To throw more fuel on Myrcurial’s “cyber” fire I figured I would point folks to this article from the Arizona Star. I have to admit that I completely agree with him on the gratuitous use of the word “cyber” by talking heads and mainstream media.
From azstarnet:
Raytheon Co., which bought data-protection company Oakley Networks last year, created an information security unit to insulate federal government computers from attack and commercial customers from fraud or theft.
The new unit will seek to expand revenue in the federal and commercial data-security markets with combined total annual sales of $8 billion, Steve Hawkins, vice president of information security solutions, said in an interview Tuesday.
The $7 billion government information-security market will grow 20 percent annually over the next five years, Hawkins said. The $1 billion commercial market is increasing 40 percent annually. The new division will combine the assets acquired from Oakley with Waltham, Mass.-based Raytheon’s 25 years of experience in information security.
Yet another defense contractor jumps into the “me too” infosec pool.
[tags]Raytheon, Defense Contractor, Information Security[/tags]
