By BryanHalfpap 5 DC-Area Meetups for Hackers, Security Pros, and Enthusiasts: Name: Charmsec Site: http://charmsec.org/ Format: “Happy-Hour” talks When: Last Thursday of the month @ 7:00pm Where: Baltimore Why: A smattering of MD’s Finest. It’s a bit of a trek for most DC residents but it...
Uncle Sam wants you to tackle cybersecurity, and he’s willing to send you to school for it. As the nation becomes increasingly aware of how vulnerable we are to cyber-attacks, the cybersecurity scholarship program is getting a boost. A qualified student will have his tuition, housing and and b...
via Government Computer News The Defense Department’s IT management arm is examining new methods to enhance network security. The Defense Information Systems Agency is pursuing a variety of programs that will help defends military networks from a variety of threats, Mark Orndorff, program exec...
via Information Week Government The Defense Information Systems Agency plans to release by next April a platform-as-a-service offering to add to a suite of cloud services that already includes infrastructure-as-a-service offering RACE and cloud development platform Forge.mil, DISA officials said Wed...
via The New York Times WASHINGTON — A former spy agency employee agreed late Thursday to plead guilty to a minor charge in a highly publicized leak prosecution, undercutting the Obama administration’s unusual campaign to prosecute government officials who disclose classified information to t...
via BaltTech One of the companies in the Baltimore area that I pay attention to on my tech beat is KEYW Holding Corp., a three-year-old company that’s launched itself hard out of the gate with a string of acquisitions and an IPO last fall. It’s a public company in fact. But if you look a...