Government Cyber Assurance

Please replace the release with the following corrected version due to multiple revisions. The corrected release reads: ACT-IAC ANNOUNCES PARTICIPANTS FOR INAUGURAL MOC 2012 TECHNOLOGY EXHIBITOR SHOWCASE The American Council for Technology and Industry Advisory Council (ACT-IAC)... (more)

The American Council for Technology and Industry Advisory Council (ACT-IAC) today announced the nine companies that will exhibit early entry technologies and applications at the 32nd annual Management of Change (MOC) 2012. The education and training event will take place June 3-5... (more)

Guidance Software, Inc. (NASDAQ:GUID) today released the findings from an independent survey revealing that 38%* of senior IT decision makers are more worried, since the News International phone hacking scandal broke, that they don’t have the right tools in place to respond to a ... (more)

Here is today’s federal cybersecurity and information technology news: Howard Schmidt, the White House cybersecurity coordinator, will be stepping down at the end of this month. More here. Bruce McConnell, cyber-security counselor for the Department of Homeland Security, warned th... (more)

The Industry Consortium for Advancement of Security on the Internet (ICASI), a nonprofit association dedicated to enhancing global IT security by proactively driving excellence and innovation in security response, today announced the publication of the latest version of its Commo... (more)

Late today the FedRAMP Program Management Office released the first list of certified Third Party Assessment Organizations (3PAOs). These companies are accredited to perform initial and periodic assessment of cloud service provider (CSP) systems per FedRAMP requirements, provide ... (more)

Polycom, Inc.: When/Where:   International Avaya Users Group (IAUG) Global Education Conference 2012 May 20-24, 2012 John B. Hynes Veterans Memorial Convention Center 900 Boylston, Street, Boston, MA 02115 Booths #931   What: At the International Avaya Users Group Global Educat... (more)

PJ Rey has a typically well-thought out post at Cyborgology on the problem with “opting out” media, with some significant implications for the way we think about technology and cybersecurity. Even a CTOVision reader may have a friend or relative (or both) that just doesn’t get wh... (more)

The mission of the Security Innovation Network™ (SINET) is to advance innovation and enable global collaboration between the public and private sectors to defeat Cybersecurity threats. SINET increases awareness between builders, buyers, researchers and investors in the Cybersecur... (more)

nCircle, the leader in information risk and security performance management solutions, today announced a new web seminar entitled “Real World Security: Maximizing the Value of Your Security Investments.” Today’s security teams must go beyond standard scanning and reporting proce... (more)

Today’s federal cybersecurity and information technology news: U.S. Army Cyber Command operational attorney Robert Clark said that the legal frameworks are not keeping pace with cyber operations and said that claims of “cyber war” do not qualify as war defined by international law... (more)

Why You DO Need a Firewall By: Tom Kopchak This week, our office came across an article by Roger A. Grimes entitled “Why you don’t need a firewall”. As a security professional working for a company whose responsibilities include firewall management, I found the article to be ext... (more)

Tenable Network Security, Inc., the leader in Unified Security Monitoring (USM), announced today that it has been awarded the Baltimore SmartCEO VOLT Award in the ‘Cyber Warrior’ category, recognizing Tenable as the top mid-size cybersecurity technology provider in the greater Ba... (more)

Trusteer, the leading provider of endpoint cybercrime prevention solutions, today announced that former TowerGroup senior research director and online banking expert George Tubin has been appointed senior security strategist for the company. Mr. Tubin will spearhead Trusteer’s th... (more)

CAMPBELL, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 05/16/12 -- Cenzic Inc., the leading provider of application security intelligence to reduce security risks, today announced that Network Products Guide, a leading technology and research advisory guide, has named Cenzic Managed Cloud (formerly Cli... (more)

eIQnetworks, Inc., the only global provider of a unified situational awareness solution, today announced the company has signed a strategic reseller agreement with Namtek Corp., an IT security systems integrator, to its roster of strategic reseller partners. Namtek's Governance, ... (more)

BELMONT, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 05/16/12 -- Actiance (www.actiance.com), helping organizations benefit from new forms of communications and collaboration, today announced that its solutions are now available through Carahsoft's General Services Administration(GSA) Schedule from wh... (more)

Today’s federal cybersecurity and information technology news: The U.S. Office of Naval Research is partnering with Chilean scientists to develop a mobile application to provide information helpful in countering pirates, arms traffickers, and illegal fishermen. More here. The Ar... (more)

Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE:BAH) a annoncé aujourd'hui l’obtention d’une autorisation de la part de l'Autorité Financière Qatarie pour exploiter les opportunités économiques dans le but de soutenir la diversification économique locale. La compagnie se basera sur son propre expérien... (more)

Tomorrow, Wednesday, May 16, 2012, the Atlantic Council will host a discussion with pioneers in cyber law enforcement and crime prevention moderated by Jay Healey. ”Lessons from Our Cyber Past: The First Cyber Cops” should offer some fascinating insight and I’ll be in attendance,... (more)