Ms. Salima M. Iskra

Ms. Salima M. Iskra serves as a key procurement professional within the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA), supporting the agency’s mission to secure the national defense industrial base through personnel vetting and cybersecurity enablement. She manages a portfolio of acquisitions focused on information technology services, software development, and digital infrastructure solutions critical to maintaining the integrity of cleared personnel systems and secure government environments. Her work directly enables the modernization of background investigation workflows and the deployment of secure digital platforms, ensuring compliance with federal cybersecurity standards and defense industrial base protection protocols. Iskra maintains consistent contracting relationships with established technology providers including SWISH DATA CORPORATION, AMD INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC, SPATHE SYSTEMS LLC, ROCKWOOD COMPANY LLC, and IDEMIA IDENTITY & SECURITY USA LLC. These partnerships reflect a preference for vendors with proven expertise in identity management, cybersecurity analytics, and secure data processing systems. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes and technical capability over sole-source reliance, fostering competitive, results-driven vendor engagement. While the majority of her acquisitions—83.3%—are conducted without set-asides, she actively supports small business participation through Total Small Business Set-Asides under FAR 19.5, demonstrating a measured but deliberate commitment to socioeconomic contracting goals. Her procurement patterns reflect a balance between leveraging large, experienced contractors for complex technical systems and ensuring opportunities for qualified small businesses in niche service areas. Her primary NAICS focus lies in Other Computer Related Services (541519), with significant activity in Software Publishers (513210), Information Services (511210), and Other Information Services (519130). She routinely procures custom software development, identity verification platforms, secure data analytics tools, and cloud-enabled vetting systems, underscoring deep technical expertise in cybersecurity, digital identity management, and defense-oriented IT modernization.