Through the Farm Production and Conservation (FPAC) Information Assurance Branch, Tantus Technologies, Inc. (Tantus) was given a Task Order to provide cyber security services to the Farm Service Agency (FSA), Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), and Risk Management Agency (RMA) of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).
Through FPAC, Tantus has supported important initiatives, systems, and applications pertaining to crop insurance, environmental protection, lending, and other services for more than five years. Tantus will fulfil the terms of this new contract by offering FPAC’s systems and applications readiness and assurance support, project maintenance and management, security assessment and authorization documentation analysis, contingency planning preparedness, and support for compliance with cyber security laws.
According to Executive Vice President Karlene Stecchi, “This victory builds on the many accomplishments we’ve had at FPAC, including helping to streamline the process for obtaining the Authority to Operate for applications going to the cloud.” “We are pleased that Tantus was chosen by USDA FPAC to support this significant initiative. Tantus is concentrating on how we can combine the delivery of our cyber services with automation and cutting-edge techniques and technologies to aid organisations in enhancing their compliance with security regulations, such as government mandates for Zero Trust Architecture. We are eager to contribute our expertise to this endeavour and advance the general security of FPAC systems.”
The task order was granted under the Chief Information Officer – Solutions and Partners 3 Small Business (CIO-SP3 SB) contract of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center (NITAAC). Tantus has now achieved a second victory while operating the vehicle.

Source: Prnewswire