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COMPANY NEWS: Claroty, the cyber-physical systems protection company, today announced the appointment of Chris Inglis, former US national cyber director, to its advisory board.

Security specialist Rubrik has appointed Michael Mestrovich to the role of chief information security officer.

British security software and hardware company Sophos has acquired tech startup Refactr. Sophos is optimising Refactr’s DevSecOps automation platform with its Security Orchestration Automation and Response capabilities to ensure better protection.

A former American intelligence analyst and member of the armed forces has pleaded guilty to illegally obtaining classified national defence information and giving it to a reporter.

The GPS rollover that will take place this weekend is unlikely to affect many people as most modern GPS receivers are compliant with the latest system specifications, the founder and chief executive of LiveViewGPS, a company that sells tracking systems, says.

The Global Positioning System will roll over this weekend, resetting clocks due to a problem similar to that which caused Y2K, a memo from the US Department of Homeland Security says, with effects expected to be much more severe than when the last rollover took place in 1999.

How can you test composite systems realistically without running a complete test system? CA subsidiary ITKO seems to have found the answer: simulation.

Diversified industrial manufacturer Eaton Corporation (NYSE:ETN) has announced that it has been awarded a contract to provide the U.S. Air Force's Air Logistics Centre (ALC), at the Hill Air Force Base, Utah, power reliability products and complete turnkey services including engineering, project management, system integration, installation, training and onsite maintenance services. The win could be worth as much as US$568.7 million and will be divided among two suppliers over the life of the five-year contract with one single two-year option period. Eaton's Electrical Service & Systems Division's Federal Systems Business Unit will manage the work for the contract.