Raytheon, Virsec team up on cybersecurity

By John Liang / April 23, 2018 at 10:56 AM

Raytheon announced this week it was teaming up with San Jose, CA-based Virsec to bring commercial cybersecurity tools to global government and critical infrastructure customers.

"Critical infrastructure -- from the electrical grid to transportation -- is under assault, and hackers are evading conventional security defenses," John DeSimone, vice president of cybersecurity and special missions at Raytheon's intelligence, information and services business unit, said in an April 23 statement. "Commercial tools from companies like Virsec can help bridge the gap for our global government and commercial customers and provide effective protection against the growing cyber threat."

Virsec's Trusted Execution technology protects networks by detecting deviations in software applications caused by cyber intrusions.

"It's time to change the equation for security and deliver better protection for our most critical infrastructure," Virsec CEO Atiq Raza said in the statement. "Our philosophy is simple -- rather than eternally chasing elusive threats, we need to take the guesswork out of cybersecurity and stop attacks, at the application level, in real time."

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