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Pentagon chiefs buy net-security early warning system

US weapons megacorp Raytheon is chuffed to announce that it and allied firms have landed a $28m deal from the Pentagon to provide an early-warning system for defence against cyber attacks on military networks. The programme in question is referred to by the Defence Information Systems Agency (DISA) as "Network Operations …

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Anonymous Coward

I can see why they didn't call is "NOSA"

Also: Now you know why government projects cost so much more than non-government ones: The custom unpronounceable BUT PC acronyms come at a premium.

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FOSS to the rescue

I'm just guessing that they haven't heard of Snort.

Translate as....

US Defence Department buys Intrusion Detection System.

Gosh, that's leading edge of them.......

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@AC 04:10

Maybe tripwire too. OR get get the really important servers off the net and therefore the only way in is via being in the building.

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