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  • Commerce Dept Enlists Tech Giants for Big Data Project; Penny Pritzker Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Commerce Dept Enlists Tech Giants for Big Data Project; Penny Pritzker Comments

    The Commerce Department will work with Amazon.com, Google, IBM, Microsoft and the Open Cloud Consortium on a big data project to figure out how to apply environmental data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for efforts to support the U.S. economy. Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker announced the cooperative research and development agreements Tuesday at the American Meteorological Society forum. “As America’s data agency, we are […] More

  • FireEye Announces Initiatives, Partnerships for Cyber Ecosystem Efforts; David DeWalt Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    FireEye Announces Initiatives, Partnerships for Cyber Ecosystem Efforts; David DeWalt Comments

    FireEye has launched the Fuel Cyber Security Coalition as part of the expansion of its Fuel partner program to integrate efforts to protect joint customers from cyber attacks through workflow and threat intelligence sharing. The company said Monday the coalition will facilitate sharing of information on threat actors using FireEye Community Threat Intelligence to help security and infrastructure […] More

  • Neustar Reports Increased Enterprise Preparedness for DDoS Attacks in North America - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Neustar Reports Increased Enterprise Preparedness for DDoS Attacks in North America

    A Neustar report on the incidence and impact of distributed denial-of-service attacks in North America indicates that businesses are more prepared to address DDoS attacks as their number and scale of impact also increase. The company said Monday the number of North American firms that use a hybrid of on-site and cloud-based technologies to protect against DDoS has grown by 55 percent […] More

  • Booz Allen Sees 'Active Cyber Defense' Trend Amid IoT Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Booz Allen Sees ‘Active Cyber Defense’ Trend Amid IoT Tech

    Booz Allen Hamilton has indicated that companies are looking into active cyber defense capabilities and intelligence-driven technologies to counter future threats in the Internet of Things. The company said Monday that emerging trends in incident response and cybersecurity point to changes in the threat environment due to the connectedness of the cyber network. “When it comes […] More

  • SAIC to Support Toyota Information Systems End Users in North America - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SAIC to Support Toyota Information Systems End Users in North America

    Science Applications International Corp. will provide support for information systems end users at Toyota Motor Corp. sales and manufacturing affiliates in North America under a five-year, $54 million contract. SAIC said Monday it will provide Toyota Motor North America with information systems services to support end user and dealer service desks, messaging and collaboration, and access administration. The contract also includes […] More

  • Red Hat JBoss EAP 6.2 Gets Common Criteria EAL4+ Certification; Paul Smith Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Red Hat JBoss EAP 6.2 Gets Common Criteria EAL4+ Certification; Paul Smith Comments

    Red Hat has received Common Criteria certification at Evaluation Assurance Level 4+ for its JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.2 offering, indicating its capability to meet international security standards. The company said Wednesday third-party assessor atsec information security evaluated the Red Hat product against the standards indicated in the Common Criteria for Information Technology Security Evaluation. “Common Criteria accreditation is a high watermark for security […] More

  • Ross Lindman: HII Eyes Navy Undersea Ops With New Proteus Submersible - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ross Lindman: HII Eyes Navy Undersea Ops With New Proteus Submersible

    Huntington Ingalls Industries unveiled its new submersible named Proteus, which was developed in partnership with Battelle and Bluefin Robotics, at the recent Sea-Air-Space Exposition in Maryland, the Daily Press reported April 13. Hugh Lessig writes that HII highlighted Proteus’s “flexible” design as the company seeks to potentially deploy the submersible to support the U.S. Navy‘s undersea naval operations and warfare. […] More

  • Lockheed, Marinette Marine Get $232M Navy Contract Modification for LCS 21 & 23 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed, Marinette Marine Get $232M Navy Contract Modification for LCS 21 & 23

    Lockheed Martin and Fincantieri subsidiary Marinette Marine have received a $232 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to build two new littoral combat ships, plus another LCS if the added contract option is exercised. Fincantieri said Thursday Congress has appropriated full funding for LCS 21 and advanced procurement funding for LCS 23, while funding for LCS 25 under the […] More

  • NASA's Messenger Spacecraft to End Nearly 4 Years at Mercury's Orbit - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA’s Messenger Spacecraft to End Nearly 4 Years at Mercury’s Orbit

    NASA‘s Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry, and Ranging spacecraft has uncovered several key information about the planet Mercury during its nearly four years of on-orbit operations. NASA said Thursday the Messenger spacecraft is now anticipated to crash-land on Mercury by the end of the month as it runs out of helium gas propellant following a series of orbit correction maneuvers. “While spacecraft […] More

  • IBM Offers Threat Intell Database Via X-Force Exchange; Brendan Hannigan Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM Offers Threat Intell Database Via X-Force Exchange; Brendan Hannigan Comments

    IBM has made its threat intelligence database available to customers and industry via the cloud-based IBM X-Force Exchange platform to drive information sharing and collaboration to mitigate potential cyber attacks. The company said Thursday the platform will provide access to more than 700 terabytes of information on malware, vulnerabilities, IP address and website reputation, spam and phishing attacks, and real-time threat indicators. […] More

  • GSA Seeks Industry Input on Business Model for Connect.gov Full Operational Capability - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GSA Seeks Industry Input on Business Model for Connect.gov Full Operational Capability

    The General Services Administration is seeking information on potential sources of business models or procurement vehicles for the implementation of federated digital identity credential services for the Connect.gov program. In the notice posted Thursday on FedBizOpps, GSA said the project management office for cloud computing services within the Federal Acquisition Service aims to develop a shared service operating […] More

  • Juniper VP Brian Roach: SDN Becoming a Key Modernization Tool for Federal IT - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Juniper VP Brian Roach: SDN Becoming a Key Modernization Tool for Federal IT

    Brian Roach, vice president of the federal business and managing director for worldwide government at Juniper Networks, says that the Defense Department and other agencies are increasingly using software-defined networking to streamline IT systems. Roach writes in a guest piece published Tuesday on Defense Systems that current government efforts in network consolidation, automation and security drive […] More