CSC to provide redundant system to DHS

The Department of Homeland Security awarded a $2.8 million contract to Computer Science Corp. to develop and implement what it calls a "High Assurance Gateway" that will provide a redundant and trusted Internet connection at the DHS data center at NASA's Stennis Space Center, Miss. This HAG solution is intended to allow secure Web browsing for DHS personnel, even under times of elevated risk, at what will become its primary data center. Some Internet browsing has been restricted by the measures DHS has previously taken at the Stennis data center to "protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of DHS information and assets," explains a "limited sources justification" notice posted online by DHS on August 5. "While security settings described above were put in place with positive intentions, in certain instances these settings are prohibiting access to content required by DHS personnel to carry out their mission duties," the notice said. (Source: Government Security News, 08/05/11)