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December 1, 2020 By cs

Navy seeing ‘explosion’ in use of OTA for IT, cyber development work

The last several years of Defense spending have a seen a more than seven-fold increase in the amount of money being spent through other transaction agreements for technology development. And although the Navy has been a relative latecomer to OTAs compared to its sister services, the approach is taking off in a big way in the areas of information technology and cybersecurity.

In August, the Navy announced it was increasing the ceiling value for its Information Warfare Research Project OTA to $500 million after having exhausted its initial $100 million ceiling in just a little over a year-and-a-half.  Meanwhile, last month, officials announced the project’s first three programs to have moved from prototypes to full-blown production systems.

“It’s been a very large success.  We’ve been able to promote this, both internally and with our sponsors to identify requirements that fit our rapid prototyping construct, ultimately with the goal of getting things into the warfighters’ hands quicker than in other contract strategy approaches,” Kevin Charlow, the chairman of the IWRP Executive Steering Group and deputy executive director of Naval Information Warfare Center-Atlantic said in a recent interview for Federal News Network’s On DoD.   “As we continue to identify new requirements and as the word gets out, and people get more comfortable using this type of vehicle, the available ceiling has been used up. So we’re pleased about that and we’re looking forward to the future.”

Keep reading this article at: https://federalnewsnetwork.com/on-dod/2020/11/navy-seeing-explosion-in-use-of-ota-for-it-cyber-development-work/

Filed Under: Government Contracting News Tagged With: cyber tools, DoD, innovation, IT, Naval Information Warfare Center, Navy, OTA, other transaction authorities, other transaction authority, prototyping

October 22, 2019 By cs

Pentagon standing up a nonprofit to assess vendor cybersecurity

The organization would be responsible for running the department’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification.

The Defense Department is looking to stand up a nonprofit organization to measure the strength of its contractors’ cybersecurity practices.

The group would be responsible for running the vendor accreditation process under the Pentagon’s new Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification, or CMMC. The framework, which was released in draft form last month, will serve as a yardstick for determining if contractors are taking sufficient steps to protect the sensitive military data that resides on their networks.

The certification process is intended to push the Pentagon’s extensive network of vendors to strengthen their digital defenses, or at least adopt protections that are appropriate for the sensitivity of their work. The program comes adversaries like China increasingly target defense contractors to steal military secrets.

Keep reading this article at: https://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2019/10/pentagon-standing-nonprofit-assess-vendor-cybersecurity/160425/

Filed Under: Government Contracting News Tagged With: certification, CMMC, cyber, cyber attacks, cyber tools, cybersecurity, Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification, DoD, industry, Pentagon, RFI, risk assessment, secret

January 21, 2019 By AMK

Air Force Academy’s CyberWorx wants partners to help with outreach, tech transfer

The Air Force Academy’s cyber research and innovation arm is looking for a private-sector partner to help invigorate its outreach and technology transfer efforts.

The academy’s CyberWorx released a request for information Thursday seeking a partner that can boost the center’s efforts to engage industry—particularly small businesses—and academia in development of innovative cyber tools and improve the technology transfer process between the academy and private sector, in both directions.

CyberWorx was stood up in late 2016 to act as “a public-private design center focused on cyber capability that melds AF, academic and industry expertise with state of the art technology and innovative thinking to solve wicked operational problems,” according to the academy.

Keep reading this article at: https://www.nextgov.com/emerging-tech/2019/01/air-force-academys-cyberworx-wants-partners-help-outreach-tech-transfer/154257/

Filed Under: Government Contracting News Tagged With: Air Force, Air Force Academy, cyber, cyber tools, CyberWorx, outreach event, RFI, tech transfer

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