Public-Private Partnering Urged in Global War on Cyber Crime
Today, former U.S. "Cyber Czar" Andy Purdy (AndyPurdy.com) addressed international delegates gathered in Durban for Govtech 2008, hosted by South Africa's State Information Technology Agency (SITA), and called for the creation of public-private partnerships to bring under control the growing threat of cyber attacks worldwide.
Etienne A. Gibbs Beefs Up His Public Seminars During National Cyber Security Awareness Month
Although the Internet basically provides a positive and productive experience, cyber-attacks against our personal privacy and security are reaching epidemic proportions. These attacks are occurring in our own homes and businesses. Our own computers are being used as zombies to attack other people, businesses, and even our nation itself. As average Internet users, we may not be aware of these threats nor have any idea about the dramatically increasing risks we face whenever we connect to the Internet using public computers, our private or business computers, or our own laptops in public places.
Nicor Global, Cyber Security Solutions Provider, Announces Jack Thomas Tomarchio as CEO
Innovative cyber security company, Nicor Global, announces Jack Thomas Tomarchio, as the company's Chief Executive Officer. Tomarchio, the former Deputy Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Intelligence and Analysis Operations, has taken the helm of the fast-growing, cyber security solutions provider (CSSPTM) and says he is excited about the company's offensive solutions designed to secure critical infrastructures.
Next World Cyber-security Contest Launched by FIRST, CERT Coordination Center
Internet security around the world will be boosted by the latest phase of an international competition for expert practitioners. It will focus on the most innovative strategies and solutions that can be used to detect and head off cyber attacks.
Distance Learning in Cyber Security - Master the Art of Hacking the Hackers
Revolution in information technology has changed the way many entrepreneurs used to run their organizations in Nigeria. Truly speaking, it is a global evolution that has benefited everyone in one or many ways. We are becoming more techno prone due to some obvious reasons. Getting connected with a lot of persons helps one exchange the views as well as expand the business too. But with this boon, business personnel have to suffer the baneful effect of cyber crime and security that have increased in the recent period radically. A cyber crime infested world can be disentangled out of this grave situation with help of qualified professionals. It is amazing to know that distance learning education also trains a bunch of experts to track and hack ...
Nexant - Promia Partnership Provides Advanced FERC-Compliant Cyber Security for Energy Companies
Nexant Inc., the global energy software and consulting firm, and Promia, Inc., a developer of Enterprise Cyber Security and Asset Monitoring products, today jointly announced a partnership to deliver products and services supporting the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and Electric Reliability Organization (ERO) Critical Infrastructure Protection Standards (CIPS) for energy companies.
EstDomains, Inc Combating Cyber Crime -- Thousands Domain Names Suspended
In September 2008 EstDomains, Inc, (), a US-based domain name Registrar, announced a great cleanup season among the accounts registered under the name of the company. The new advanced account monitoring system has been applied in order to reveal the possible presence of corrupted data outgoing from the domain names purchased from EstDomains, Inc and every single account has been scanned thoroughly; thousands of domain names were irreversibly suspended as a result.
AFCO Systems Selected by Federal Government to Develop Embedded Systems for Security
Farmingdale, NY (PRWEB) April 22, 2008 -- AFCO Systems today announced that the company's software engineering group, AFCO Systems Development (ASD), was awarded three individual embedded systems development contracts from the Federal Government totaling $3 million. The contracts were awarded for development of stronger cyber security systems for government computers.
"ASD is proud of these contract wins which represent our success in extending the company's core business of providing advanced datacenter power and cooling systems," said Godfrey Vassallo, Chief Technology Officer. "Our ASD team is able to provide embedded systems design, development and manufacturing that is necessary for industry and government."
The first contract was awarded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the central research and development organization for the United States Department of Defense. The second contract was awarded by the Department of Homeland Security, and the third by the Office of the Secretary of Defense through the United States Air Force (USAF).
The first two contracts concern providing hardware-assisted cyber security, designed to protect a host computer from harmful malware attacks. The second contract expands on this fundamental functionality in order to protect national software and data assets.
The third contract involves porting a capability-based secure operating system, Coyotos, to an embedded platform. A "capability-based operating system" provides a fortified computing environment which, unlike traditional operating systems, maintains a tighter control over system interactions. It is envisioned that future embedded platforms will be "hardened" through the use of Coyotos.
The ASD development team includes Dr. Sean Smith, a trusted computing platform expert, Dr. Jonathan Shapiro, an operating system and processor design expert and Greg Hoglund, a world-renowned malware expert.
AFCO Systems Development has provided embedded systems for medical, government and industry. For the medical industry, ASD is the design and manufacturing agent for a major MRI manufacturer. Additionally, it provides hardware analysis and firmware development support to a surgical instrument manufacturer that builds radiofrequency (RF) knives, which use electromagnetic energy to make incisions.
For the IT industry, ASD has architected, designed, developed and deployed a datacenter environmental control system that employs network appliances and a sensor network. These appliances were designed by ASD and utilize the latest microcontroller technology to deliver a cost-effective solution to its customer.
About AFCO Systems
AFCO Systems, a global leader in the design and manufacture of advanced enclosure technology for mission-critical datacenter environments, has the world's largest installed base of active, air-cooled, high-density (5-8 kW) and extreme high-density (up to 20 kW) server and network cabinets. AFCO Systems' enhanced airflow management technology provides reliable, efficient rack cooling in accordance with ASHRAE standards. The company is headquartered in Farmingdale, NY, and has a global presence with operations in North America, Ireland, London, Singapore and Tokyo. For more information, visit http://www.AFCOSystems.com or call 631-249-9441.
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