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Leidos Nabs $100 Million Award To Provide Cyber Security Services To Commerce Department

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, November 28th, 2018

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Leidos Nabs $100 Million Award To Provide Cyber Security Services To Commerce Department

Leidos [LDOS] on Wednesday said it has received a potential $100 million task order from the Department of Commerce to provide cyber and enterprise security operations for the department and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), an agency within the department that does scientific research focused on the environment.Under the task order, which has a base-year and four one-year options, Leidos will support NOAA’s Cyber Security Center, which performs around-the-clock monitoring for network threats. NOAA’s network supports more than…

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