Maryland-based safety agency Analygence has landed the job of serving to the Nationwide Institute of Requirements and Know-how (NIST) scale back mounting backlog of entries within the US Nationwide Vulnerability Database (NVD), an company consultant mentioned Tuesday.
“I can verify that Analygence, Inc. received a aggressive process order for processing assist for incoming CVEs for inclusion within the NVD. The bottom quantity of that process order is $865,657,” NIST spokesman Wealthy Press mentioned in an electronic mail. The contract, which took impact Might 8, merely outlines that the agency will present cybersecurity evaluation and electronic mail assist to the NIST.
The award is a part of an five-year $125-million framework settlement (or indefinite supply/indefinite amount contract, in US Federal authorities parlance) for Analygence and two different corporations to offer assist providers to NIST.
