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DHS Awards CenturyLink E3A Expansion Cyber Contract

Tuesday, December 8th, 2015

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DHS Awards CenturyLink E3A Expansion Cyber Contract

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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recently awarded CenturyLink [CTL] a service expansion contract to provide EINSTEIN 3 Accelerated (E3A) protections to federal civilian agencies, the company said Monday.The CenturyLink contract covers agencies that cannot otherwise access E3A services through existing internet service providers (ISPs). It was earlier awarded a contract to provide the EINSTEIN cybersecurity protections in March 2013The new contract features a six-month base award of $1.2 million with four one-year options, a DHS official said.The EINSTEIN program…

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