DHS Contract Expands Anti-Hacker EINSTEIN Protection to Every Agency

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http://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2015/12/dhs-contract-expands-anti-hacker-einstein-protection-every-agency/124308/

By Aliya Sternstein
Nextgov.com
December 8, 2015

Internet Service Provider CenturyLink has won a multiyear contract worth 
up to $10.8 million dollars to fill gaps in a governmentwide firewall, 
according to the Department of Homeland Security.

The deal was inked to complete a goal of making so-called EINSTEIN 3A 
network protections available to all civilian agencies by Dec. 31, a DHS 
official told Nextgov on Tuesday.

It also conforms to a sweeping cyber shape-up plan the White House 
launched in October, following an Office of Personnel Management hack that 
exposed background check records on 21.5 million Americans applying for 
access to classified materials and their families.

Right now, EINSTEIN 3A’s intrusion-blocking services are only offered to 
agencies receiving telecommunications services from CenturyLink, AT&T or 
Verizon. Agencies that connect to the Internet through Sprint, Level 3 or 
other providers are not protected.

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