From Ad Hoc to a Cyber Leader in Government: Helping a Large US Agency Meet Key Security Readiness Mandates

This US Agency handles billions of dollars of strategic investment to support US interests abroad and their cybersecurity readiness was in need of a programmatic overhaul. With mandated deadlines looming, we helped this agency not just meet their obligations, but become an outright leader in the world of agency cybersecurity readiness.

Primary Goals

Modernize tools and SOC practices to achieve Federal cybersecurity standards

Ensure logging requirements are met for all levels of criticality before Federal deadlines

Find efficiencies, cost savings, and scale through infrastructure and software licensing decisions

Areas for focus

Enterprise Security Architecture & Systems Engineering
Computer Security Incident Response
Computer & Mobile Forensics
Cyber & Insider Threat Intelligence
Governance Risk, Compliance
Cybersecurity Training

The work accomplished

Over a 3-year span, Koniag assessed, built, and executed a cybersecurity program to transform this agency into a FISMA 4-rated organization, raising it from its previous rating of 1.5.

We helped the organization achieve a fully-compliant enterprise SIEM, full PCAP, SOAR automation, and UBA integrated platform. In addition, we modernized their SOC capability and established the U.S. Government’s first anti-CSAM scanning and monitoring program.

Results delivered

Achieved a cyber program FISMA rating of 4, making this one of only 7 agencies at the time to achieve this rating. In addition, our client was the only agency to be rated a 4 or higher and receive a FITARA score of A.

Hit M-21-31 EL1, EL2, and EL3 mandates for logging requirements at all criticality levels
57% reduction in MTTD
212% Reduction in MTTC
Saved the agency $2M annually in infrastructure and software licensing costs