Ten companies win government DAR contracts
More and more government employees carry more and more laptops; there is a need to secure the data — DAR, for data at rest —on the hard drives of these laptops in case they are lost or stole
Several government agencies have awardedten companies a series of five-year blanket purchase agreements for products to protect data in government laptop computers and other mobile or removable devices. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Defense Department (DoD), and General Services Administration (GSA) jointly awarded the contracts on 18 June. The value of the contracts could reach a total of more than $79 million, according to the agencies. The agreements will provide encryption of sensitive but unclassified data. The technical name for the information is data at rest, or DAR, meaning that it is stored on a disk or other media. The contract winners are:
MTM Technologies of Stamford, Connecticut
Rocky Mountain Ram of Louisville, Colorado
Carahsoft Technology of Reston, Virginia
Spectrum Systems of Fairfax, Virginia
SafeNet of Belcamp, Maryland
Hi Tech Services of Herndon, Virginia
Autonomic Resources of Cary, North Carolina
GovBuys of Bethesda, Maryland
Intelligent Decisions of Ashburn, Virginia
Merlin International of Englewood, Colorado
The acquisition and contract support will be provided by DoD’s Enterprise Software Initiative and the Air Force’s 754th Electronic Systems Group at Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base, Alabama. GSA’s SmartBUY program will provide acquisition support for civilian agencies, and for state and local governments.
