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SiteLock to Promote National Cyber Security Awareness Month with National Cyber Security Alliance

2012-09-29 23:03:45

SiteLock Will Help Educate on the Importance of Website Security Jacksonville, FL (PRWEB) September 28, 2012 SiteLock LLC (http://www.sitelock.com), a leading provider of website security solutions and malware removal for online businesses around the world, announced today that it has volunteered to be a National Cyber Security Awareness Month champion as part of the company’s ongoing commitment to cyber security. Organized through the National Cyber Security Alliance, National Cyber...

Celebrate National Cyber Security Awareness Month this October

2012-09-26 06:27:02

National Cyber Security Alliance, U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Many Others to Host Activities Nationwide WASHINGTON, Sept. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA), a non-profit public-private partnership focused on empowering digital citizens to stay safer online and protect digital assets, along with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and many others will celebrate the ninth annual National Cyber Security Awareness Month...

Decision Sciences Awarded $2.7 million U.S. Department of Homeland Security Contract for Nuclear and Radiological Imaging

2012-09-26 02:21:05

CHANTILLY, Va., Sept. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Decision Sciences International Corporation (DSIC), an advanced technology provider of security and detection systems, today announced it has been awarded a research and development contract by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO) for an Advanced Technology Demonstration (ATD) of its Multi-Mode Passive Detection System (MMPDS). Under the contract, DSIC will support government testing...

RSA Launches Incident Response and Breach Readiness Services to Help Customers Turn the Tide on Advanced Threats

2012-09-19 10:27:11

BEDFORD, Mass., Sept. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- News Summary: RSA(®) Advanced Cyber Defense Services help organizations create proactive strategies for defending their digital assets against a wide range of threats, and provide incident response expertise designed to help customers react aggressively to active attacks and critical incidents. Initial services include breach readiness and incident response deployment and discovery engineered to provide organizations with a...

Brand USA Announces Preliminary Results of National Tourism Marketing Campaign

2012-09-19 10:23:46

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Brand USA today announced preliminary results of its national tourism marketing efforts. The announcement follows today's release of a progress report by the Departments of State and Homeland Security on the advances made in travel facilitation since the announcement of the Executive Order on travel and tourism on January 19, 2012. The 180-day progress report outlines progress made by the departments to increase the flow of safe travelers...

Improving Cybersecurity with Auditing and Metrics

2012-09-18 06:35:57

CHANTILLY, Va., Sept. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- In today's dynamic cybersecurity environment the old adage, "if you can't measure it, it's not important," is all too true. Accurate, effective and real time auditing and metrics enable sensible decision making and efficient compliance, according to cyber experts at TASC, Inc. Today, most cyber audits and compliance practices are still manual and labor intensive. They do not reflect the modern cloud-computing capability or the need for...

Mr. Paul Schneider Selected As Chairman, AFCEA Homeland Security Committee

2012-09-18 06:20:31

FAIRFAX, Va., Sept. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Honorable Paul A. Schneider, Principal at the Chertoff Group, former Deputy Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and former Under Secretary for Management at DHS, has been selected to chair the AFCEA Homeland Security Committee. As the committee's chairman, he will provide direction to the members of the AFCEA Homeland Security Committee, helping guide AFCEA's outreach to security professionals in both...

Survey Finds More than Half of American Families Not Prepared for Emergency Situations

2012-09-18 02:22:53

MILWAUKEE, Sept. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- A recent survey from GE Generator Systems found more than half of all American families are not prepared for emergency situations. The survey, conducted in anticipation of National Preparedness Month in September, showed 55 percent of families did not have an emergency preparedness kit at home. That figure, however, is an improvement from the 2011 survey that found 64 percent of families did not have a kit at home. Having an emergency...

National Center for Complex Operations Brings Defense Business to Indiana

2012-09-18 02:21:12

INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Indiana's latest economic development initiative is already producing results. The National Center for Complex Operations (NCCO) announced today that BAE Systems' Unmanned Aircraft Programs Group (UAP) in Tucson, AZ has signed on as its first customer, tapping into a multi-billion dollar industry that is expected to skyrocket in the next decade and create hundreds of jobs. The NCCO integrates state, federal, military and academia's...

Brand USA Welcomes the Appointment of Marriott President & CEO Arne Sorenson to the Board of Directors

2012-09-13 10:27:54

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Board of Directors of Brand USA today welcomed the announcement by Acting Secretary of Commerce Dr. Rebecca Blank that Arne M. Sorenson, president and CEO of Marriott International, Inc., has been appointed to the board of the Corporation for Travel Promotion. The Corporation for Travel Promotion, which does business as Brand USA, was established by the Travel Promotion Act to spearhead the nation's first global...