Posts from GovCon Daily for 10/20/2015

State Dept Clears $11B LCS-Derived Ship Sale to Saudi Arabia

The State Department has approved a proposed sale of four Lockheed Martin-built (NYSE: LMT) combat ships with associated parts, equipment and services to Saudi Arabia under an $11.25 billion foreign military sales agreement…

Paul Christman: Dell Survey Shows Agencies Need Context-Aware Security

A survey by Dell indicates the need for agencies to adopt a context-aware approach to security to avoid the potential risks in the usual password-centric approach as users experience password overload, according to company executive Paul Christman…

IDC’s Ruthbea Clarke: Transportation, Energy to See Gov’t IoT Spend Increase in Next 2 Years

A recent International Data Corp. report predicts government spending worldwide on Internet of Things platforms to hit $1.2 trillion in the next two years, according to an article published Monday on Cisco‘s website…

Study: Gov’t Cyber Infrastructure Focus to Drive Cyber Weapon Market Through 2021

A Transparency Market Research report says worldwide cyber weapons could grow into a $521.9 billion market, largely because of government organizations’ efforts to secure critical infrastructure assets…

Michael Chertoff: Hackers Can Use Publicly Available Data for Social Engineering Scams

Former Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff has said government officials, corporate executives and the general public should be mindful of their personal information to avoid being hacked, Fedscoop reported Monday…

Deltek’s Alex Rossino: Reconciled FY 2016 Defense Policy Bill Contains Tech Offset Program, Rapid Innovation Fund Provisions

Alex Rossino, a principal research analyst at Deltek, has outlined three provisions on technological innovations in the reconciled bill of the House and Senate versions of the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2016…

CNN’s Mike Rogers: US Needs to Protect Connected Systems Against Nation-State Attacks

Mike Rogers, a national security commentator at CNN and former chairman of the U.S. House Intelligence Committee, has said other nations attempt to break into Internet-connected devices due to a lack of adequate security, the Washington Examiner reported Monday…