BusinessQinetiQ North America to provide cybersecurity services to DOT

QinetiQ North America (QNA) the other day announced it was awarded a new task order by the Volpe National Transportation Systems Center to provide cybersecurity services to protect the U.S. transportation and control systems and critical infrastructure. This $4.7 million task order is the first cybersecurity task order issued under the Volpe Transportation Information Project Support V-TRIPS) contract.

The Volpe Center, part of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Research and Innovative Technology Administration, works with federal, state, local, and international agencies to assess, research, develop, and deploy transportation technologies, and support policy and decision-making.

Under the new task order, QNA’s analysts and engineers will address cybersecurity requirements, evaluate cybersecurity tools and techniques, and develop standards for building a variety of secure systems.  They will also define technological requirements for systems and controls and analyze potential cyber threats and risks to critical infrastructures.

“With this task order, we will be able to help our customer meet its mission by providing innovative services and expertise to help protect our country’s critical transportation control systems,” said John Sutton, executive vice president of QNA’s Mission and Information Solutions business unit.  “We’re honored to work with the Volpe Center as it moves forward with technologies and methodologies to define the future of the nation’s transportation systems enterprise.”

Earlier this month, t QNA was named a subcontractor under a $3 billion communications equipment contract with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.