BTG on Veridian Team for $1.5 Billion
Information Assurance Contract for DISA Program
FAIRFAX, VIRGINIA, August 14, 2000 - BTG, Inc. (Nasdaq: BTGI), an
information systems and technical services company, is a partner on the
Veridian team selected as one of the primary information assurance providers
on the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) "I Assure" program. The
contract, with a total ceiling of $1.5 billion for a three-year base period
with four one-year options, provides cyber assurance services to the
Department of Defense and other federal agencies. The contract is multiple
award and indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ), which means the
teams can bid for specific information assurance jobs covered by the
contract. The Veridian team will provide a full range of information
security services under the DISA program, including:
* Managed Security Services, including around-the-clock network
security management
* Secure Network Design, Integration and Operation
* Threat and Risk Assessments
* Incident Response and Forensics
As a member of the Veridian team, BTG will provide support in the areas of
Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) operations, intrusion detection
technologies, multi-level security technology, information assurance (IA)
operations, training, and electronic commerce. BTG has an established
practice in information and network security and nearly two decades of
providing intelligence systems and services to the federal government. BTG
is a prime contractor on ETSS, the Engineering Technical Support Services
contract that supports the Air Force Information Warfare Center and the Air
Intelligence Agency with information assurance, modeling and simulation,
advanced visualization, and data fusion.
BTG also provides information assurance support to federal agencies under
the GSA's Safeguard program and currently provides DISA with engineering
services in support of trouble management systems for IA operations. The
company was recently selected by the National Security Agency (NSA) to build
the Security Common Component for the Joint Simulation System Alliance,
which includes NSA, the National Reconnaissance Office, and the Defense
Intelligence Agency.
BTG Senior Vice President Robert Osterloh, General Manager of Defense and
Intelligence Systems, said Veridian is one of the industry's most respected
providers of secure networks and BTG is very pleased to be a member of its
team. "Recent events have shown that information networks are vulnerable to
cyber attacks and computer viruses. The DISA program will help protect the
most critical networks in the Department of Defense and other government
agencies. We are looking forward to working with Veridian and its other
partners to guarantee the security of the U.S. information infrastructure." |
