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FireEye advances XDR platform to arm security operations teams

Homeland August 23, 2021

FireEye, Inc has introduced FireEye XDR, a unified platform designed to help security operations teams strengthen threat detection, accelerate response capabilities, and simplify investigations. The FireEye XDR platform provides native security protections for Endpoint, Network, Email, and Cloud with a focus on improving organisations’ capabilities for controlling incidents from detection to response.  FireEye Helix unifies ...

How can the Defense Industrial Base better protect against cybersecurity weaknesses in the supply chain?

Homeland August 19, 2021

Writing for Defence Online, Thomas Lind, Co-Head of Strategic Intelligence at BlueVoyant, examines how the US defence industrial base can best meet the challenges posed by cyber threats. Securing the Defense Industrial Base (DIB) is a key national security objective of the United States. The task is challenging: it means securing ...

DPRTE partner DASA launches new cyber innovation focus area

Homeland August 18, 2021

Official DPRTE event partner, the Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) has launched a new Innovation Focus Area (IFA) called Reducing the Cyber Attack Surface, which aims to develop technologies that reduce the opportunity for cyber attacks on Ministry of Defence (MOD) systems and platforms. The defence sector is diverse and continually growing, with ...

DARPA selects teams to develop novel therapeutics for combating multi-drug resistant microbial infections

Homeland August 18, 2021

DARPA has announced that it has selected three performer teams to support the Harnessing Enzymatic Activity for Lifesaving Remedies (HEALR) program. Groups from Yale University, University of Washington, and Broad Institute plan to utilise a new therapeutic approach and novel protein degradation strategies/modalities to permit a flexible and rapid response for ...