Cyber: A word from the sponsors of the 2nd ADM Cyber Security Summit | ADM May 2012

Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC ), a US-based technology company with over 41,000 employees worldwide, is bringing innovative cyber security technologies and initiatives to help Australia solve its most challenging technical problems by working together to build a comprehensive defence against cyber security attacks.

Since the 1990s, SAIC has been in niche areas of the Australian market including transportation, logistics, and intelligence systems.

Most notably, SAIC contributed to the deployment of the RailNet Automated Equipment Identification system in 70 sites in Australia, as well as the deployment of DART II tsunami detection buoys for the Australian Bureau of Meteorology.

For over five years, SAIC has been leveraging its TeraText product range to support multiple federal and state projects in Australia. Last year’s development of the FlowID-10G platform marked a significant cyber milestone in the development of a fully symmetric 10-gigabit per second, packet accurate Netflow record collector that is available as a commercial-off-the shelf product. FlowID-10G is marketed as part of SAIC ’s CloudShield product range.

Currently, SAIC ’s Varec subsidiary supports the Joint Fuels Logistics Agency’s needs with a fuels management system which has been deployed to increase efficiency quality control of these logistics operations in over 100 sites in Australia.

SAIC recently announced the planned expansion of their Melbourne facility which will include a Cyber Security Development and Test Laboratory. Steve Rizzi, a 28-year company veteran, has been named regional manager for SAIC in Australia. Rizzi has come from the US with over 10 years of experience working in the Australian market, and he will join Dr Ron Sacks-Davis as the second SAIC Pty Ltd Director in Australia.

“SAIC is excited to grow our presence in Australia, and we see a number of areas where we have the potential to develop truly differentiated capabilities here,” Rizzi said. “Cyber, ISR, modelling and simulation, and defence energy are all areas where we see SAIC making unique contributions to the Australian defence industry in the coming years.”