IT Security Interact Community

These products and services are organized around the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity (known as the “NIST Cybersecurity Framework”).

The General Services Administration and Department of Homeland Security released the Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM) Tools Special Item Number (SIN) on August 3rd.  The SIN will support federal, state, and local government entities in support of the CDM program’s initiative to defend federal IT networks from cybersecurity threats, by providing continuous monitoring tools, diagnosis, mitigation, and dashboards to strengthen the security posture of government networks.

On June 21 2017, GSA hosted a webinar to present the latest developments in the Highly Adaptive Cybersecurity Services (HACS) Special Item Numbers (SINs) Program.  The webinar provided:

  On October 2016, GSA completed the first phase of the oral technical evaluations and expedited the modification/award processes to get 15 vendors onto the new IT Schedule 70’s “Highly Adaptive Cybersecurity Services (HACS)” Special Item Numbers (SINs). We are now pleased to announce the completion of the second phase of our evaluations, with phase three currently underway. As of March 2017, we have made 41 HACS SINs awards. The four HACS SINs feature high-quality cybersecurity vendors offering federal, state, and local governments the following services: