BAE Systems has received a $40 million order to provide critical information security safeguards, including certification and accreditation, to ensure the confidentiality and privacy of FBI computer networks both in the United States and globally, the company said.
It is the first order awarded in the Information Assurance Program Support contract vehicle, a five-year Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity effort valued at $134 million, BAE said.
Under the $40 million order, BAE is the prime contractor offering information security risk assessments. The information assurance process is cyclical and is continuously monitored and improved as risks change so that data, some of it classified, is transmitted, stored and protected safely, according to BAE.
Continuous monitoring is a technique to address the security impacts on an information system resulting from changes to the hardware or software during the lifecycle, the company added.