KCG selected for US DHS continuous diagnostics and mitigation contract

Knowledge Consulting Group (KCG) has received the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM) vehicle contract.

As one of the prime contractors, KCG will provide continuous monitoring as a service capabilities under Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA), which has overall potential value of $6bn and five-year period of performance, assuming all option years are exercised.

KCG Homeland Security and Cyber Solutions vice president Matt Brown said continuous monitoring will allow agencies to examine network interactions proactively to mitigate risk.

"DHS CDM paves the way for agencies to move away from reactive security measures to implement a more comprehensive continuous monitoring program," Brown added.

Under the contract, KCG will provide enterprise security controls analysis, continuous monitoring strategy, security assessment, risk reporting as well as threat, vulnerability and risk analysis.

KCG’s team for the contract comprises Ardent Management Consulting, Axxum Technologies, Cloudburst Security, Defense Point Security, Govplace, Knight Point Systems, TASC and Unisys.

The contract vehicle, issued by the General Services Administration (GSA) Federal Systems Integration and Management Center (FEDSIM), will provide specialised information technology (IT) services and tools to help implement DHS’ CDM programme to all federal agencies as well as state, local, tribal and territorial governments.

CDM intends to provide continuous monitoring, diagnosis and mitigation tools, as well as continuous monitoring as a service (CMaaS) capabilities to defend government networks from cyber attacks.