Experience with U.S. Department of Agriculture

In April 2007, SeNet was awarded by the USDA a Blanket Purchasing Agreement (BPA) for IT Certification and Accreditation Support for USDA Information Systems. This BPA qualifies SeNet to Provide C&A Phase I, Phase II and IV&V C&A support services as described below:

Phase I Per USDA C&A Guideline:

• System definition and scope

• System categorization

• Security controls identification and construction of compliance matrix

• Privacy Impact Assessment

• Security Plan Review

• Initial risk assessment execution or review

• Interconnection security agreement

• Scheduling of remaining C&A activities

Phase II Per USDA C&A Guideline

• Develop the Security test and Evaluation (ST&E) plan 

• Execute the ST&E plan

• Create the ST&E report and recommend countermeasures

• Update the risk assessment

• Update the system security plan and associated documentation

Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) Per USDA C&A Guideline

• Develop the IV&V template

• Analyze, produce and submit the IV&V report

• Update Certification and Accreditation document

SeNet International have already successfully performed a variety of tasks for  the Agriculture Marketing Service (AMS), the Foreign Agriculture Service (FAS) and the National Finance Center (NFC, New Orleans LA), where we delivered six full C&A packages under an extremely tight schedule and, as the client commented, “without sacrificing quality”.