The Navy is gauging its cyber risks

The Navy has been the victim of several high-profile breaches in the last few years, publishing a cybersecurity review in March 2019 that took a comprehensive look at Navy and Marine Corps systems. Now the service has awarded a $14 million contract for cyber risk assessments.

In an Aug. 7 posting, the service said it awarded RTL Networks, Inc. to perform work at China Lake, California, for Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR).

In the original solicitation, published in October 2018, the Navy noted that “[r]ecent global cyber events reinforce that cyberthreats to U.S. infrastructure and military systems are real and significant.”

According to the initial notice, bidding companies were responsible for providing information regarding experience in tactical aircraft cyber risk assessment, weapons cyber risk assessment, unmanned aerial vehicle cyber risk assessment, trainers/simulators cyber risk assessment, NAVAIR cyber risk assessment process, NAVAIR cyber table top process and general cyber vulnerability and risk assessment.