FBI awards $42m cybersecurity deal

 

British defence contractor to secure US cyber border.

BAE Systems has won a $US40 million ($42 million) cybersecurity deal to protect the "confidentiality and privacy" of FBI computer networks.

It covered FBI networks in the US and "around the world", the British defence contractor said.

BAE will do assess the agency's information security risk so that data was "transmitted, stored and protected safely".

It was the first order awarded in the FBI's five-year, $US134 million information assurance program support contract.

 

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FBI awards $42m cybersecurity deal
"It is interesting that the FBI awarded this contract to a non-American company. It says something about either the qaulity of BAE's services or their price for service (they are really good or ..."
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ITnovice
Sep 22, 2010 4:05 PM
It is interesting that the FBI awarded this contract to a non-American company. It says something about either the qaulity of BAE's services or their price for service (they are really good or just cheaper than their competition).
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