Six of the government's biggest agencies are on track to vastly improve their cybersecurity postures with the award of the second set of task orders for Group B of the Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM) program.

The $39 million contract was awarded to Booz Allen Hamilton, one of 17 prime blanket purchase agreement (BPA) holders on the government's massive cybersecurity effort, led by the Department of Homeland Security.

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Booz Allen Hamilton and its partners will be providing monitoring services for the six agencies under Group B, giving them a real-time view of their networks, vulnerabilities and breaches, as well as the tools to mitigate the effects of the latter.

Group B includes the Department of Energy, Interior, Transportation, Agriculture, Veterans Affairs and the Office of Personnel Management.

Task Order 2A — covering Homeland Security and its component agencies — was awarded in February. Knowledge Consulting Group won that award for $29 million.

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Groups C through E are expected to see awards before the end of fiscal 2015, with Group F — a collection of smaller agencies with less existing security infrastructure — expected to be competed before the end of the calendar year.

Aaron Boyd is an awarding-winning journalist currently serving as editor of Federal Times — a Washington, D.C. institution covering federal workforce and contracting for more than 50 years — and Fifth Domain — a news and information hub focused on cybersecurity and cyberwar from a civilian, military and international perspective.

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