Isis -- No, Not That One -- Wins $7 Million Pentagon Cyber Contract

[InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>]

http://www.nextgov.com/defense/2015/03/isis-no-not-one-wins-7-million-pentagon-cyber-contract/106959/

By Aliya Sternstein
Nextgov.com
March 8, 2015

The Defense Department has hired a little-known Virginia startup company – 
with an unfortunate name – to pull together the military's most 
cutting-edge computer and information assets.

The "Threat Intelligence Platform" project will help Pentagon analysts 
sift through big data research to track threats – including presumably 
Islamic State extremists. So, the winning contractor, Isis Defense, might 
want to think about rebranding itself – or go with the free advertising.

Right now, the company doesn’t have a major Web presence. There is no 
corporate website. Google searches for "Isis Defense" pull up a bunch of 
news stories about international efforts to stanch the Islamic State's 
spread.

Scroll down the list of results and you'll find at least one relevant hit 
– an outdated bio for the firm's chief executive officer, Jamie Dos 
Santos. She is the former CEO of Web services provider Terremark Federal 
Group.

[...]

--
Evident.io - Continuous Cloud Security for AWS.
Identify and mitigate risks in 5 minutes or less.
Sign up for a free trial @ https://evident.io/