Booz Allen says awarded $621 million US cybersecurity contract

The contractor said it was selected for a six-year task order to support the Department of Homeland Security’s program

Booz Allen Hamilton said on Friday it won a $621 million federal contract to develop and implement cybersecurity tools across the US government.



The contractor, which earns billions of dollars a year contracting with US intelligence agencies, said it was selected for a six-year task order to support the Department of Homeland Security’s program known as Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation, which includes cybersecurity support for cloud and mobile devices and incident response services.