Saliense Awarded USDA Cybersecurity and Privacy Operations Center Support Services BPA

Saliense, a leading technology solutions provider specializing in cybersecurity, engineering, and modernization, announced today that it has been awarded a position on the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Cybersecurity and Privacy Operations Center (CPOC) Support Services Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA).

The multiple-award BPA, issued by the USDA Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO), has a ceiling of $1 billion across the five-year ordering period. CPOC leads USDA’s department-wide cybersecurity program and helps safeguard the systems and information that support the Department’s diverse food, agriculture, rural, and natural resources programs.

“USDA’s systems support services that millions of Americans rely on every day, and CPOC is on the front line of protecting them,” said Nikita Singh, president and CEO of Saliense. “This award allows Saliense to bring our federal cybersecurity expertise to a new department and help USDA stay ahead of evolving threats.”

Saliense has delivered enterprise-wide cybersecurity programs for federal agencies including the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), U.S. Marshals Service (USMS), and Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers (FLETC).

As a BPA awardee, Saliense will have the opportunity to support CPOC’s enterprise-wide cybersecurity mission through cybersecurity engineering, operational services, security assessments, continuous monitoring, threat awareness and analytics, and Risk Management Framework (RMF) support.