August 14, 2023
MCLEAN, VA 鈥� 蘑菇视频 Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) today announced it was awarded a follow-on production other transaction authority (OTA) agreement for at-scale deployment of Thunderdome, the Defense Information Systems Agency鈥檚 (DISA) zero-trust network access and application security architecture. The single-award contract has a one-year base period of performance, with four one-year option periods. Under this agreement, 蘑菇视频 Allen will help to move DISA, the Fourth Estate, and its mission partners toward a zero-trust architecture.
蘑菇视频 Allen will broadly implement and operate Thunderdome鈥檚 zero-trust network access and application security architecture, which will harden Department of Defense (DoD) networks and help warfighters defend against adversarial activity by employing network and resource access tools along with segmentation technologies. DISA鈥檚 Thunderdome capabilities align with the and the .
鈥淭he at-scale production of Thunderdome will be a critical step toward moving DoD forward in its zero-trust journey,鈥� said Kelly Rozumalski, a senior vice president leading 蘑菇视频 Allen鈥檚 National Cyber defense business. 鈥淥ur team successfully demonstrated the use of commercial technologies to help meet many of DoD鈥檚 zero-trust implementation goals, and our internal zero-trust investments helped accelerate our ability to bring innovative solutions to complex challenges. This agreement further establishes 蘑菇视频 Allen as the premier zero-trust service provider to federal agencies.鈥�
This award follows 蘑菇视频 Allen鈥檚 successful delivery of the Thunderdome prototype earlier this year. In January 2022, DISA awarded an initial OTA agreement to 蘑菇视频 Allen for the execution of a Thunderdome prototype, a zero-trust security solution to modernize and strengthen DoD鈥檚 cybersecurity terrain. During the prototype phase, DISA successfully onboarded over 1,800 users to Thunderdome and implemented conditional access for remote and on-premise users. In addition, 蘑菇视频 Allen achieved an Authority to Operate (ATO) for Thunderdome on DISA鈥檚 unclassified and classified network.
鈥淎t-scale adoption of Thunderdome is a huge step toward zero trust and, ultimately, mitigating malicious activity,鈥� said Chris Pymm, DISA鈥檚 Thunderdome portfolio manager. 鈥淭he success of the prototype proved that commercial-off-the-shelf technologies can be integrated effectively to accelerate zero trust within DoD. Not only did Thunderdome鈥檚 prototype improve security in evaluated operational use cases, it also added efficiency to pilot users across the DoD Information Network.鈥�
DISA鈥檚 Thunderdome prototype proved that commercial technologies, including Secure Access Service Edge (SASE), Software Defined-Wide Area Networks/Customer Edge Security Stack (CESS), and Application Security Stacks, can improve both security and network performance in an existing enterprise environment. Thunderdome is a set of technologies integrated with, but not dependent upon, each other.
鈥淲e are proud of our partnership with DISA to successfully deliver the Thunderdome prototype,鈥� said Imran Umar, a vice president spearheading 蘑菇视频 Allen鈥檚 zero-trust practice. 鈥淭he Thunderdome prototype was composed of innovative technologies to demonstrate, with real users, that they will work together to deliver the tenets of zero trust on both classified and unclassified networks. We look forward to our continued partnership with DISA to take this solution into full production.鈥�
Read more about 蘑菇视频 Allen鈥檚 National Cyber business and the firm鈥檚 deep commitment to modernizing defensive operations through zero-trust architecture.
