United States Marine Corps and Telos Team to Enhance Entire Corps' IA Posture; Using Xacta IA Manager, Corps Security Analysts Worldwide Will Complete Systems Security Authorization Agreements.

ASHBURN, Va. -- To meet the rigorous technology security requirements of the Marine Corps, Department of Defense (DoD) and the federal government, Marine Corps Headquarters awarded a contract to Telos (R) Corporation to assist in regulatory compliance. The contract, which includes one base year and four option years, will cover Telos' security solutions products and consulting and training services.

Under the contract, Telos' wholly-owned security solutions subsidiary Xacta (R) Corporation will provide licenses and training for its Xacta IA Manager, to the Corps' systems security analysts. The software solution will assist the analysts in creating requisite systems security authorization agreements (SSAA). The SSAAs are needed for compliance with security regulations outlined in the DoD Information Technology Security Certification and Accreditation Process (DITSCAP) as well as in the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA).

SSAAs are critical documents required for security certifications and accreditations (C&As) of technology systems. They are encompassing documents addressing all aspects of security in fielded system. These living documents represent the formal agreement between the designated approving authority, the certification authority, the program manager and the user representative. SSAAs define all system specifications and describe the applicable set of planning and certification actions, resources and documentation required to support the C&A process.

"The Marine Corps' selection of Xacta IA Manager will help improve security across the entire Corps," said Ron Dorman, vice president of IA Solutions for Telos. "The Marine Corps' selection of Telos to assist in security regulatory compliance enterprise wide is a tremendous validation of our team. We have built a unique information assurance capability, and we expect to be able to replicate the successes for the Marine Corps that we've achieved for other Services in the DoD."

About Telos

Telos Corporation has provided innovative IT solutions and services to the federal government for more than 30 years. Telos and Xacta Corporation, its subsidiary for security solutions, have since 1989 ensured that the government's most security-conscious organizations comply with demanding federal and DoD information security mandates. Xacta's offerings include enterprise IT security management solutions, enterprise security consulting services, secure wireless networking, enterprise messaging, and secure credentialing solutions. Its solutions are represented to the federal government on Telos' GSA schedule. For more information, visit www.telos.com.

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