NATO Certifies FireEye Cyber Security Platform
FireEye, Inc. [FEYE] says that NATO has certified the company’s Forensic Analysis (AX Series) Threat Prevention Platform for inclusion in the organization’s Information Assurance Product Catalogue (NIAPC). Inclusion in the NIAPC means that the AX Series provides NATO nations and civil and military bodies with next-generation threat evaluation that meets the INFOSEC Directive. “Advanced persistent threats are becoming a very tangible threat to the governmental and, ultimately, private organizations that contribute to NATO’s mission of safeguarding freedom,” Paul Davis, vice president, Europe, for FireEye. “Member countries are prime targets for advanced threat actors, whose sponsored goals are often to steal high-value data like NATO Plans or communications.” The NIAPC provides NATO Systems Operations Center with various information assurance product, protection files, and packages that provide for the safe handling of classified and non-classified NATO information.
TSA Modifies EDS, ETD Detection Standards
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has modified performance requirements for Explosive Detection Systems (EDS) that will go into effect on Jan. 1, 2015. Version 7.2 of the requirements was approved on April 18 and will replace version 7.1. The agency says that any EDS equipment purchased after Jan. 1, 2015 must be compliant with the revised detection standards. TSA has also modified the detection standards for its Explosive Trace Detectors, with Version 6.0 going into effect on June 1, 2015, replacing Version 5.0. Any ETD equipment purchased after June 1, 2015 must be compliant with Version 6.0 requirements, the agency says. The upgraded standards reflect the evolving threat environment. Sol. No. HSTS04-14-X-AA14STD114. Contact: Bonnie Evangelista, contracting officer, [email protected], 571-227-2485.
Rhombus Introduces Nuclear Detector
Rhombus Power Inc. has introduced its first product, Mercury, a networked, scalable, digital neutron detector for use in homeland security, defense and intelligence community applications to detect contraband nuclear weapons and materials. The two-year-old California-based firm says that the National Institute of Standards and Technology has verified that Mercury meets ANSI standards. The company says the system doesn’t use Helium-3 gas and does not require calibration and is free of false alarms.