Wall Street eyes cyber stocks in wake of Wannacry attack

Investors snap up shares in cybersecurity stocks including those in the government market as world deals with aftermath of worldwide ransomware attack known as Wannacry

  • By Ross Wilkers

Fortinet unveils new federal arm

Global cyber company Fortinet starts a new standalone subsidiary with its own board of directors to focus on the federal government marketplace.

  • By Ross Wilkers

Trump puts pen to cyber order

President Trump has signed the much-anticipated executive order on cybersecurity of federal networks and critical infrastructure.

  • By Washington Technology staff

Leidos, Fortinet form managed security services team

Leidos has partnered with Silicon Valley's Fortinet to bring managed security services into federal and commercial markets.

  • By Ross Wilkers

DARPA calls for bids in hardware security program

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency wants industry ideas on how to make hardware design tools with inherent, built-in security.

  • By Ross Wilkers

Crossmatch gets IARPA biometrics defense contract

Crossmatch wins a $5.8 million contract to develop technologies for a Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Agency-run biometric identification program

  • By Washington Technology staff

DARPA taps BAE for power grid security program

BAE Systems and DARPA will collaborate to develop networks for use in case the U.S. electric grid suffers a cyber disruption.

  • By Washington Technology staff

Coalfire acquisition tracks with Veris Group's founding principles

Veris Group founders David Svec and Douglas Greise created a company with a focus on cyber consulting and related services and its acquisition by Coalfire Group continues that vision.

  • By Nick Wakeman

The move beyond bombs and bullets

Raytheon's contract win to bring cyber and electronic warfare into the same wargames as missiles and other kinetic weapons is the latest sign that these emerging domains are going mainstream.

  • By Nick Wakeman
Opinion

5 steps for contractors to meet the FAR's cyber requirements

Cybersecurity requirements in the FAR mean that contractors must be adjusting processes and policies and it all starts with training employees and then following up. Here are five steps you must take.

  • By Chris Ensey
Opinion

2017 to be critical year for cyber preparedness regulations

Cybersecurity initiatives from OMB, the SEC and other federal agencies are coming to bear this year and contractors need to be proactive about preparing.

  • By Jamie Brown

What will cyber policy look like during Trump's first 100 days?

A former Pentagon official said the incoming administration must retain a focus on improving cybersecurity for critical infrastructure.

  • By Mark Rockwell

Successful cybersecurity takes an all-hands-on-deck effort

With cybersecurity talent in short supply, academia, industry and government must work together to cultivate a cybersecurity interest in today's youth.

  • By Mark Hoover

Senator puts private-public info sharing at center of cyber debate

For cybersecurity policies to move forward and be effective the confidence in public-private info sharing needs to increase, U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin says.

  • By Washington Technology staff

Commission for Enhancing National Cybersecurity requests information on IT security

The Commission for Enhancing National Cybersecurity has issued a request for information on the improvement of IT security, according to FCW.

  • By Washington Technology staff

Survey suggests IT professionals too confident in cybersecurity capabilities

IT professionals may be overconfident in their abilities to quickly and efficiently detect a cyber attack in progress, according to results from a Tripwire survey.

  • By Hannah Lang

DHS to issue guidance on cyber sharing

The Homeland Security Department plans to publish guidance for the private sector on how to better share cybersecurity information with the government.

  • By Washington Technology staff

Government, industry partnership crucial to national cybersecurity

Speaking at the Incident Response Forum on March 31, deputy treasury secretary Sarah Bloom Raskin lauded the Obama administration’s national cyber incident coordination policy.

  • By Washington Technology staff

FISMA report reveals agencies still have work to do

According to the Office of Management and Budget’s annual cybersecurity report card, federal agencies are still vulnerable to common cyberattacks, FCW reported.

  • By Washington Technology staff

House committee kills $3B IT modernization fund

The House Budget Committee rejected an amendment to provide $3 billion for a revolving IT modernization fund in a hearing to pass the fiscal year 2017 budget resolution.

  • By Washington Technology staff
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