerability Assessment Solution”, not to mention a multiple Winner and Finalist in prior GSN Awards Programs.

GSN 2012 Award Winners/Finalists/Sponsors: Ken Ammon, Chief Strategist, Xceedium Corporation

Xceedium Corporation garnered its second GSN awards trophy for the entry of its Xsuite solution in the “Best Privileged Access Management” category of the 2012 Awards Program. Ken Ammon, Chief Strategist for the company, describes how privileged access management has become increasingly important as physical and logical access have merged, and the government, through HSPD-12, has required that the PIV smart card, historically used for physical access now must be used for logical access as well.

ASIS 2012: John Bartolac, Manager Government Programs, Axis Communications

John Bartolac relates that Axis invented the first IP Video camera in 1996 and is now the world’s largest provider of IP Video products, releasing about 30 products per year. In the government world, there is a higher threat level, requiring a very high frame rate with IP Video cameras, which led Axis to produce its Q 60 model that offers up to 1.5 kilometers of viewing.

2012 ISC West Conference, Las Vegas, NV, Joe McDonald, Board of Directors Member, ASIS International

Joe McDonald states that ASIS International, which has deep roots in federal government and law enforcement, has had a banner year in which membership increased from 37,000 to 38,000, with interesting new changes in membership demographics, accompanied by strong growth internationally. As a standards and training organization, ASIS has written and released a new organizational resilience standard and a code of conduct standard for provide security service providers, and is working on a new standard for the Department of Defense.

GSN 2011 Awards Dinner Winners and Sponsors: Bill Conner, President and CEO, Entrust, Inc:

Entrust, Inc is an identity-based security company that focuses on government and enterprises, according to Bill Conner. The company had a big night at GSN’s 2011 Awards Program, being named Winner in “Best Certificate Management Solution”, “Best Smart Card Solution” and “Best Integrated Systems for HSPD-12/FIPS 201 Compliance”. In the same week, Conner reports, the company also won a four-year GSA contract for PKI capability estimated at $4.5 million.

White Papers

Narus - CYBER ATTACKS ON THE RISE

Narus, a leader in real-time traffic intelligence for protecting governments, service providers and enterprises, just completed its 2010 annual cyber security survey focusing on the United States. Sponsored jointly with Converge Network Digest and Government Secuirty News, the survey queried a cross-section of security professionals in a variety of industries, and revealed compelling details relating to cyber security concerns, opinons and expectations for protection against attacks. More...

Upcoming Events

Event Details	Dates of Event
Critical Security Controls International Summit 2013	Apr 26 - May 2
Secure India @Bangalore 2013	Apr 29 - May 4
Cloud Security Alliance CCSK Certification Training	May 6 - 7
SANS Security West 2013	May 9 - 19
SANS Brisbane 2013	May 13 - 18
GovSec Conference & Expo	May 14 - 15
CPM East Conference & Expo	May 14 - 15
TREXPO - The Law Enforcement Expo	May 14 - 15
SANS Austin 2013	May 19 - 24
DoD VA Healthcare Training Forum	May 20 - 23
ISSA-LA Fifth Annual Information Security Summit	May 21 - 21
Southwest Microwave Seminar	May 21 - 21
Southwest Microwave Seminar	May 21 - 21
Southwest Microwave Perimeter Defense Seminar	May 21 - 21
Southwest Microwave Seminar	May 22 - 22
Transport and Logistics of Hazardous Material	May 27 - 28
Southwest Microwave Seminar	May 28 - 28
Border Management Southwest Summit	May 29 - 31
Cyber Security Conference & Expo	May 30 - 30
Mobile Device Security Summit 2013	May 30 - Jun 6
Security Analytics Summit 2013	May 30 - Jun 6
Cyber Security Conference & Expo	May 30 - 30
Southwest Microwave Seminar	May 30 - 30
SANS Malaysia @ MCMC 2013	Jun 3 - 8
2013 SIA Government Summit	Jun 4 - 5
Southwest Microwave Seminar	Jun 4 - 4
NCT: CBRNe Israel, 4 - 6 June 2013, Tel Aviv	Jun 4 - 6
SEL Modern Solutions Power Systems Conference	Jun 5 - 7
Mission Command	Jun 10 - 12
Cyber Securty Brainstorm	Jun 11 - 11
EDGE Summit 2013	Jun 11 - 11
IPv6 Summit 2013	Jun 14 - 16
SANSFIRE 2013	Jun 15 - 22
Oak Ridge National Laboratory's 2nd Biosurveillance Symposium	Jun 17
Biodetection Technologies 2013	Jun 18 - 19
Southwest Microwave Seminar	Jun 18 - 18

New Products

Kanguru adds USB device control to its KRMC

Millis, MA-based Kanguru Solutions, a manufacturer of secure IT storage solutions, has announced the ad...

Input forecasts emerging tech markets for state and local governments

Reston, VA-based Input, which specializes in government business, has unveiled new research detailing adoption trends for cloud computing, virtualization, service-oriented archi...

Telvent in DHS SCADA testing project

Rockville, MD-based Telvent reports that it is the first vendor selected to participate in a DHS superv...

Mobile Active Defense launches GeoLocation-based firewall and content filtering for iPhones and smart phones

Mobile Active Defense, LLC (M.A.D.) has announced the release of its patent-pending mobile firewall and contents filtering mecha...

GammaTech debuts newest mobile, rugged Durabook notebook computer

GammaTech Computer Corp., a manufacturer of notebook and tablet computers, has introduced the newest member to its line of cost-effecti...