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A new study from the U.S. Army Research Laboratory presents evidence that the number of cyber intrusions can be predicted, particularly when analysts are already observing activities on a company or government organization's computer network.
Researchers say new models that predict the number of intrusions would be of significant value...
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) is seeking comment on the Interoperability Standards Advisory (ISA) in advance of the 2018 Reference Edition publication.
The Interoperability Standards Advisory (ISA) is a dynamic, coordinated catalog of the standards and implementation specifications that can be used to meet interoperability...
Delphi Automotive, a provider of autonomous driving technology, said Wednesday it has signed a commercial partnership agreement with BlackBerry Limited to provide the operating system for its autonomous driving system.
Both companies will collaborate to bolster software performance and safety in their operating system to advance autonomous driving technology, stated...
The U.S. Senate on Monday passed an amendment against Kaspersky Lab pushed forward by New Hampshire Democrat Jeanne Shaheen. The amendment bans the use of Kaspersky Lab software across the federal government, and passed the Senate as part of the FY 18 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
Last week, the...
Itron, Inc. and Silver Spring Networks, Inc. on Monday announced that they have signed a definitive agreement for Itron to acquire all outstanding shares of Silver Spring for $16.25 per share in cash.
The transaction is valued at approximately $830 million, net of $118 million of Silver Spring’s cash. This...
Following the Equifax data breach, Congressman Jim Langevin (D-RI), co-founder and co-chair of the Congressional Cybersecurity Caucus, reintroduced the Personal Data Notification and Protection Act, which provides for a single national breach notification standard.
The bill requires that companies notify affected individuals within 30 days of the discovery of a...
Autonomous Vehicles
Virtru is Like a Spell Check for Security: We Take Privacy Very Seriously – Virtru CEO
John Ackerly is the cofounder, CEO of Virtru Corporation. He spent the earlier part of his career working as the lead policy adviser on technology issues at the White House, and Policy Director at the Department of Commerce. Ackerly...
There is a Powerful Argument to be Made for Ransomware as The Top Threat of 2016 – Protenus
Protenus’ Robert Lord talks about the unique challenges of providing healthcare-specific cybersecurity/privacy solutions.
Connected Medical Devices
We are currently facing a crises in a wide array of issues concerning cybersecurity, including network security, insider threat and ransomware – but IoT is...
IoT is in its Early Stages: It’s Hard to Standardize Something That’s Evolving Daily – Cisco
IoT offers exciting possibilities, but recently, the focus has been on the problems associated with this technology. Security is the biggest issue, but other challenges include interoperability and connectivity. Marc Blackmer is a contributor to the recently published Industrial...
Management and Control of Data a Key Inhibitor to Federal Cloud Adoption – NetApp
Tight budgets and the need for greater flexibility and agility in government IT has led to a rise in cloud adoption. Even so, the general atmosphere is that of testing the waters, with most government agencies preferring to take...
Exclusive: The Consensus is That FedRAMP is Broken and Confidence Lost – Avnet
Government cloud adoption is definitely showing an upward trend as federal, state and local agencies hampered by limited resources and bogged down by regulations see the cloud as a viable solution for increased agility, productivity and flexibility. Security remains...
Privacy
ISP Providers Band Together to Fight Legislation to Protect Consumers’ Privacy
Some of the nation’s largest internet service providers and advertising industry lobby groups are trying to stop a proposed California law aimed at protecting...
Dell, Rackspace Collaborate to Sell ‘Cheaper’ Private Cloud
Cloud hosting company Rackspace said Monday it has partnered with Dell EMC to offer what it termed an “easy-to-consume private cloud as-a-service offering” service...
Cybersecurity
Deloitte Targeted by Hackers: Confidential Information Likely Accessed
Accountancy firm Deloitte is the latest victim of a cyberattack which may have compromised the data of some of its clients. The cyberattack occurred through...
Hackers Exploit Vulnerability in SEC’s filing System
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said Wednesday that hackers accessed the Commission’s EDGAR test filing system in 2016, and may have provided the...
U.S. Army Study Demonstrates Cyber Intrusions are Predictable
A new study from the U.S. Army Research Laboratory presents evidence that the number of cyber intrusions can be predicted, particularly when analysts are...
Senate Votes to Ban Kaspersky Lab Products From Government Networks
The U.S. Senate on Monday passed an amendment against Kaspersky Lab pushed forward by New Hampshire Democrat Jeanne Shaheen. The amendment bans the use...
Congressman Reintroduces the Personal Data Notification and Protection Act
Following the Equifax data breach, Congressman Jim Langevin (D-RI), co-founder and co-chair of the Congressional Cybersecurity Caucus, reintroduced the Personal Data Notification and Protection...
Northrop Grumman to Acquire Orbital ATK for $7.8 Billion
Northrop Grumman Corporation, a leading global security company, and Orbital ATK, Inc., a global leader in aerospace and defense technologies, said Monday they have...
AT&T, Microsoft Partner to Deploy Cloud-Based IoT Management Tool for Enterprises
AT&T said Monday it is partnering with Microsoft to debut an IoT solution for quick deployment of asset monitoring and management solutions in the...
Itron to Speed up Smart Grid and Smart City Push With Silver Spring Networks Acquisition
Itron, Inc. and Silver Spring Networks, Inc. on Monday announced that they have signed a definitive agreement for Itron to acquire all outstanding shares...
House Passes Self Drive Act, Bipartisan Driverless Car Bill, Paving Way...
The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday approved landmark self-driving car legislation, the SELF DRIVE Act.
The legislation, H.R. 3388, is the first bill passed...
WhatsApp Nets More Than One Billion Daily Users
Messaging app WhatsApp now averages more than one billion daily users each day, according to parent company Facebook. Facebook made this revelation in its...
Tech Firms Urge FCC to Shelve Plans to Reverse Net Neutrality...
The Internet Association, a group representing major tech firms including Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Amazon, on Monday urged the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC)...
London-Based Startup Blockchain Receives $40M in VC Funding – Largest Series...
London-based startup Blockchain, a leading software platform for digital assets, announced last week that they have raised a Series B of $40 million with...
T-Mobile, AT&T, Verizon & Sprint Form ‘Mobile Authentication Taskforce’
AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon said Friday they are joining forces and resources to develop a more secure solution for two-factor authentication through the...
Intel, Waymo Partner on Self-Driving Car Tech
Intel Corp said Monday it is partnering with Alphabet’s Waymo self-driving unit to further their goal of bringing “smarter” autonomous driving technology to market.
“As...
DARPA Awards Rocket Crafters Contract to Develop 3D-Printed Rocket Engine
Rocket Crafters, Inc. (RCI) announced Wednesday it has been awarded a $542,600 research contract by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).
Under the terms of the agreement, RCI is tasked to build and test a large-scale hybrid rocket engine...
Airbus Standardizes on Stratasys 3D Printing Material to Produce Flight Parts for its A350 XWB Aircraft
Stratasys, a 3D printing and additive manufacturing solutions company, said Thursday that leading aircraft manufacturer Airbus has standardized on its ULTEM 9085 3D printing material for the production of flight parts for its A350 XWB aircraft.
“In 2014 Airbus produced...
ASTM International, ISO Unveil Global Additive Manufacturing Standards Framework
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and ASTM International said last week they have jointly crafted the Additive Manufacturing Standards Development Structure, a framework which they say will help meet the needs for new technical standards in this fast-growing...
IBM, Google and Lyft Launch Open Source Microservices Management Platform, Istio
Google, IBM, and Lyft on Wednesday announced the first public release of Istio, an open source project that provides a uniform way to connect, secure, manage and monitor microservices.
Istio adds traffic management to microservices and creates a basis for...
Gender Bias Exists in Open-Source Programming – Study
A paper presented the outcome of a large scale study on gender bias, by comparing the acceptance rates of contributions from men versus women in an open source software community.
The paper, Gender Differences and Bias in Open Source:...
Google Consolidates Open Source Projects in One Place
Google Wednesday launched opensource.google.com, a new website for its open source projects which the company says ties together all its initiatives with information on how it uses, releases and supports open source.
The new site will include a comprehensive list...
Apteligent Open-Sources Its Xamarin SDK to Enable .NET Developers Build Native Apps
Apteligent, a provider of analytics and mobile business insights, said Thursday it has decided to open source its Xamarin component. Xamarin, which was purchased by Microsoft about a year ago, enables .NET developers to build native apps.
Apteligent offers a...
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Publishes Source Code on Github
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has published source code on Github for a sample application enabling a user to access and track the status of a trademark. This is an offshoot of the new Federal Source Code Policy,...
ROMAD’s Genetic Sequencing of Malware Families Offers Unique Prevention and Detection Capabilities
Igor Volovich, the CEO and Co-Founder of ROMAD Cyber Systems talks about enabling genetic sequencing of entire malware families to deny cybercriminals the ability to exploit...
Energy Department Awards Funds to Improve Security of Nation’s Vital Energy Infrastructure
The Department of Energy (DOE) on Tuesday announced awards of up to $50 million to...
Cyber Attacks Target US, European Energy Sectors – Symantec
Security researchers Symantec report that the North American and European energy sectors are being targeted...
ABB Eyes IIoT Expansion With Acquisition of Keymile’s Business Portfolio
Electric technology company ABB said Monday it has agreed to acquire the mission-critical communication business...
Democratic Senators Urge Trump Administration to Protect U.S. Energy Infrastructure From Cyberattacks
A group of Democratic Senators on Thursday wrote President Donald Trump and the Department of...
Itron Delves Into Demand Response With $100M Comverge Acquisition
Smart grid and AMI technology firm Itron said Monday that it has signed a definitive...
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