The U.S. Department of Agriculture provides leadership on food, agriculture, natural resources and related issue.

The security contract has a one-year base period, four one-year options and an estimated maximum total value of $30 million for all six firms.

Under the terms of the agreement, CSC will compete to assist the U.S. Department of Agriculture in implementing new cyber security measures to ensure the protection and security of its networks, applications and hardware. These measures will include identifying security vulnerabilities, responding to attacks against agency resources and implementing corrective action accordingly.