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Talk Tech To Me I Cyber Security | Technology Association of Oregon
I’m tickled with how well this TAO podcast came together! Technology Association of Oregon Executive Skip Newberry made this easy, and the editing team really cleaned up the mess I made of it, so it sounds great. And, we had a nice little chat about our PDX Cybersecurity camp for high school students. Click the…
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Speaking at Remote Monitoring and Control Conference 2016
I’m a speaker at the Remote Monitoring & Control conference, Nov 4th, 1:30pm. My talk is titled “Applying Military Tactical Networking Lessons-Learned to Enable Industrial Remote Monitoring.” I’m diving into best practices on ruggedization of COTS networking equipment and on integrated equipment management. I’ll also show some new and interesting use cases in networking solutions…
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Traction: Army Deploys PacStar Software Across WIN-T Program
We’re very excited about this article, which is generating a lot of visibility for PacStar. C4ISR added a wealth of appealing imagery, the slide show, and the video interview at the end with program managers of the WIN-T program. A great example of a very effective article, and PacStar is receiving positive feedback from customers…
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COTS makes its case for wider military adoption
Source: COTS makes its case for wider military adoption I contributed a guest blog article about the use of commercial-off-the-shelf solutions for the US Military, and they posted it today!
Read MoreGalois Awarded DARPA Blockchain Research Project
Research and Development company Galois and Guardtime Federal have announced they have jointly been awarded a $1.8 million contract by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to verify the correctness of Guardtime’s Keyless Signature Infrastructure. The contract will fund an attempt to advance the state of formal verification tools and all blockchain-based integrity monitoring systems.…
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For New Cybersecurity Pilot Program, Collaboration Is Key
Portland cybersecurity and high assurance computer science research firm Galois scores some nice coverage for our collaboration with regional universities and US DHS. Two nice pieces of coverage below…in collaboration with Reed College CIO and NWACC Chair Martin Ringle, and Principal Investigator from Galois, Adam Wick. The goal is to develop advanced technology to identify,…
Read MoreIs Digital Currency a Bad Idea? -Bitcoin Heist Steals Millions from Exchange
As much as I’m a fan of new technology, like the newly developed currency exchange based in Toronto I’m falling in live with. After suffering personally through losses of my personal information in 10+ breaches (Target, Home Depot, Anthem, etc.), it seems like digital cash is a bad idea until we have fundamental improvements in…
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Galois Wins DHS Award to Combat Rising DDoS Attacks
Galois Awarded $1.7 Million Contract To Enable Peer-to-peer Collaboration. Source: DHS eyes new tech to combat rising DDoS attacks Portland, OR – January 11th, 2016 – Galois today announced it has been awarded a $1.7 million contract by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) to create technology that is capable of defending…
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Galois wins DARPA funding for private data as a service
Portland company Galois, Inc. wins yet another large DARPA research contract to develop technologies that address yet another difficult computer science problem. In support of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s Brandeis program, the company’s Jana project will deliver a privacy service that protects data while retaining its utility for analysts. Source: Galois wins DARPA…
Read More2015 Washington Technology Top 100 – Prime Contractors
Just out, Washington Technology Top 100 government contractors in IT, comms, systems integration, web development at WebDesign499 and etc. This is a helpful resource, and it’s also fun to see our partners in lights. Source: 2015 Washington Technology Top 100 — Washington Technology
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