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SAIC safeguards USDA Forest Service information

Contract calls for providing expertise, technical knowledge and staff support

  • By David Hubler
  • May 02, 2011

Science Applications International Corp. will help the Agriculture Department deploy a secure information program for the Forest Service under a three-year contract valued at $21 million, according to a May 2 SAIC announcement.

The prime contract calls for SAIC to provide the expertise, technical knowledge and staff support for a Comprehensive Robust Information Security (CRIS) program designed to safeguard information entrusted to USDA's Forest Service.

SAIC also will perform analysis to ensure security controls are consistently implemented; provide governance and strategic planning assistance for the Forest Service IT security program; integrate new technology with IT security standards; develop and execute plans for monitoring, assessing and verifying security controls; and develop, execute and exercise IT systems resiliency.

The CRIS program will strengthen information security, dealing with the challenges presented by a large and diverse set of applications on a variety of platforms across the agency, the statement said.

The work will take place in the Washington, D.C., National Capital Region, Denver and Milwaukee.

SAIC, of McLean, Va., ranks No. 5 on Washington Technology’s 2010 Top 100 list of the largest federal government contractors.

About the Author

David Hubler is the former print managing editor for GCN and senior editor for Washington Technology. He is freelance writer living in Annandale, Va.

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