Players in Cyber Storm II include nine states, four foreign governments, 18 agencies and 40 private companies that work in IT, telecom, chemicals and pipe and rail transportation infrastructure.
Science Applications International Corp. has won a task order from GSA to provide IT services to the Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command at Stennis Space Center, Miss.
DHS will hire Johns Hopkins University's Applied Physics Laboratory to test the next-gen technology system that DHS plans to deploy to secure the U.S.-Mexico border.
While DHS prepares a prototype solution for protecting the northern border, new technologies already are being tested in the field, according to a new report.
Intelligent Decisions Inc. has won a contract from the State Department to provide infrastructure upgrades to modernize the department's IT infrastructure worldwide.
The U.S. strategy for securing its border with Canada primarily will use technology, while DHS' strategy for securing the southern border also includes hundreds of miles of fencing.
About 200 emergency medical personnel will flash a temporary federal credential in the DHS' Winter Blast disaster drill tomorrow in the Washington region.
Federal civilian agencies need to work together more closely to coordinate their information technology network surveillance, said DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff.
