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Kamal Narang: General Dynamics IT Business to Help VA Implement Zero Trust Security Tech

Kamal Narang: General Dynamics IT Business to Help VA Implement Zero Trust Security Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event

General Dynamics‘ information technology business will help the Department of Veterans Affairs adopt a zero trust architecture to secure IT systems under a potential $45 million contract.

The company said Monday it will modernize an enterprise architecture for the VA to comply with government cybersecurity standards and protect health care data of former military personnel in web- and 5G-based medical devices.

For the project, GDIT intends to apply the DevSecOps methodology to support software modernization, security and delivery work.

Kamal Narang, vice president and general manager of the federal health sector at GDIT, said that zero trust-enabled tools have the potential to help the department manage patient privacy and experience while addressing an evolving threat landscape.

The contract has a base performance period of nine months, followed by four option periods.

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Written by Nichols Martin

a staff writer at Executive Mosaic, produces articles on the federal government's technology and business interests. The coverage of these articles include government contracting, cybersecurity, information technology, health care and national security.

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