Cybersecurity Compliance & Incident Response

The contract requires the implementation and ongoing maintenance of cybersecurity controls aligned with NIST Special Publication 800-171 to ensure the protection of controlled unclassified information within the defense industrial base. This includes establishing, monitoring, and updating technical and administrative safeguards across systems and networks to meet federal compliance standards. The contractor is also responsible for timely cyber incident reporting through the Defense Industrial Base Net (DIBNet) to the Defense Cyber Crime Center (DC3), ensuring adherence to mandated reporting timelines and procedures following any security breach or suspicious activity. Additionally, the contractor must preserve forensic media in a secure, evidentiary-quality manner to support incident investigations, legal proceedings, and compliance audits, with processes in place to prevent tampering or loss of critical digital evidence. The work is performed under a subcontract awarded by the Defense Logistics Agency on behalf of the Department of Defense, with the North American Industry Classification System code 541512 indicating it involves computer systems design services.