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US Department of Defense selects Forescout to protect critical devices across global networks
Rackspace Technology modernizes Cando Rail Services railcar and shipment tracking
Rackspace Technology , a leading end-toend multi-cloud technology solutions company , has announced it has partnered with Cando Rail Services , an international service provider of rail solutions , to architect a solution that improved railway IoT data processing through a serverless environment .
With over 42 years of experience , Cando offers specialized rail support services to optimize the bulk material supply chain and is a crucial linchpin between industrial customers and Class 1 railways .
Forescout Technologies , a leader in Enterprise of Things security , has announced it has been selected by the US Department of Defense ( DoD ) to expand cybersecurity across its global enterprise as the initial phase of a multimillion dollar contract award .
The Defense Information Systems Agency ( DISA ) chose Forescout ’ s technology as the foundation of the DoD ’ s ‘ Comply to Connect ’ ( C2C ) initiative , a security framework to provide the highest level of assurance for authentication , authorisation , compliance assessment and automated remediation of devices connecting to the DoD information network ( DoDIN ).
The multi-year C2C program will impact all branches of the US Armed Forces , as well as other DoD agencies and centres .
“ The opportunity to power this high-profile , comprehensive federal cybersecurity program is a huge validation of our team and technology .
“ We are proud and excited to be at the core of helping the DoD to transition to complete visibility and continuous monitoring of its many large and complex networks and millions of devices ,” said Michael DeCesare , Chief Executive Officer , Forescout .
“ The US military has a truly unique environment comprised of traditional Information Technology systems as well as embedded IT in mission systems . The DoD needed a platform that would allow it to continuously identify and mitigate cyber-risk within these disparate systems to assure mission readiness across the force .”
While developing its digital supply chain platform , Cando partnered with Onica , a Rackspace Technology company , to implement best practices that efficiently process and push through sensor data collected from the train carriages . The company was already using Amazon Web Services ( AWS ); however , it wanted a serverless environment and needed an experienced partner to help with on-going optimization , enhancement and support .
Additional priorities included incorporating and following all security and CI / CD best practices and building new workloads for Cando ’ s proprietary Quasar platform .
After completing an audit of the existing Quasar platform architecture , Onica recommended upgrades to everything from the database architecture to the AWS infrastructure .
“ Onica helped us create a super collaborative , highly functioning team that optimized our entire infrastructure and architecture from the ground up ,” said Corrie Banks , Director of Logistics , Cando .
“ They executed the cut over from our old environment to the new environment in two hours , absolutely flawlessly .”
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