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IBM launches new cybersecurity services
SAN FRANCISCO — IBM on Monday announced comprehensive new security software products and services for large enterprises. While many don't realize it, computer security is actually a key part of IBM's business. If the company were to spin off its security division, it would be the third-largest computer security company in the world after Symantec and Cisco Systems, according to analysis firm IDC in Framingham, Mass.
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Russia May Launch Cyber-Attacks against U.S
U.S. officials and security experts are warning that Russian hackers may attack the computer networks of U.S. banks and critical infrastructure firms in retaliation for new sanctions by the Obama administration, imposed in response to Russia’s actions in Ukraine.
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FM Issue: Cybersecurity Evolution
The recent data hack into the retailer Target’s systems has brought increased attention to the network connectivity of facilities operations and maintenance vendors, an organization’s business IT systems, and the facility/building control systems.
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FireEye acquires another Virginia cybersecurity company
Yet another Virginia cybersecurity company is getting snatched up by FireEye Inc. The Milpitas, Calif.-based company is buying network forensics company nPulse Technologies Inc. for $70 million in cash and stock, the latter of which will be subject to the achievement of certain milestones.
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Emails give glimpse of Google's work with NSA on security
Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt apparently had a friendly nickname for Keith Alexander, the recently retired director of the NSA: "General Keith." The chummy moniker surfaced in a June 2012 email published Tuesday by Al Jazeera, which reported that the National Security Agency plans to turn over "dozens of communications between the NSA chief and Silicon Valley executives" under a Freedom of Information Act request filed by the news outlet.
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DC-Based Cybersecurity Accelerator MACH37 Opens Applications for Fall Cohort
Last week, the DC-based cybersecurity accelerator MACH37 opened their application process for the Fall 2014 class of startups. This will be the accelerator’s third class of cybersecurity startups. Based at the Center for Innovative Technology in Herndon, VA, MACH37 is a cybersecurity accelerator that helps develop the next generation of security product startups through its 90-day incubation program.
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