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2 Innovations That Can Tip the Balance in Cybersecurity

CIO

Army Major General and Vice President and Federal Chief Security Officer for Palo Alto Networks What critical innovations can change the balance in cybersecurity, providing those of us responsible for defending our organizations with more capabilities against those who would do us harm? By John Davis, Retired U.S. government.

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Peraton’s evolution and investments give them a competitive advantage…are you ready?

FedSavvy

In July 2022 , Peraton announced that it had appointed John Coleman, former President of the Global Defense and Security business unit, as President of Peraton’s Citizen Security and Public Services Sector. Citizen Security – Led by John Coleman. Within the last year, Peraton went through yet another reorganization.

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Empowering cyber resilience in education: Three strategies for the future

CIO

Another advantage of adopting a shared responsibility model is to leverage the security capabilities of your cloud service providers. Companies like AWS, Microsoft, and Google invest heavily in securing their cloud products. Incorporating those tools into your environment means you benefit from their security.

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How Hospital Security Breaches Devastate Local Communities

Smart Data Collective

This is all to say that hospital cyber-security breaches can have a devastating impact on the people impacted. The same HIPAA regulations that have been protecting patient privacy since the 90s are now applied to digital healthcare technology to ensure that patients enjoy the same level of privacy even in cyberspace. More closed.

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3 Strategies Employed by the Leading Enterprise Cybersecurity Platforms

Smart Data Collective

To address newer challenges, security providers have developed new technologies and strategies to combat evolving threats. To get acquainted with the ways security firms are handling the new breed of threats in cyberspace, here’s a rundown of the notable strategies the leading cybersecurity platforms and security firms are offering.

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Ransomware And The Defense Industrial Base

Smart Data Collective

According to the Symantec Internet Security Threat Report of 2016, governments’ growing dependence on information technology makes them vulnerable to ransomware attacks. Hackers perpetrate ransomware attacks against the defense industrial base to undercut the military, technological, and economic advantages of a government.

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Major wins and losses in GOVCON – FedSavvy edition April 2024

FedSavvy

LMI secures recompete wins in the Federal Civilian space In October 2023, LMI was awarded a five-year, $604 million contract to support the U.S. Peraton wins big recompete at ARCYBER In January 2024, Peraton was awarded the $889 million contract to provide cyberspace operations support to the U.S.

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