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Thursday, April 3rd, 2025

Cyber

Pittsburgh-area team wins DARPA Cyber Grand Challenge

A Pittsburgh-based team of cyber researchers achieved the top spot at the Defense Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) Cyber Grand Challenge (CGC), the world’s first all-hacking tournament, on Thursday. The CGC is the first fully-automated computer security challenge, with teams coming from... Read More »

Raytheon opens new cyber facility in Augusta, Georgia

Raytheon Company officially opened its newest cyber campus facility on Monday in Augusta, Georgia to deliver a wide range of cybersecurity capabilities to the U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. Army Cyber Command as it continues its transition to Fort Gordon. "Our DoD customers have come to... Read More »

NSA certifies Raytheon’s KG-350 encryption system

The National Security Agency (NSA) certified Raytheon Company’s KG-350 Ethernet encryption system on Tuesday to protect network communications for sensitive information up to top secret/SCI classification. Type 1 certification gives Raytheon the authorization to immediately sell the KG-350... Read More »

House passes two of Ratcliffe’s cybersecurity efforts

The U.S. House of Representatives passed two cybersecurity bills on Tuesday that were authored by U.S. Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-TX). “Over the last several years we’ve witnessed evolving cybersecurity threats from nation-states such as China, Russia, North Korea and Iran, and from criminal... Read More »

SAIC launches Cyber Academy with Huntsville City Schools

The Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) launched a new initiative on Thursday with Huntsville City Schools in Alabama to provide strategic support to the school system’s Cyber Academy. The initiative is part of a three-year, $300,000 commitment, with SAIC providing cyber... Read More »

ISACA study sheds light on cybersecurity problems

The Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA) released a study on Tuesday with findings that more than half of United Kingdom office workers say their employers have provided no cyber awareness training. The study, entitled “2016 Cyber Security Perceptions,” surveyed more... Read More »

DARPA awards contracts for Phase 2 of CODE program

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) Collaborative Operations in Denied Environment (CODE) program awarded Phase 2 system integration contracts on Monday to two companies, with six other companies collaborating on the project. The two awardees included Lockheed Martin... Read More »

SIAC awarded $460 million contract from USCYBERCOM

Science Applications International Corp. (SIAC) was awarded a five-year, multiple-award, indefinite deliver, indefinite quantity contract worth up to $460 million on Wednesday from the General Services Administration (GSA) Federal Systems Integration and Management (FEDSIM) and U.S. Cyber Command... Read More »