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Why CDM vendors need more flexibility

March 26, 2018 By Andrew Smith

The first two phases of the Department of Homeland Security’s Continuous Diagnostic and Mitigation (CDM) program have helped government agencies deploy foundational cybersecurity solutions for real-time visibility and continuous network monitoring to identify vulnerabilities, reduce risk, ensure compliance and respond to threats.

DHS and the General Services Administration (GSA) deserve tremendous credit for implementing a technical program of this size and complexity. However, the first two phases barely bring government to the starting line of the cybersecurity technology race. The private sector and U.S. adversaries are already well past that point.

The most important phase of the CDM program is yet to come, under which government tackles the data security problems of an increasingly mobile workforce and distributed cloud computing environment.

Keep reading this article at: https://fcw.com/articles/2018/03/19/cdm-vendor-flex-comment.aspx

Filed Under: Contracting News Tagged With: blanket purchase orders, BPA, CDM, cybersecurity, data security, DHS, GSA, Homeland Security

Modified BPA for security products coming from GSA within 30 days

June 9, 2015 By ei2admin

Continuous Diagnostics and MitigationThe General Services Administration (GSA) will move the continuous diagnostics and mitigation (CDM) acquisition vehicle into its second phase within the next month by issuing modifications to the blanket purchase agreement, a GSA official said June 2.

The CDM vehicle, which has a $6 billion ceiling, is one of the prime federal tools for defending civilian networks that are under siege daily from hackers.

CDM Ordering Guide - GSA 2015Whereas Phase I of CDM is giving agencies tools to detect what devices are on their networks, Phase 2 will focus on better identifying who is on those networks. Thus, security products for identity management and network boundary protection will be in the offing from vendors during Phase 2.

The third phase, to come at an undetermined date, will delve further into boundary protection and tackle incident response.

Keep reading this article at: http://fcw.com/articles/2015/06/02/dhs-cdm-awards.aspx

Filed Under: Contracting News Tagged With: BPA, CDM, cybersecurity, diagnostics, GSA, mitigation, network services

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