US DoD selects McAfee security soln

MUMBAI, INDIA: McAfee Inc. today announced that it has secured a multi-year enterprise license agreement with the US Department of Defense (DoD) in partnership with En Pointe Technologies and CDW-G.

Combined, the offerings will provide DoD with McAfee VirusScan Enterprise and McAfee AntiSpyware Enterprise solutions, which will be integrated with an existing Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) investment in McAfee Host Intrusion Prevention security -- an integral component of DISA's Host-Based Security System (HBSS).

HBSS is the largest IT security deployment within the DoD.

"Information security is both a technology issue as well as a procurement challenge," said Ben Bourbon, director of Department of Defense sales for CDW-G.

"These SmartBuy/ESI procurements underscore that federal IT security professionals, when empowered by efficient, cost-effective contract vehicles will move quickly to apply industry-leading security standards to federal agency IT infrastructures."

The DoD will use McAfee tools to provide multi-layered threat protection for more than five million host platforms at DoD installations worldwide.

This award will leverage existing DoD investments in McAfee under HBSS, as well as SCRI (Secure Configuration Remediation Initiative) programs to provide the US military with integrated capabilities including anti-virus, anti-spyware, host intrusion prevention, remediation, and security policy auditing.