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Russian cyber actors target coronavirus vaccine development

Homeland July 22, 2020

UK security officials have revealed that Russian cyber actors are targeting organisations involved in coronavirus vaccine development. The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), a part of GCHQ, has published an advisory, detailing activity of the threat group known as APT29, which has exploited organisations globally. The NCSC assesses that APT29, also named ...

Viasat and Cyber1st to support UK sovereign Crypto growth capabilities

Homeland July 20, 2020

 Viasat UK has announced an agreement to collaborate with cyber solutions provider, Cyber1st, to deliver secure voice and data capabilities globally to commercial customers, governments, and on an exclusive basis to the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) and wider defence users. The agreement further focuses on future crypto solution collaboration to ...

BAE Systems to provide transparency and trust in machine learning

Homeland July 16, 2020

BAE Systems recently delivered software to the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) as part of a contract under the agency’s Competency-Aware Machine Learning (CAML) program. The delivery of the MindfuL software is the first milestone in the program to improve the transparency of machine learning systems. Transitioning artificial intelligence-based systems from ...

General Atomics to deliver radiation monitoring systems for Millstone 3 Nuclear Power Station

Homeland July 15, 2020

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) have announced  that it has been awarded a contract from Dominion Energy to deliver Radiation Monitoring Systems for the Millstone Power Station, Unit 3 in Waterford CT. GA-EMS will manufacture and deliver a full complement of radiation monitoring systems throughout the Millstone plant. “When faced with the ...