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DHS funds effort to monitor vulnerabilities of open source code
Open source-based applications grow in popularity, and DHS decides to monitor more closely the security issues involved
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RSA release preliminary fourth quarter results
On-line identity security company shows fourth quarter results
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Amit Yoran named president, CEO of In-Q-Tel
Rising cyber security maven Yoran, with government and private sector experience, assumes leadership of CIA venture capital arm dedicated to promoting novel technologies
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CSC, garnering fat contracts; is acquisition target
CSC should be an ideal acquisition target for Lockheed Martin, in the same way Anteon offered an attractive target for General Dynamics
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NetClarity to use RSS for real-time reconfiguration of countermeasures to threats
Machine-readable RSS to be used to detect internet threats, disseminate the information, and instigate countermeasures
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Civil Air Patrol uses instant messaging from IMLogic
Instant Messaging is not for teenagers only anymore. The Civil Air Patrol and other emergency services are beginning to use it to good effect
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Arxceo signs first OEM agreement; market recognizes value of anomaly-based cyber defense
You may have received a call from your credit card company asking whether it was really you who purchased thousands of dollars worth of lingerie in Hawaii two weeks ago; why did they call you? Anomalous behavior, that’s why; now a similar same behavior-based defense is brought to corporate IT security
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Cyber Tracker has second Middle Eastern client
Violence is never too far from the surface in the Middle East, but a rash of Syrian-sponsored assassinations in Beirut and al Queda-inspired suicide bombings in Amman lead local businesses to take security measures
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Security Alliance calls for greater leadership in protecting U.S. information infrastructure
The 9/11 Commission gave the administration many F’s and D’s on keeping America safe, and the leading U.S. cyber security alliance agrees, while calling on the administration to show more leadership — and more energy — in protecting the nation’s IT infrastructure
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The lesson of Titan Rain: Articulate the dangers of cyber attack to upper management
Last year the debate raged over whether Titan Rain was sponsored by the Chinese government or was the work of hackers, but either way one lesson is clear: IT administrators should talk to top management
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SANS to offer graduate-level degree program in information security
As demand for qualified homeland security personnel increases, prestigious cybersecurity institute launches graduate degree programs in IT security
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CounterStorm receives $9.5 million in Series B funding
CounterStorm leads the way in addressing an especially dangerous cyber threat — zero-day attacks. Customers like the product, and investors like the company
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Innofone conducts successful IPv6 summit
Innofone is the only company dedicated exclusively to demonstrating how to exploit the benefits of the futuristic IPv6, and more and more companies are interested in what it has to offer
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The long view
Researchers Calculate Cyberattack Risk for All 50 States
Local governments are common victims of cyberattack, with economic damage often extending to the state and federal levels. Scholars aggregate threats to thousands of county governments to draw conclusions.