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Information and Critical Infrastructure Security: Preparing to Do Business with the Federal Government
Imagine it! You build a team to respond to an RFP. You are capable of winning the contract based on your technical capabilities and past performance. The proposal is reviewed, copied, signed and submitted. Finally, your company is awarded the $2.3 million dollar contract over 2 years. You have hired staff and begun performance. At the end of the first year the client notifies you that your company must immediately show proof of a secure computing infrastructure and disaster contingency plans within 10 days or you will lose the contract. The cost to secure the infrastructure is $900,000. What do you do? Pay or Leave the Contract. Let’s revisit the question later.
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Imagine
it! You build a team to respond to an RFP. You are capable of winning
the contract based on your technical capabilities and past performance. The
proposal is reviewed, copied, signed and submitted. Finally, your company
is awarded the
$2.3 million dollar contract over 2 years. You have hired staff and begun
performance. At the end of the first year the client notifies you that your
company must
immediately show proof of a secure computing infrastructure and disaster
contingency plans
within 10 days or you will lose the contract. The cost to secure the infrastructure
is $900,000. What do you do? Pay or Leave the Contract. Let’s revisit
the question later.