June 2019CMA receives 5-year award valued in excess of $19M from Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) for Enterprise-Wide FireEye Email Security solution.RequirementThe Government required refreshed hardware and the most up to date software and support that would seamlessly integrate into the existing Zero Day Network Defense architecture. The ZND-E system provides email security capabilities to over 4.5 million users by protecting all of Department of Defense (DoD) email domains, to include Defense Enterprise Email.  The ZND-E program’s primary mission is to protect against all advanced threats, including phishing, impersonation, and spam. The system is designed to detect threats that are missed by signature-based solutions.SolutionThe main objective for this strategic acquisition was standardization, less footprint, budget predictability and lower cost. FireEye and CMA delivered a complete technology refresh across the enterprise to create feature and technology parity throughout the DISA datacenters, driving performance improvement with less technology footprint and the most advantageous pricing.  The total cost of ownership was reduced by 15% due to the Technology Fund and CMA’s access to capital in order to advance cash up-front.  This critical ingredient helped define the strategic pricing and base plus four option year funding structure.Key’s to success: Technology standardization, resulting in consistent performance metrics Base plus four option year fixed pricing contract, driving budget predictability Significantly less physical technology deployed, reducing cost, power and cooling Customer gained best pricing and payment flexibility throughout the option year contract.