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Pentagon awards $114M cyber contract

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U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Joel Melendez, Naval Network Warfare Command information systems analysis, U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Rogerick Montgomery, U.S. Cyber Command network analysis, and U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jacob Harding, 780th Military Intelligence Brigade cyber systems analysis, analyze an exercise scenario during Cyber Flag 13-1, Nov. 8, 2012, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. Cyber Flag strategically focuses on exercising the command’s mission of operating and defending the Department of Defense networks across the full spectrum of operations against a realistic adversary in a virtual environment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Matthew Lancaster)

CSRA has won a $114 million task to develop a cyber defense strategy for various offices within the Pentagon.

Under the task order, awarded via the CIO-SP3 contract vehicle for the Department of Defense Joint Service Provider program, “CSRA will protect government networks by blocking, detecting, reacting and responding to network incidents as well as leveraging tactics, techniques and procedures to prevent future incidents from occurring,” according to a company news release.

“CSRA will also work with U.S. Cyber Command and other government agencies to provide situational awareness about incidents and potential network threats,” the company said.

The task order has a term of four and a half years.

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Michael Peck is a correspondent for Defense News and a columnist for the Center for European Policy Analysis. He holds an M.A. in political science from Rutgers University. Find him at theuncommondefense.com. His email is mikedefense1@gmail.com.