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Cyber

DHS Awards Booz Allen Potential $1.2 Billion Cybersecurity Contract

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, August 29th, 2024

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DHS Awards Booz Allen Potential $1.2 Billion Cybersecurity Contract

Booz Allen Hamilton [BAH] has received a $421 million task order to continue to support the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) for a program that protects federal agencies from cyber threats. The award from the Department of Homeland Security is potentially worth $1.2 billion and supports the Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM) Dynamic and Evolving Federal Enterprise Network Defense (DEFEND) program. DEFEND is a series of task orders that support all CDM activities, including deploying cyber awareness and security…

Congress

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Unmanned Systems

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