SRA Awarded $53.5 Million Cyber Security Task Order by Department of Homeland Security
August 25 2009 - 4:01PM
PR Newswire (US)
Transportation Security Administration to entrust SRA with
development of cyber security operations center FAIRFAX, Va., Aug.
25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SRA International, Inc. (NYSE:SRX), a
leading provider of technology and strategic consulting services
and solutions to government organizations and commercial clients,
announced it has been awarded a task order by the U.S. Department
of Homeland Security (DHS) Transportation Security Administration
(TSA) under the EAGLE contract vehicle to monitor their information
technology (IT) enterprise and assess IT security threats. The task
order value is over $53 million, if all options are exercised, and
will provide core primary and failover security operations center
(SOC) services for up to five years. TSA is responsible for
security of the nation's transportation systems involving
cooperation with state, local and regional partners. To maintain
the highest levels of security, TSA requires a partner to monitor
their IT enterprise by detecting, analyzing and coordinating the
response to cyber attacks. SRA will provide a fully outsourced SOC
solution that leverages robust physical and technology platforms
with proven SOC operations best practices. "The SOC's mission is of
national importance and the SRA team will partner with TSA to
ensure their IT environment remains a secure enabler for
transportation security," said SRA Senior Vice President, National
Security Sector, Pat Burke. "The SRA approach allows TSA to shift
focus from reactive incident response to proactive attack
prevention, and provides a reliable, scalable service that can
easily adapt to changes in TSA's IT environment." SRA's managed
service solution provides coverage 24 hours a day ensuring there is
no disruption to cyber security monitoring and incident response
services. SRA also will assess vulnerabilities and emerging IT
security threats and will evaluate IT solutions prior to their
deployment in the TSA IT environment. SRA's team includes three
partners -- InScope Solutions, SE Solutions and Verizon Business.
Numerous large federal agencies, law enforcement organizations and
the intelligence community rely on SRA's cyber professionals for
their deep experience with establishing, maintaining and protecting
large-scale infrastructures. SRA is supporting the U.S. State
Department's Bureau of Diplomatic Security on their Security
Assurance Services and Innovation (SASI) contract and is providing
global information assurance services. SRA pioneers cyber security
technologies, develops trusted and validated operational
methodologies, which is supported by highly skilled and innovative
cyber operators. This integrated approach provides SRA government
customers a highly sophisticated proactive approach to defending
against the Internet's pervasive cyber criminals. About SRA
International, Inc. SRA and its subsidiaries are dedicated to
solving complex problems of global significance for government
organizations serving the national security, civil government and
global health markets. Founded in 1978, the company and its
subsidiaries have expertise in such areas as air surveillance and
air traffic management; contract research organization (CRO)
services; cyber security; disaster response planning; enterprise
resource planning; environmental strategies; IT systems,
infrastructure and managed services; logistics; public health
preparedness; public safety; strategic management consulting;
systems engineering; and wireless integration. FORTUNE magazine has
chosen SRA as one of the "100 Best Companies to Work For" for ten
consecutive years. The company and its subsidiaries employ more
than 6,900 employees serving clients from headquarters in Fairfax,
Va., and offices around the world. For additional information on
SRA, please visit http://www.sra.com/. Any statements in this press
release about future expectations, plans, and prospects for SRA,
including statements about the estimated value of the contract and
work to be performed, and other statements containing the words
"estimates," "believes," "anticipates," "plans," "expects," "will,"
and similar expressions, constitute forward-looking statements
within the meaning of The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
of 1995. Actual results may differ materially from those indicated
by such forward-looking statements. In addition, the
forward-looking statements included in this press release represent
our views as of August 25, 2009. We anticipate that subsequent
events and developments will cause our views to change. However,
while we may elect to update these forward-looking statements at
some point in the future, we specifically disclaim any obligation
to do so. These forward-looking statements should not be relied
upon as representing our views as of any date subsequent to August
25, 2009. DATASOURCE: SRA International, Inc. CONTACT: Sheila S.
Blackwell, Vice President, Communications & Public Affairs,
+1-703-227-8345, , or Susie Mouri Manager, Sector Communications,
+1-703-803-1945, , both of SRA International, Inc. Web Site:
http://www.sra.com/
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