OREANDA-NEWS. February 08, 2016. Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) announced the addition of Solutionary, a security services provider focused on delivering managed security services, professional security services and global threat intelligence, to the Lockheed Martin Cyber Security Alliance.

“Sharing best practices has proven to be an effective way of defending against cyberattacks,” said Angie Heise, vice president, Lockheed Martin Commercial Cyber. “We have been working with Solutionary to do just that. Solutionary’s managed security services provider capabilities complement our service offerings, providing customers an even higher level of security. Now, we can formally welcome them into the alliance and take that relationship a step further.”

Formed to create an environment where leading technology providers can collaborate, combine strengths and share best practices, the Lockheed Martin Cyber Security Alliance identifies and implements solutions that help provide early threat detection and protection to solve customers’ growing cybersecurity needs and meet future challenges. The Alliance members engage in customer-focused scenarios, experiments and pilot programs that enable them to provide improved, more efficient and tested services.

Lockheed Martin Commercial Cyber is focused on developing, implementing, maintaining and securing critical infrastructures for Fortune 1000 and Global 1000 companies. The organization’s approach is based on an Intelligence Driven Defense® philosophy that focuses on harnessing information from those who seek to attack, and using it against them.

As a monitoring and security device management provider, Solutionary protects traditional and virtual IT infrastructures, cloud environments and mobile data.

“Being a part of the Lockheed Martin Cyber Security Alliance allows Solutionary to not only broaden its current capabilities but to be part of an organization that aligns with the same ideology, one hundred percent focused on protecting our clients,” said Rob Kraus, director of Security Research and Strategy, Solutionary. “Collaborating with some of the world’s greatest security minds will help Solutionary continue to address threats with the latest methods and technology advances, resulting in a heightened capability to detect, deter and mitigate advanced attacks.”

Solutionary joins a host of industry-leading alliance partners, including: APC by Schneider Electric, CA, Cisco, Citrix, CyberPoint, Dell, EMC Corporation and its RSA security division, FireEye, HP and its ArcSight division, Intel and Intel Security (formerly McAfee), Juniper Networks, Microsoft, NetApp, Radware, Red Hat, Splunk, Symantec, Trustwave, Verizon and VMware.

Headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, Lockheed Martin is a global security and aerospace company that - with the addition of Sikorsky - employs approximately 126,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration and sustainment of advanced technology systems, products and services.