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5thColumn Sponsoring IJIS National Symposium in D.C.

5thColumn will be sponsoring the IJIS National Symposium in Arlington, VA, March 1-3. This is a must-attend technology event and training conference focused on information sharing and safeguarding with its associated standards. The IJIS Institute has taken a leadership role in advancing their mission by creating a vital, collaborative forum for industry and government IT leaders and experts to advance information sharing and safe guarding practices, technology, and standards that will move information sharing along the road to greater adoption. At this year’s National Symposium, 5thColumn joins major industry, government, and associated non-profit organizations to learn and collaborate with some of the most senior-level government officials, including the Governor of Virginia, Terence Richard McAuliffe. Other notable speakers include: 

John Derbas: Deputy Assistant Director, Criminal Justice Information Services, FBI

Brian Edgell, Supervisor FACESU, Biometric Services Section, Criminal Justice Information Services, FBI

Doug Robinson: Executive Director, NASCIO

Mannone Butler: Executive Director, DC Criminal Justice Coordinating Council

Stephen Hancock: Director of Special Projects for First Responder Group, Science and Technology Division, DHS

Scott Boggs: Managing Director of Homeland Security and Public Safety Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments

There will also panel discussions with representatives from Department of Justice, Fusion Centers, AT&T, and law enforcement agencies from the federal, state and local level from New York, New Jersey, Virginia, Ohio, Georgia, and South Carolina.

“Our government and law enforcement agencies work tirelessly to anticipate all threats to our nation’s peace, safety, and cybersecurity, and to make decisions to react effectively when incidents occur. Safe guarding information is now a major factor in helping to save lives.” said Andro Dio, Director of Systems Engineering at 5thColumn. “We look forward to contributing 5thColumn’s knowledge of cybersecurity and threat analytics for the success of these standards initiatives and are proud to sponsor the IJIS National Symposium.”

Be sure to stop by our booth in the Arlington Foyer on the 1st floor to meet members of our team, learn more about how 5thColumn is working to support the IJIS initiatives, and enter to win some great prizes!

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EXPECT MORE.

Everyone is reaching for that 'trusted advisor' role, yet they’re unwilling to guarantee their service. Expect more from your cyber partner.

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Learn how our cyber security solutions take advantage of your existing investments and extend their capabilities.

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The Outcomes of Working with 5thColumn

We have years of experience with a reputation of guaranteed security, so we understand what it takes to create results.

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Get to Know 5thColumn and Cisco

Cisco helps their customers address security challenges through an architectural approach, but it still requires an investment in operations – leading to more cost and higher time-to-detection. 5thColumn’s products integrate seamlessly with Cisco technology to address this effectively, and create an automated, extensible threat correlation system.

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Get to Know 5thColumn’s Solutions

Our solutions take advantage of existing investments, extend their capabilities, and are delivered non-invasively without complicated designs. StackBOSS™ works with our other core components to optimize and automate cyber-threat detection, validation, and remediation.

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Get to Know 5thColumn

At 5thColumn, we pride ourselves in being a high-touch, consultative organization that takes the time to truly understand your business requirements. It enables us to build solutions that will mitigate the risk of data breaches and ensure system reliability across your entire enterprise.

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Ray Hicks Interviewed in USA Today

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5thColumn’s Ray Hicks Talks Security

5thColumn founder and CEO, Ray Hicks, was featured on the cover of December’s issue of Enterprise Security Magazine. He discusses 5thColumn’s ease of deployment, approach of simplifying security, and customizable platform that makes us unique and attractive to companies of all sizes. You can read the full issue here. 

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5C Achieves Cisco’s Advanced Security Architecture Specialization

Earlier today, 5thColumn was notified that we have met all criteria required by Cisco to become certified in Advanced Security Architecture Specialization. Members of the Cisco Channel Specialization team stated that, “By achieving the Advanced Security Architecture Specialization, 5thColumn LLC has proven they have the ability to provide sophisticated, value-added Cisco solutions through their in-depth sales capabilities, technology skills and service offerings.”

This validates 5thColumn’s expertise in Cisco’s security architecture and enables us to provide our customers with better value.

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HOW DO YOU REACT WHEN UNDER ATTACK?

Through a threat-centric security model- during an attack, find out how to:

Detect

Block

Defend

Based on a Cisco test analyzing 115,000 devices on the internet, they discovered 92% of the devices in the sample were running software with known vulnerabilities.

Contact 5thColumn to find out how you can be part of the 8% and protect your company.

For more information, please see the Cisco 2016 Mid-Year Security Report.

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Randall Coffelt Joins 5C as VP/ COO

On Monday, October 31st, 5thColumn welcomed Randall Coffelt to the team as the new Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. Randall comes to us with over 20 years of experience in IT. 

Early on in his career, Randall was the youngest employee at IBM Global Services. As a team lead for IP, he consistently completed projects with 100% accuracy. From there, Randall was recommended by Cisco Tellabs to assist the design and implementation of the new build out of their global headquarters in Naperville. After seeing success with the build out, he promoted to global architect for Tellabs.

When the Commercial Select model was created, Randall was recruited to be the first external hire for this team.  While working on this team, he supported various verticals including but not limited to healthcare, manufacturing, financial, and retail. During his time on the team, the sales goals were exceeded year over year.

Since then, Randall has taken over technical sales for a multi-state region, again exceeding sales goals year over year.

Randall’s leadership skills and entrepreneurial spirit have lead to his success with each of the teams he’s been a part of, including assisting in Cisco acquisitions. He has been number one in sales for Ironport, Stealthwatch (Lancope), AMP, and OpenDNS.

Randall has also started two very successful companies that specialized in IT consulting that serve onsite IT consulting and cloud based IT monitoring and management.

Randall attended Devry University for a Degree in Electrical Engineering.  You can read more about Randall here. 

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ARE YOU PREPARED FOR THE NEXT ATTACK?

Through a threat-centric security model – before an attack, find out how to:

Discover

Enforce

Harden

Did you know that the average time to detection (TTD) of threats in a tech industry network is 100-200 days? 5thColumn and Cisco have worked together to reduce the TTD to about 17 hours. To learn more about how you can be better prepared for an attack, contact 5thColumn. For more information, please see the Cisco 2016 Mid-Year Security Report.

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Reinvent Finance with 5thColumn and Cisco

The world of banking may never be the same. 5thColumn is working with Cisco to make finance and banking more connected, more innovative, and simply more secure than ever before.

Connect your Customers: Detect, connect with, and engage customers through their mobile devices to deliver more value and convenience

Connect your business: Expand remote banking capabilities with two-way video to connect your staff with your customers wherever they may be

Connect your security: Protect your assets and customers, and cut costs, with a comprehensive security solutions

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3D Printing Puts Manufactures at Risk

Price Waterhouse Cooper’s Global State of Information Security Report for 2016 listed 3D printing as one of the major threats to the manufacturing industry. Additive manufacturing, also known as 3D printing, is already a $4B a year business – that number is expected to reach $16B a year by 2020. 3D printing is used for the obvious toys, housewares, electronic accessories, and so on. If these were altered by a hacker, there would be little to no harm as a result and any sort of alteration would be easily identified. For other industries, like manufacturing, the cost of a hack could be far more significant. One day, manufacturers may print everything from cars to medicines, disrupting centuries-old production practices. The Federal Aviation Administration recently certified the first 3D-printed part for GE commercial jet engines, and companies like Ford Motor Company are using AM to build products and prototypes (PR Newswire). 5thColumn is working as closely as possible with our manufacturing customers to ensure that their IP and products are protected from incidents that could lead to a hack. If you have questions about your current security solutions or are interested in a security assessment, please get in touch with us.

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There’s Never Been a Better Time to Reinvent Manufacturing

Welcome to a new age of manufacturing. 5thColumn is working with Cisco to make manufacturing more connected, more innovative, more efficient, and more secure than ever before.

Secure your factories: Know what’s happening in your factory and use a converged plant-to-business network to improve security, efficiency, and productivity

Connect your supply chains: Extend visibility and communication across your supply chain to foster collaboration, innovation, and optimization, and reduce risk

Connect your machines: Better manage your machines and your equipment with machine monitoring and predictive maintenance

Contact any member of the 5thColumn team for more information. 

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Employees Are The #1 Threat to InfoSec

It is widely known that the biggest risk to a company’s information security comes from within the organization: it’s own employees. 5thColumn works with our customers to help educate their staff as well as close any gaps that might allow someone to steal sensitive information, whether it be patient records, intellectual property, or anything in between.