Program will provide federated security services across the USMC
BearingPoint, Inc. (NYSE: BE), one of the world’s
largest management and technology consulting firms, announced today that
the United States Marine Corps Systems Command has awarded the firm a
fixed price contract for an Identity and Access Management (IAM)
solution. The contract is valued at $6.3 million in its base year, and
up to $15.6 million with four annual options.
The IAM project is part of the Marine Corps Enterprise Information
Technology Services (MCEITS) program of record, and the IAM solution
will serve as the single identity and access management system for all
USMC systems and users.
Using a federated identity management approach, the IAM solution will
create a single identity gateway to business and mission systems across
the Marine Corps. It will include both classified and unclassified
networks and will support over 400,000 uniformed and civilian Marines.
Integrating with the Department of Defense’s
Common Access Card, the IAM solution will use Sun’s
Identity Manager to provide role-based access to a variety of business
and mission systems to enable data sharing and collaboration in a
trusted environment. The system will securely “know”
who a user is based on their role, and provide access to required
systems based on this information.
“BearingPoint has extensive experience in
standing up and integrating identity management systems,”
said Beth Smith, senior Vice President of BearingPoint’s
Navy sector. “The Marine Corps is a leader in
leveraging technology in the DoD, and BearingPoint is proud to be the
trusted teammate on this critical identity initiative. Once implemented,
the Marine Corps Identity and Access Management system will provide
important information security and sharing capabilities across the Corps.”
This latest award builds on BearingPoint's broader focus in the areas of
risk, compliance and security for both government agencies as well as
businesses around the globe. Through the company’s
Risk, Compliance and Security (RCS) portfolio of services, BearingPoint
has supplied end-to-end biometric credentialing and logical access
solutions to agencies including DHS, the General Services Administration
and Health and Human Services. BearingPoint is helping agencies make
strong use of personal identification verification and other credentials
for physical and logical access, serving multiple user groups.
