Lockheed Martin Adds CyberPoint to Cyber Security Alliance

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Apr 01, 2014, 06:00 ET

GAITHERSBURG, Md., April 1, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) today welcomed CyberPoint International into its Alliance, adding their deep technical expertise, innovative solutions, and easy-to-use products to address the advanced persistent threats faced by every global government and commercial organization.

"Like CyberPoint, we are focused on meeting the increasing demands of our global customers with sophisticated cyber security solutions in places like the Middle East, where cyber security activity is intense," said Roger Mann, managing director, Middle East, Lockheed Martin Information Systems & Global Solutions. "We are excited that they are bringing their experience and capabilities to further strengthen our Alliance."

The Lockheed Martin Cyber Security Alliance brings together the cyber security capabilities and technologies from market leading companies into a collaborative environment that integrates best practices, hardware, software, and tools within its research and development facilities, the NexGen Cyber Innovation and Technology Centers. The Centers located around the globe foster agile environments where alliance companies and customers work together to innovate, integrate and pilot solutions to address complex cyber security challenges.

Other members of the Lockheed Martin Cyber Security Alliance are: ArcSight, CA, Cisco, Citrix, Dell, EMC Corporation and its RSA Security Division, FireEye, HP, Intel, Juniper Networks, McAfee, Microsoft, NetApp, RedHat, Schneider Electric, Splunk, Symantec, Trustwave, Verizon and VMware.

CyberPoint helps organizations defend themselves from increasingly advanced malware and offers products that empower users at all levels of an organization to better understand the threat and protect what's invaluable to them.

"We know that one company or solution alone can't solve the global cyber security challenges we face and it will take collaboration, cooperation and the collective strengths of a diverse array of leading technology companies to innovate and deliver seamless solutions. Becoming a partner in the Lockheed Martin Cyber Security Alliance provides those opportunities to work as a global community and solve today's most difficult challenges together," said Dr. Mark Raugas, director of CyberPoint Labs.

Headquartered in Bethesda, Md., Lockheed Martin is a global security and aerospace company that employs approximately 115,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration and sustainment of advanced technology systems, products and services. The Corporation's net sales for 2013 were $45.4 billion.

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