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Breaking News -
Security:
Harris Corporation Secures
Government Contracts
Harris Corp announced that its STAT (Security Threat Avoidance Technology)
network security software has been selected to secure two U.S. government
agencies' computer networks against cyberterrorism, viruses and other security
threats. Initially worth more than $2 million, the contracts with the U.S.
Army and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) contain
options that could increase their overall value to $5 million by 2009.
Under terms of the Army contract, Harris will expand a previous agreement
for
its STAT Scanner vulnerability assessment solution. The product is being used
by the Army to detect vulnerabilities in more than 1.5 million of their
workstations and servers around the world, providing detailed reports on local
network vulnerabilities.
The product is designed to effectively manage the many security alerts the
Army receives on a daily basis. The U.S. Department of Defense, as well as
other federal agency security teams, issues information assurance
vulnerability alerts and bulletins (IAVAs and IAVBs) when computer
vulnerabilities are discovered. These alerts are automatically incorporated
into STAT Scanner.
Through an enterprise license program, NOAA will use STAT Scanner, STAT
Scanner Console, and STAT Analyzer to perform vulnerability assessments and
computer security audits on each of its approximately 340 major network
systems in offices around the U.S. NOAA's networks are vital to providing
users with critical data, information and services used in weather forecasts
and warnings. NOAA is also the lead science and research agency for
atmospheric and ocean modeling.
"These enterprise licensing programs are the most effective way for large
government agencies to efficiently scan their entire computer networks for
vulnerabilities," said Mike Zeitfuss, vice president and general manager
Homeland Security programs business unit, Harris Government Communications
Systems Division (GCSD). "They enable IT administrators to instantly get a
clear assessment of their networks, which is crucial in protecting them from
the myriad of security threats that face today's critical and complex
networks."
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