Today’s federal cybersecurity and information technology news:
U.S. Army Cyber Command operational attorney Robert Clark said that the legal
frameworks are not keeping pace with cyber operations and said that claims of
“cyber war” do not qualify as war defined by international laws of armed
conflicts. More here. The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program
named 9 third-party assessment organizations to evaluate federal cloud
computing vendor security controls for FedRAMP compliance. More here.
The Department of Homeland Security’s National Cybersecurity and
Communications Integration Center warned healthcare organizations about the
danger of insecure networked medical and mobile devices. More here. The Army
is looking to fill an urgent need for tactical radios and may turn
to General Services Administration contractors for help. More here.
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Axway (Paris:AXW) (NYSE Euronext: AXW.PA), the Business Interaction Networks
company, announced today they will co-host a webinar alongside strategic
alliance partner CA Technologies entitled Digging into Big Data on Wednesday,
May 23, 2012. The webinar will highlight marketplace trends, best practices
and solutions available for Big Data.
Key agenda topics surrounding Big Data that will be covered:
Volume, Velocity and Variety of Big Data Minimizing the Risks of Human
Interactions with Big Data Securing Collaborative Networks Controlling
Access, Identities and Information Regula... (more)
CAMBRIDGE, MA -- (Marketwire) -- 05/17/12 -- SMTP, Inc. (OTCBB: SMTP), a
global email marketing and delivery provider, today announced financial
results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2012.
Revenue for the first quarter ended March 31, 2012 increased to $1.247
million, compared to revenue of $0.932 million reported in the comparable
year ago period.
Gross profit increased to $0.941 million in the first quarter of 2012, as
compared to $0.736 million in the first quarter of 2011. Operating expenses
for the period ended March 31, 2012 were $0.619 million as compared to $0.465... (more)
PORTLAND, OR -- (Marketwire) -- 05/17/12 -- Urban Airship, the leading
platform provider for high-performance push messaging, today detailed
significant performance improvements to its infrastructure to be released
with Urban Airship Segments this quarter. An initial test of the new system
delivered both broadcast and segmented push notifications at a throughput of
more than 100,000 messages per second, with a 90th percentile latency of two
seconds to first message delivery. As the company experiences exponential
growth in push notification volume and approaches a billion mobile ... (more)
Princeton Financial Systems, a global leader in providing accounting,
compliance and reporting solutions to the investment industry, has introduced
PAM for Investments, the next generation of flexible and scalable investment
accounting platforms, offering seamless integration and an efficient
user-friendly interface.
PAM for Investments’ 3-tier client/server architecture offers horizontal
and vertical scalability, simplified installation, and flexible deployment.
With multiple custom dashboards, users can effectively analyze and manage
exceptions throughout the trading and inves... (more)