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SAO PAULO, Jan. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- IntelCav, one of the leading global payment card manufacturers and technology suppliers for the banking, authentication, identification, transportation and telecom industries, will be a key exhibitor at the first edition of CARTES North America. The event will take place from March 5th to 7th, at the Mirage Hotel in Las Vegas. Traditionally held in Paris, France, Cartes is considered the world's largest event in the card and electronic payment...

On Saturday, the Obama administration issued a formal statement in response to the highly controversial anti-piracy bills Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA) that are scheduled for debate in the U.S. Congress next week. Although not quite tantamount to a veto threat, insiders say that this all but permanently derails both bills in their current form and many are interpreting the statement as a victory for advocates of a free Internet. The statement...

ARLINGTON, Va., Jan. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Cyber security company, Lunarline, will exhibit at booth 1651 at the largest state-of-the-art defense and technology exposition and conference on the West Coast at the San Diego Convention Center, January 24-26. The Western Conference and Exposition - West 2012 - co-sponsored by the Armed Forces Communication and Electronics Association (AFCEA) and the U.S. Naval Institute, will feature exhibits from 400 technology leaders and...

LADSON, S.C., Dec. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Force Protection Industries, Inc., a FORCE PROTECTION, INC. (NASDAQ:FRPT)group company, today announced it has received two firm fixed price modification awards under contract M67854-07-D-5031 for the extension of field service representatives (FSR) in Afghanistan and Kuwait from U.S. Marine Corps Systems Command, totaling approximately $150.3 million. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110321/CL67729LOGO ) On December 12,...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Boeing Company (NYSE: BA) today submitted its proposal for the Combat System Engineering Agent (CSEA) contract for the U.S. Navy's Aegis Weapon System. "Boeing has assembled a strong team to support the next evolution of the Aegis Weapon System with fresh, innovative solutions," said Boeing Network & Space Systems President Roger Krone. "Boeing recognizes the vital importance of the Aegis program to the nation's security, and...

MOORESTOWN, N.J., Dec. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) submitted its final proposal to the U.S. Navy today to provide combat system engineering services - including design, development, integration, test and life cycle support - for Aegis-equipped ships. During the four decades that Lockheed Martin has partnered with the Navy as the Aegis Combat System Engineering Agent (CSEA), the team has evolved the system 15 times to outpace a wide array of dynamic and...

Shell Oil IT manager Ludolf Luehmann recently expressed fears of increasing numbers and sophistication of cyber attacks on the oil industry at the World Petroleum Conference in Doha, Qatar. He said the hacks were motivated by both commercial and criminal intent and that a “new dimension” of attack which could leave physical machinery at serious risk, Daniel Fineren of Reuters is reporting. “It will cost lives and it will cost production, it will cost money, cause fires and cause loss...

ATLANTA, Dec. 5, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Lancope, Inc., a leader in flow-based security, network and application performance monitoring, will host a complimentary webinar on Thursday, December 15, at 11:00 a.m. ET / 8:00 a.m. PT. Participants will learn about the types of cyber attacks they need to be prepared to address in 2012, and how NetFlow can help improve their security strategy for the new year and beyond. When leveraged effectively, flow data can provide the in-depth,...

In a bid to recruit young, cyber-savvy talent, Britain’s intelligence agency GCHQ (Government Communications Headquarters) has recently introduced a code-cracking competition via a somewhat unconventional medium. In contrast to the traditional ‘top-down’ recruitment strategy—which included combing the campuses of elite universities like Oxford and Cambridge for brainy, young James Bonds— the security organization’s administration is attempting to attract talent using a variety...

Dozens of International Tall Ships and Gray Hulls Expected for Baltimore Festival Commemorating War of 1812 BALTIMORE, Nov. 17, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Baltimore will have all hands on deck next June when more than two dozen U.S. and international naval vessels and tall ships descend on Baltimore's Inner Harbor for Star-Spangled Sailabration, the national launch of the War of 1812 Bicentennial. The announcement was made today by Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley, Baltimore Mayor...