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Cyber

Army Awards $182 Million Endpoint Security Platform Contract to McAfee, InfoReliance

By Matthew Beinart

Friday, September 15th, 2017

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Army Awards $182 Million Endpoint Security Platform Contract to McAfee, InfoReliance

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The Army is taking steps to modernize the security of its endpoint devices with a five-year, $182 million contract to McAfee and InfoReliance to deliver a risk management platform aimed at minimizing the cyber attack surface and automate threat report metrics. Under the deal announced last Thursday, McAfee and InfoReliance will partner to implement and operate the Army Endpoint Security System (AESS) designed to deliver real-time situational awareness of all 1.4 million Army endpoints.The proprietary AESS utilizes McAfee’s Data Exchange…

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