From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Fri Nov 2 03:13:43 2007 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (Daily SAIC News) Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2007 22:13:43 -0500 (EST) Subject: [saic] SAIC Awarded Malaria Vaccine Production Support Contract Extension by the NIAID Message-ID: <20071101221305.U1802-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> 1 November 2007 ; PRNewswire SAIC Awarded Malaria Vaccine Production Support Contract Extension by the NIAID http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/11-01-2007/0004695201 --- SAN DIEGO and MCLEAN, Va. /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Science Applications International Corporation (NYSE: SAI) today announced that it was awarded a contract extension by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases' (NIAID) Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (DMID), part of the National Institutes of Health, to provide malaria vaccine production and support services. The seven-year cost-plus-fixed-fee contract has an estimated value of $32.7 million. The contract extension represents a follow-on effort for previous work SAIC has been performing for NIAID since 2000. The SAIC-led team will deliver research and development services to support process development and pilot lot production of promising malaria vaccine candidates into products suitable for evaluation in human clinical studies. SAIC will serve as the project management arm for these activities, helping to identify optimal production and purification strategies for clinical-grade malaria immunogens, performing pilot lot production, formulation, preclinical testing, and providing nonclinical development support for promising vaccine candidates. SAIC will also provide regulatory support for investigational new drug applications. "SAIC is honored that NIAID has selected us to continue to support the development and characterization of malaria vaccine candidates," said Robert McCord, SAIC business unit general manager. "Our life sciences team is dedicated to the search for a viable vaccine for this disease, which kills more than one million infants, young children and pregnant women every year." From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Fri Nov 2 04:19:50 2007 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (Daily SAIC News) Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2007 23:19:50 -0500 (EST) Subject: [saic] Defense contractor SAIC moves jobs from Lenexa to California Message-ID: <20071101231943.T1802-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> 1 November 2007 ; Kansas City Star Defense contractor SAIC moves jobs from Lenexa to California http://www.kansascity.com/115/story/343300.html --- By RANDOLPH HEASTER A San Diego-based defense contractor is moving work from its Lenexa office to a Vista, Calif., facility, eliminating local jobs. SAIC Inc. said it was consolidating operations to meet marketplace needs, affecting about 60 area employees whose jobs will be gone by early next year. The company said many employees will have the opportunity to transfer to the California site. "We anticipate a significant number of Lenexa employees will accept the offer to relocate to California and will operate out of the Vista, California, facility," SAIC said in a statement. "For those who don't want to relocate, we'll provide professional outplacement services to help employees find jobs with another . SAIC office or in the community." SAIC's Lenexa office has developed tracking and surveillance products for the transportation industry, including for ports, railroads and highways. One system developed locally was a video-imaging system to identify containers moving through ports for greater efficiency and security. From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Sat Nov 3 14:16:35 2007 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (Daily SAIC News) Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2007 09:16:35 -0500 (EST) Subject: [saic] Security Experts Warn of Web 2.0 Woes Message-ID: <20071103091627.I1802-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> 3 November 2007 ; internetnews.com Security Experts Warn of Web 2.0 Woes http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3708876 --- By Sean Gallagher RESTON, Va. -- While Web 2.0 applications might be all the rage for developers and increasingly important in the enterprise, security experts warn they represent a serious threat -- a fact that won't change until businesses start demanding greater protections. That was the theme at the New New Internet conference here yesterday, where a panel of security experts told audience members that Web 2.0 application developers lack tools to secure their applications, creating a problem unlikely to be fixed without greater prompting by IT management. "Beat up on your vendors and your own developers," said Steve Orrin, director of security solutions for Intel Corp. "Look for and ask for security features in your applications. Until you start asking, they aren't going to see it as a requirement." Much of the issue stems from the fact that underlying technologies being used in new Web applications and Web services were never properly secured to begin with, panelists said. "We've already moved on and started to look at Web 2.0 technology, when Web 1.0 wasn't secure yet," Orrin said. "What we're seeing is advanced uses of the same sorts of attacks that were used before." Cross-site scripting, for example, is "much more powerful" when used in a Web 2.0 environment, he suggested. "As powerful a tool as Web 2.0 technology is for developers and users, it's even more so for attackers." That's especially true of things like phishing attacks, Orrin said. "It's become a lot easier to trick users with Web 2.0 -- the automation is to the point where the user doesn't even have to be involved for the attack to occur." Hart Rossman, chief security technologist at research and engineering giant Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), agreed. He pointed to the difficulties that security professionals face in checking some Web 2.0 applications for vulnerabilities. "AJAX is the weapon of choice for sex appeal, but current vulnerability assessment tools have trouble traversing AJAX sites, and it's harder to find the vulnerabilities," Rossman said. "You can't recreate sessions as easily, so if something happens, it's very difficult to create the forensics to analyze it." Ironically, the current closed nature of many social networks' application programming interfaces has prevented some attacks mounted over them from crossing over to other platforms, "despite the fact that people rail against the walled garden," Rossman said. "For the most part, [the social networking sites] are walled gardens -- but they're happy to let you develop applications in them and stay there." That fact has prevented some attacks from becoming more widespread, he said, but added that the rise of the use of widgets and other outside components on sites like MySpace raises the specter of people using "Web 2.0 on top of Web 2.0" to mount larger cross-network attacks. "Social networks become a breeding ground for Flash worms," said Orrin. He pointed to the MySpace QuickTime worm attack from last December that attacked users' profiles, rewriting them with links to phishing sites. "By loading the video, a million people viewed the video and were attacked by the virus in a single evening." Perhaps more ironic, Google and a number of social networking sites just a day earlier announced their partnership to develop common APIs across their sites. If Rossman's "walled garden" theory is correct, the newly partnered social networking sites -- which includes MySpace, the industry's largest player -- could mean the end of the isolationist protections currently enjoyed by those sites, and an increased likelihood for problems faced by one site to migrate to others. The panel yesterday also discussed hazards inherent in the very thing that social networks are built on -- the building of trust in strangers. Jeffery Grass, CEO of BuySAFE, a third-party merchant assurance company, said that in a survey of eBay buyers from merchants who had 90-percent positive ratings, almost half of users felt like they had still been victims of fraud in some way, "that they were overcharged for shipping, that the description wasn't accurate, et cetera." "Web 2.0 creates a lot of connectedness," Grass said. "It helps create a more trusted interaction with the other party. But it also creates risk -- how do you know the other party is someone you can trust?" Orrin and Rossman extended the trust issue to the realm of mash-ups and add-on components. "People tend not to trust the mash-up developer," Rossman said. "They [put their trust in ] the API provider. There's very little thought given to the mash-up itself." From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Sun Nov 4 21:46:51 2007 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (Daily SAIC News) Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2007 16:46:51 -0500 (EST) Subject: [saic] Surveylab closes in on military Message-ID: <20071104164632.C1802-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> 5 November 2007 ; The Dominion Post Surveylab closes in on military http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/4261690a28.html --- Wellington technology company Surveylab is teaming up with multibillion-dollar engineering company SAIC to develop a new generation of its handheld GPS locators for the United States military. Surveylab founder and chief executive Leon Toorenburg calls the partnership a breakthrough for the 14-person firm. "They are fantastic partners for us because they are huge and can talk to people we don't even know exist." SAIC employs 44,000 staff and turned over US$8 billion last year. Mr Toorenburg invented Surveylab's Ike computers, which combine a GPS transceiver, laser finder, digital camera, inclinometer and compass in a single device, letting users photograph and record the location of objects and buildings from a distance. Ikes have been used to mark the location of landmines, and damage caused by Hurricane Katrina. Mr Toorenburg says SAIC and a $760,000 grant from the Foundation for Research, Science and Technology are funding the development of a new version of the Ike which will conform with the US military's recently-agreed standard for GPS equipment, SAASM. It will be less susceptible to jamming and will still work if the civilian GPS system is turned off, which could happen in a conflict. SAIC will have exclusive rights to sell the SAASM-compliant device. The US Army Corps of Engineers has placed a $500,000 order. Mr Toorenburg says that caused some controversy, with a congressman asking the US Government why the corps was buying from Surveylab rather than a US-based competitor. But a corps general backed its decision with research papers indicating the Ike met its needs better, he says. Surveylab is also selling the Ike to oil and gas explorers. They are using them in New York State to survey the location of houses and private property during seismic surveys without having to go on to people's properties. Surveylab sold 190 Ikes, costing about $10,000 each, in the 12 months to September 2006. Wellington Mayor Kerry Prendergast and partner Rex Nicholls own about 23 per cent of Surveylab. Venture capital firm No 8 Ventures invested $2 million in it, and owns 46 per cent. From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Tue Nov 13 22:59:23 2007 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (Daily SAIC News) Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 17:59:23 -0500 (EST) Subject: [saic] SAIC Awarded NSWC Engineering and Technical Services Contract Message-ID: <20071113175917.F768-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> 13 November 2007 ; PRNewswire SAIC Awarded NSWC Engineering and Technical Services Contract http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/11-13-2007/0004703980 --- SAN DIEGO and MCLEAN, Va. /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Science Applications International Corporation (NYSE: SAI) announced today it won a task order contract from the Crane Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC), Crane, Ind., in support of Joint Special Operations Response Department, Small Arms Weapons Division. SAIC will provide a wide range of technical support for the development of U.S. Navy and special missions small arms capability. This single-award contract has a 24-month base period and three one-year options, with a total value of $47 million if all options are exercised. This is a follow-on contract to the NSWC Crane Division Omnibus Contract held by SAIC. Work will be performed primarily at Crane, Ind. Under this single award SeaPort-e task order, SAIC will provide a wide range of engineering and technical support to the Small Arms Weapons Division at NSWC Crane. Services include scientific and engineering analysis and studies, test and evaluation, technical data support, field engineering, integrated logistics support, configuration management, facility engineering, management support services, overhaul and maintenance and data management support. "This is another opportunity for SAIC to build upon its longstanding relationship with NSWC Crane in providing technology that directly enhances the ability for the Warfighters to continue the fight on global terrorism," said Tom Baybrook, SAIC senior vice president and business unit general manager. "We are proud to work alongside the men and women of NSWC in providing our forces with systems that are mission critical on today's modern battlefield." From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Sat Nov 17 20:25:44 2007 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (Daily SAIC News) Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2007 15:25:44 -0500 (EST) Subject: [saic] New SAIC Location Sells for $28M Message-ID: <20071117152539.T768-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> 17 November 2007 ; CoStar Group New SAIC Location Sells for $28M http://www.costar.com/News/Article.aspx?id=4C55213D64D7CC78147183874FDA97A1 --- LEAFS Investments Buys Facility in Oak Ridge Corp. Centre in Vista LEAFS Investments LP purchased the manufacturing/R&D facility at 2985 Scott St. in Vista, CA, for $28 million, or about $234 per square foot. The 120,221-square-foot building was constructed in 1991 in the Oak Ridge Corporate Centre. Just prior to the sale, technical services firm Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) inked a five-year, triple-net lease to fully occupy the building. In conjunction with the lease, a neighboring facility at 3105 Scott St. was demolished to create a test area for SAIC, with the opportunity for future development. Steve Rowland, Michael Roberts, Dennis Visser and Mark Emerick of Grubb & Ellis|BRE Commercial represented the buyer and the seller, PCCP DJ Ortho LLC. From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Tue Nov 20 12:34:01 2007 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (Daily SAIC News) Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 07:34:01 -0500 (EST) Subject: [saic] Company will move 56 jobs from Lenexa Message-ID: <20071120073352.T768-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> 20 November 2007 ; Kansas City Business Journal Company will move 56 jobs from Lenexa http://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/stories/2007/11/19/daily5.html --- Science Applications International Corp. is moving 56 employees out of its Lenexa office. SAIC is a San Diego-based developer of scientific, engineering and technical services for the U.S. Department of Defense and U.S. military. Its Lenexa office focuses on the rail industry and intermodal gate systems. The company notified employees on Nov. 13 that its Lenexa employees would be asked to relocate to the company's Vista, Calif., location in the next three to four months. Employees unwilling to go to California will be offered professional outplacement services to assist them in pursuing jobs with other SAIC offices or with other companies in the community, Ron Zollars, director of public affairs for the company, said in a release. SAIC also has a sales office in Kansas City. Zollars wouldn't say whether the company has any more employees in its Lenexa office or whether it will close the office. "We are moving and consolidating operations in order to meet the needs of the marketplace for integrated systems," Zollars said in an e-mail to the Kansas City Business Journal. SAIC was founded in 1969 and employs 44,000 in offices in about 150 offices globally. From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Wed Nov 21 01:12:19 2007 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (Daily SAIC News) Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 20:12:19 -0500 (EST) Subject: [saic] SAIC Operation Achieves ISO 20000 Certification Message-ID: <20071120201211.V768-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> 20 November 2007 ; CNN Money SAIC Operation Achieves ISO 20000 Certification http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/prnewswire/NETU01020112007-1.htm --- SAN DIEGO and MCLEAN, Va. /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Science Applications International Corporation announced today that its Defense Information System Network (DISN) Global Solutions (DGS) operation at Scott Air Force Base, Ill. has been awarded International Organization for Standardization ISO(R) 20000 certification. SAIC is one of the first organizations in the U.S. to receive this certification, and the DGS Operation is the first organization to receive this certification in the U.S. by Underwriter Laboratories (UL). SAIC's DGS operation provides support under the Defense Global Solutions contract and is a world-class information technology (IT) service management organization that supports the provision of network management and control; network operations and maintenance; and network engineering and circuit implementations to the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) continental United States (CONUS) Global NetOps Support Center located at Scott AFB, Ill. This location, along with other SAIC DGS facilities have additional quality certifications, including ISO 9001:2000 and Capability Maturity Model Integration (R) Level 5. ISO is a network of national standards institutes from 157 countries, with headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. The first formal international standard certifying the implementation of information technology service management at the organization level, ISO 20000 is based on the British Standard 15000 measure and the Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) best practice framework. The certification was awarded after UL performed an independent audit of SAIC's operations at Scott. "This certification is another step in providing our customer, DISA, and DISA's customers, the highest quality IT service management capabilities in the most cost-effective manner possible," said Matt De La Hunt, SAIC vice president and operations manager for CONUS network operations. "SAIC has been supporting DISA's overall consolidation efforts since 2001 and we look forward to our continued relationship with them in support of the Warfighter." From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Tue Nov 27 23:04:17 2007 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (Daily SAIC News) Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 18:04:17 -0500 (EST) Subject: [saic] SAIC Embarks on Energy SOA Interoperability Collaboration Initiative Message-ID: <20071127180411.L768-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> 27 November 2007 ; CNN Money SAIC Embarks on Energy SOA Interoperability Collaboration Initiative http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/prnewswire/NETU01927112007-1.htm --- HOUSTON /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Science Applications International Corporation today announced an initiative to collaborate on service oriented architecture (SOA) interoperability standards for the energy market. Its enterprise information management practice is engaged with a number of energy companies working on SOA projects. Through these engagements, SAIC and its associates, representing several major oil and gas producers and public utility companies, have recognized the opportunity to develop a set of interoperability standards that can be applied consistently across the industry. These standards will benefit the industry in many ways. For example, they will enable operators and oilfield services companies to collaborate on hydrocarbon development and production projects. For utility companies, standards will enable interoperability and integration of systems supporting the high-data volume requirements of industry initiatives such as advance metering infrastructure and automated demand response solutions. Several industry leaders have already indicated a desire to collaborate with SAIC in the development of SOA interoperability standards. SAIC is now approaching others for participation in this effort. The consensus of these thought leaders will drive the rapid development, publication and adoption of this suite of common standards. "SAIC brings its experience in program management and standards development to this effort and has designed this program to be a fast-cycling development project that will utilize existing technology standards and practices," said Doug Charles, SAIC senior vice president and business unit general manager. "The initiative aims to publish an agreed set of standards by the end of second quarter 2008. SAIC will draw upon its experience with several industry standards groups to develop the enterprise/industry roadmap and produce a well-documented suite of actionable standards." SAIC has set up a collaboration site where the interoperability standards are published and where you can register to participate. For further information visit www.saic.com/energy/web-service-interoperability.asp. From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Tue Nov 27 23:05:16 2007 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (Daily SAIC News) Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 18:05:16 -0500 (EST) Subject: [saic] SAIC Obtains $32.7M Malaria Vaccine Production Support Contract Extension Message-ID: <20071127180508.L768-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> 27 November 2007 ; Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News SAIC Obtains $32.7M Malaria Vaccine Production Support Contract Extension http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=25734507 --- The NIAID awarded Science Applications International (SAIC) a contract extension to provide malaria vaccine production and support services. The seven-year cost-plus-fixed-fee deal has an estimated value of $32.7 million. The extension represents a follow-on effort for work that the company has been performing for NIAID since 2000. The team will deliver R&D services to support process development and pilot-lot production of promising malaria vaccine candidates into products suitable for evaluation in human clinical studies. SAIC will serve as the project management arm for these activities. It will work to identify optimal production and purification strategies for clinical-grade malaria immunogens, performing pilot lot production, formulation, preclinical testing, and providing nonclinical development support for promising vaccine candidates, according to SAIC officials. SAIC will also provide regulatory support for INDs applications. From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Tue Nov 27 23:15:27 2007 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (Daily SAIC News) Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 18:15:27 -0500 (EST) Subject: [saic] SAIC Demonstrates 'Science - Services - Solutions: The Warfighter's Edge' at the 2007 Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference Message-ID: <20071127181425.K768-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> 27 November 2007 ; PRNewswire SAIC Demonstrates 'Science - Services - Solutions: The Warfighter's Edge' at the 2007 Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/11-26-2007/0004710899 --- ORLANDO, Fla., Nov. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Science Applications International Corporation (NYSE: SAI) will demonstrate specialized defense, law enforcement and security solutions at the 2007 Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference (I/ITSEC) Nov. 26 through 29 at the Orange County Convention Center. SAIC and its team will present a series of complex multisystem war-gaming simulations, including interoperable live, virtual, and constructive capabilities. The demonstrations showcase SAIC's system integration capabilities and illustrate how unrelated simulation systems can be brought together to create powerful training solutions. Three different vignettes will be played each day and simulated newscasts will tie the demonstrations together. "This cohesive, integrated demo showcases our ability to quickly develop solutions that respond to the time-urgent needs of the Warfighter," said Beverly Seay, SAIC senior vice president and business unit general manager. "From our work at Ft. Lewis and JFCOM, to our long Orlando tradition of highly disciplined and leveraged system development and integration, our application of our customer life-cycle architecture methodology has provided meaningful solutions and services in a highly responsive and cost-effective fashion." "Our demonstration begins with an embedded correspondent reporting on a routine route-clearing mission in advance of a Medical Civil Action Program (MEDCAP). While stopped to investigate a potential roadside IED, a rocket propelled grenade (RPG) explodes and the route-clearing team finds itself under attack by insurgents," said David Rees, SAIC senior vice president and business development director of the Analysis, Simulations, Systems Engineering and Training Business Unit. "SAIC's simulated environment includes geo-specific terrain, detailed modeling of friendly, neutral and opposing forces, and timely and realistic threats that could impact our troops. The technology underlying the demo is a composition of a numerous systems built using a diverse set of elements, including operating systems and image-generation systems." SAIC solutions showcased at I/ITSEC include: * OneSAF(R) -- A next-generation computer-generated force software that allows users to configure systems to meet simulation requirements. Users can quickly adapt the system to meet their training, experimentation, and analysis needs for a full range of simulations. * SE Core -- A set of virtual components common to multiple simulation systems, composed of three major elements: virtual simulation architecture, common virtual components, and the integration of OneSAF into two fielded virtual training systems; Close Combat Tactical Trainer (CCTT) and Aviation Combined Arms Tactical Trainer (AVCATT). * Common Driver Trainer/Stryker Variant (CDT/SV) -- A simulator enabling drivers to train on critical driving tasks in all versions of the Stryker. * Real-Time Adversarial Intelligence and Decision Making (RAID) -- At I/ITSEC, the first-ever public demonstration of RAID will be on display. RAID is a tool designed to anticipate enemy actions in tactical ground operations. The RAID program has developed key technologies and tools capable of producing in-execution running estimates and analyses of an enemy's probable actions. * Tactical Air Operations Simulation (TAOS) -- A small-footprint simulation of key platforms, equipment systems, and players involved in theater air operations that realistically exercise the performance of air and space operations center personnel and air power users. At I/ITSEC, we will demo a live, joint-terminal air controller interacting with a synthetic close air support entity. Other technologies represented at the show include SAIC's Reconfigurable Cockpit Trainer, Airborne Web Services (AWS), Air Mission Trainer/Rotary Wing Variant (AMT/RWV), OneSAF -- VBS2(TM) Interoperability using LVC Game(TM) and Live Training Systems. For more information please visit SAIC at booth 1716, or go to http://www.saic.com/iitsec/. From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Wed Nov 28 22:47:45 2007 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (Daily SAIC News) Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 17:47:45 -0500 (EST) Subject: [saic] U.S. Working To Respond To Growing Cyber Attacks Message-ID: <20071128174735.U768-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> 28 November 2007 ; Information Week U.S. Working To Respond To Growing Cyber Attacks http://www.informationweek.com/management/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=204204206 --- At the moment, "there are no rules" about what government or private entities can do if their networks are attacked, a U.S. military adviser said Tuesday. WASHINGTON - The United States is working to prevent attacks on military, government and private computer networks, but any aggressive response raises legal, civil rights and policy questions that should be addressed, a U.S. military adviser said Tuesday. At the moment, "there are no rules" about what government or private entities can do if their networks are attacked, said Andrew Palowitch, chief technology officer for Science Applications International Corp's intelligence and security group and senior adviser to the Pentagon. Given more than 37,000 attempted breaches of government and private programs and 80,000 attacks on military networks in fiscal 2007 alone, some would argue the United States was already in a "cyber war," he said in a speech at Georgetown University in Washington. He said he was not speaking for the Pentagon. Palowitch said military officials had publicly conceded that some attacks had succeeded in reducing U.S. military operational capability. He declined to give details. The Pentagon said this year that China's military had established units to develop viruses to attack enemy computer systems, and Estonia was the target of an orchestrated "denial-of-service" attack earlier this year that shut down its education, banking, government and other networks for weeks. The Air Force's recent move to create a new military command, staffed by 40,000 people to prepare for cyber warfare, underscored the importance of the issue, he said. He cited estimates that the government would spend up to $35 billion over the next five years to guard against cyberspace attacks, an investment drive that could benefit SAIC, Lockheed Martin Corp, Northrop Grumman and other companies that work on network security. The Pentagon has cut the number of gateways to its military network to 13, but the overall U.S. government still had more than 1,300 connections that could be vulnerable. The White House Office of Management and Budget recently ordered that number cut to 50, he said. Palowitch urged efforts to address the legality of responding to attempted attacks, civil rights questions about monitoring and the liability of private servers and routers. Reporting by Andrea Shalal-Esa, editing by Patricia Zengerle.