Cybersecurity Compliance and Incident Response Support

The contract supports comprehensive cybersecurity compliance with NIST SP 800-171 requirements, ensuring that all systems and processes meet federal standards for protecting controlled unclassified information. It mandates timely cyber incident reporting through the Defense Industrial Base Cybersecurity and Incident Reporting Portal, DIBNET, to enable rapid response and coordination within the defense supply chain. The contractor is required to retain forensic images of affected systems following any security incident to facilitate investigation, analysis, and regulatory reporting. All obligations under this contract must be flowed down to subcontractors, ensuring that third-party entities handling controlled information adhere to the same cybersecurity protocols and reporting standards. The work is performed under a subcontract awarded by the Defense Logistics Agency under the Department of Defense, with NAICS code 541512 indicating it falls within the category of computer systems design services.