SAN DIEGO - December 15, 2017 - (Newswire.com)
SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific has selected Vector Planning & Services, Inc. for an award to support the development of a distributed security operations center (SOC) for the US Navy. This SOC will include capabilities such as packet capture and analytics; large-scale data analytics, Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) integration, and malware analysis on this defensive cyberspace operations engineering contract.
According to VPSI CEO, Mr. Greg Hammond, “This Defensive Cyber Operations Enclave will require full life-cycle development across multiple domains to monitor, detect, identify, track, deter and defeat adversary, criminal and insider Cyber activities on Naval networks. VPSI is proud of the opportunity to support the Navy in establishing the environment from which Navy DCO forces will conduct network-monitoring activities.”
The Defensive Cyber Operations (DCO) Enclave is a pre-Program of Record (POR) initiative of the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific (SSC PAC), Code 58250 (Innovative Cybersecurity Engineering) group.
This recent award is an illustration of VPSI’s commitment to excellence, and taking the necessary steps to adapt to a changing threat vector. VPSI recently appointed a Cyber Security Technical Manager, Mr. Michael Anderson (read story here), who will lead the company’s Information Assurance Working Group and manage VPSI’s accreditation test lab.
Cybersecurity is evolving into perhaps the greatest threat to face our nation in some time, VPSI remains vigilant and ready to support the mission requirements of our clients.
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