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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

Almost $1 million worth of tablet computers seized in Port of L.A./Long Beach

Tue, 2013-01-29 09:27 AM

Seized tablet computer

Over 5,000 tablet computers bearing fake electrical safety markings were seized in the Port of Los Angeles/Long Beach by U.S. customs officials, who said the devices posed a danger to consumers. U.S...

S&T is contemplating adoption of ‘rapid prototyping’ technology

Thu, 2013-01-24 01:14 PM

Rapid prototyping developed
this portable surveillance system

The Science and Technology Directorate of DHS is thinking about introducing “rapid prototyping” into its R&D process, so it can shorten the time it takes to move a preliminary concept for a...

Cyber security legislation a priority in Senate

Thu, 2013-01-24 08:43 AM

Sen. Tom Carper

Democratic leaders of the Senate homeland security, commerce and intelligence committees say comprehensive cyber security legislation is a priority for the 113th Congress and introduced a bill...

North Africa, border security, DHS oversight, cyber security on House committee's agenda

Wed, 2013-01-23 12:27 PM

Rep. Michael McCaul

Addressing the growing threat in northern Africa from emboldened Al Qaeda affiliates, as well as U.S. border security, DHS oversight and cyber security efforts top the to-do list for the House...

Government researchers looking for new path to defend massive networks

Wed, 2013-01-23 09:56 AM

Defense department researchers are looking for new ways to defend sprawling communications and data networks from targeted assault.

CSSP says infrastructure company intrusion detection, forensic capabilities critical

Wed, 2013-01-23 09:38 AM

Critical infrastructure companies are up against increasingly sophisticated electronic attacks and intrusions on their industrial control systems, said the DHS Cyber attack emergency response team,...

ICE seizes nearly 700 Websites in fiscal 2012

Tue, 2013-01-22 02:19 PM

Counterfeit handbag

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement seized 697 Websites for intellectual property rights violations during fiscal 2012, according to the agency’s recently-released statistics for the period. In...

Researchers looking for tech innovation, including disaster/terrorism response

Tue, 2013-01-22 08:39 AM

A newly-announced, government-funded research program aimed at spurring technical innovation across a wide array of information and computing technologies includes an effort to examine how cities can...

NIST wants to hear from organizations involved in secure exchanges of healthcare information

Wed, 2013-01-16 03:01 PM

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is inviting vendors, academics and integrators who want to become involved in the secure exchange of electronic healthcare information to...

Cyber spy that targets governments is uncovered

Tue, 2013-01-15 12:06 PM

"Rocra" victims

A long-running Cyber espionage malware campaign aimed at governments in Eastern Europe, Russia, and central Asia has infiltrated computer systems, mobile devices and network equipment in the regions...

Morton attends opening of European Cyber crime fighting center

Mon, 2013-01-14 09:24 AM

Morton at EC3

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director John Morton attended the Jan. 11 opening of the new European Cybercrime Centre (EC3). According to ICE, the EC3, based at Europol's...

Website tracks latest banking cyber attacks to botnet

Fri, 2013-01-11 11:16 AM

The latest cyber attacks on U.S. banks in early January that disrupted online and mobile banking at PNC, HSBC, Fifth Third Bank, Ally Financial and others are the result of a botnet onslaught,...

Company News

ICAP brokerage announces auction of data encryption and document security patents

ICAP Patent Brokerage, a division of ICAP plc and one of the world's largest intellectual property brokerage firms, is offering for auction important patents in data encryption and document security from John H. Messing.

The lot will be included in the 15th ICAP Ocean Tomo IP Auction on March 29 at Terranea Resort near Los Angeles, CA, according to a news release issued on March 15 by ICAP.

Feeling Software changes its name to Fortem

Feeling Software announced on March 6 that its name will change to Fortem, effectively immediately. Along with its new name, the company has unveiled its new company Website and logo at www.fortem.com.

DeviceLock endpoint DLP Suite v7.2 to enhance data leak prevention for social media and Cloud services

DeviceLock, Inc., a supplier of endpoint data leak prevention (DLP) software solutions, announced on Feb. 27 that version 7.2 of its Endpoint DLP Suite software, coming this summer, will pioneer unique DLP features, as well as controls over several additional network protocols, applications and social networks commonly accessed by endpoints.

Hall named VP of Cyber Security Engineering at Decisive Analytics

Arlington, VA-based Decisive Analytics Corp. has hired Mark Hall, a former U.S. intelligence officer, as an Employee Owner and appointed him Vice President of Cyber Security Engineering.

Hall will be responsible for forging the company's existing analytics capabilities into creative tools and solutions for the cyber intelligence and cyber defense communities. Hall said he the company has the capabilities to bring unique tools to the cyber fight through its extensive development of algorithms and providing analytical capabilities to create knowledge out of large diffused data.

Vanguard offers year-round z/OS and RACF security and compliance training

In its latest training initiative for IBM System z users, Vanguard Integrity Professionals of Las Vegas, NV, has announced the availability of year-round Z/OS and RACF security and compliance training under the banner of Vanguard zSecurity University. This training addresses the growing need for advanced mainframe-specific security technical skills required to effectively secure System z.

Prolexic issues threat advisory citing DDoS protection strategies for High Orbit Ion Cannon

Prolexic Technologies, a supplier of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) protection services, released on Feb. 23 a threat advisory for the High Orbit Ion Cannon (HOIC), an increasingly popular attack tool that can target up to 256 Web addresses simultaneously.

As a public service, full details of the HOIC threat, including recommended protection strategies, are available at www.prolexic.com/threatadvisories.

Vanguard Integrity’s 2012 IBM System z training forum scheduled for June 25-28

Vanguard Integrity Professionals has announced that its 2012 security and compliance training forum for users of IBM System z will take place on June 25-28 at Harrah’s hotel in Las Vegas.

Now in its 26^th year, the event is the world’s largest educational forum for government agencies and corporations that rely on System z from IBM.

Boles named special agent in charge of the FBI's Norfolk division

The FBI has named a former special assistant in its anti-terror branch to head up the agency’s Norfolk, VA division.

On Feb. 17, FBI Director Robert Mueller named John Boles special agent in charge of the division. Boles most recently served as a special assistant to the National Security Branch (NSB) executive assistant director, and as section chief of the NSB Executive Staff Section, said the FBI.

Commentary and Opinions

Open-Source R software driving Big Data analytics in government

As government agencies and departments expand their capabilities for collecting information, the volume and complexity of digital data stored for public purposes is far outstripping departments’ ability to make sense of it all. Even worse, with data siloed within individual departments and little cross-agency collaboration, untold hours and dollars are being spent on data collection and storage with return on investment in the form of information-based products and services for the public good.

Online identity: Evolve or perish!

The following identity management statement comes from the Cyberspace Policy Review issued by President Obama last year:

“Build a cybersecurity-based identity management vision and strategy that addresses privacy and civil liberties interests, leveraging privacy-enhancing technologies for the Nation.”

Automated incident response makes the difference in cyber security

Even agencies with the most sophisticated perimeter defenses can’t block all cyber attacks. And with many agencies facing thousands of attacks daily, even blocking 99 percent of those attacks means a lot of malware on a network.

Automating the incident response processes to move quickly to validate, isolate and remediate malware penetrations before they cause significant damage is the next step in making a big difference in cyber security.

The security challenges of mobile applications

Mobile computing is quickly becoming standard practice with modern government organizations, contractors and suppliers. Employees are using their smart phones and tablets, anytime from anywhere, for both business and personal reasons. In fact, many employees are expected to interact and transact with customers and partners via their mobile devices.

New regulations usher in the era of data governance

With President Obama’s announcement a few months ago of a renewed focus on data privacy in the “Data Privacy Bill of Rights,” the European Union’s sweeping data protection legislation last year and increasing fines for non-compliant organizations, some as much as 5 percent of global revenue -- it is safe to say the era of global data governance has officially arrived.

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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...