Knowledge Consulting Group (KCG) today announced it has been selected as one of the prime contractors for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM) vehicle. This government-wide $6 billion Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) has a base period of five-years, assuming all option years are exercised.
“DHS CDM paves the way for agencies to move away from reactive security measures to implement a more comprehensive continuous monitoring program,” said Matt Brown, vice president of Homeland Security and Cyber Solutions at KCG. “Continuous monitoring will enable agencies to proactively examine network interactions to mitigate risk. This is a major milestone for government cyber security.”
As part of the agreement, KCG will provide Enterprise Security Controls Analysis, Continuous Monitoring Strategy, Threat, Vulnerability and Risk Analysis, Security Assessment and Risk Reporting.
Issued by the General Services Administration (GSA) Federal Systems Integration and Management Center (FEDSIM), this contract vehicle provides all federal agencies as well as state, local, tribal and territorial governments with specialized information technology (IT) services and tools to help implement DHS’ CDM program.
CDM aims to defend government networks from cyber attacks by providing continuous monitoring, diagnosis and mitigation tools, as well as Continuous Monitoring as a Service (CMaaS) capabilities.
“KCG has a proven record of success helping public sector agencies implement continuous monitoring programs,” said Dusty Wince, founder and CEO of KCG. “We look forward to working with DHS, GSA and all the other agencies that take advantage of this contract.”
KCG’s team on this contract includes Ardent Management Consulting (ArdentMC), Axxum Technologies LLC, Cloudburst Security, Defense Point Security, LLC, Govplace, Knight Point Systems, TASC, Inc. and Unisys Corporation.
Wince, along with daughter Chelsey Wince, were featured in our “families of government contracting” series earlier this year.
