Cyberwar Doomsayer Lands $34 Million in Government Cyberwar Contracts

April 13th, 2010 admin

Last month, the former Director of National Intelligence Michael McConnell boldly took to the Senate floor and the Washington Post ’s editorial page to declare “The United States is fighting a cyber-war today, and we are losing.” Thankfully for the American people, his company — the giant defense contractor Booz Allen Hamilton — has now landed the contract to build the Air Force’s cyberwar control center. For a measly $14.4 million in taxpayer money, the outfit will help build a new cyberwar bunker for the U.S. Cyber Command, a wing of the Air Force. Additionally, Booz Allen Hamilton won another contract for $20 million to “foster collaboration among telecommunications researchers, University of Maryland faculty members and other academic institutions to improve secure networking and telecommunications and boost information assurance,” Washington Technology reports…


Originally posted on Wired

 
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