Critical Infrastructure

Enhanced Security, Protection of Key Assets

With its wide-ranging expertise in physical and cybersecurity, SAIC helps governments and companies plan, manage, and protect critical public infrastructure. For example, SAIC works to secure ports and borders while facilitating commerce, safeguard business-critical information and systems, support emergency responders, and secure transportation infrastructure and military networks.

Each year, as many as 20 million cargo containers are shipped between ports around the world, and any of them could contain hidden threats or other contraband. SAIC has developed innovative technologies for scanning vehicles and containers, and has turned those technologies into practical, cost-effective products for cargo security.

Since 1994, SAIC has provided hundreds of its VACIS® imaging systems in fixed and mobile configurations to military forces, customs agencies, and other security organizations around the world. In FY09, SAIC received an order from the U.S. Army for 50 Military Mobile VAC IS inspection systems. These systems enable Army personnel to search vehicles and cargo for weapons, explosives, and other threats by producing digital images of contents for analysis.

Building on this successful track record, SAIC’s new VACIS IP6500 system delivers high-energy imaging, radiation screening, automatic equipment identification, and data integration in one compact portal. The system can handle more than 150 trucks per hour, provide detailed cargo images through more than a foot of steel, and specifically identify hazardous nuclear materials, minimizing the need for costly secondary cargo inspections.

Securing Cyberspace

SAIC views cybersecurity as a hallmark of its primary role as a systems integrator and IT solution architect. We design, build, operate, and defend mission critical networks and applications while enhancing cyber situational awareness of external threats. We synchronize computer network operations to provide the defense in depth the government and industry require. Moreover, as computer networks are increasingly integrated with industrial process control devices, the need for converged cyber and physical security solutions is growing and SAIC is well positioned to meet that need.

With decades of experience, SAIC engineers are trained and certified to be experts in solving these complex, technical cyber problems in a host of vertical markets, including national security, financial, telecommunications, healthcare, transportation, energy, and the environment. A world-class leader in information security assessments, SAIC built its credentials supporting the Department of Defense, intelligence community, Department of Energy, the Social Security Administration, and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, as well as many commercial customers.

Today, SAIC offers a full spectrum of solutions, such as education and training via a “live fire” cyberrange, vulnerability assessments, active information protection including cybersecurity operation centers, advanced search and analytic tools that support data mining, forensics, open source analysis, and predictive techniques to help customers effectively manage risk.

Going forward, SAIC is pursuing advanced modeling and simulation solutions to virtually replicate the extremely complex real world cyberspace environment. This environment includes high-fidelity simulation of networks, from the emulation of network protocols, to the physics of indoor and outdoor wireless network transmission in urban areas. Cyberspace simulation provides a real world environment for timely analysis, development, and testing of next-generation cybersecurity solutions.

Supporting Emergency Responders

As a leading provider of chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear protection services, SAIC has trained more than 400,000 first responders. Under a task order awarded in FY09 by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, SAIC supports a web-based information service for the emergency responder community. Known as the Responder Knowledge Base (RKB), the web site was created to give emergency responders, purchasers, and planners a trusted, integrated, online source of information. In addition to hosting and maintaining the RKB, which currently has 62,000 registered users, SAIC also provides expertise to the responder community via the “Ask the Expert” feature of the web site.

Implementing Key IT Initiative for New York City

For one of New York City’s key strategic information technology (IT) initiatives, SAIC is developing, operating, and implementing a work force management system designed to eventually standardize operations for 80 agencies and more than 165,000 employees. The CityTime system has been rolled out to 42 agencies and more than 27,000 users to date, including the Office of Payroll and Administration, the Fire Department of New York, and the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.

In addition to the work force management system, the CityTime team has installed biometric hand scanners at a number of city office locations within New York City. SAIC operates this security program, performing site analyses, system solution design, procurement and installation, and registration of new users.

Protecting Transportation Infrastructure

To better manage traffic increases and protect physical assets and operations, SAIC is working with the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Volpe Center to develop and implement communications, navigation, and surveillance solutions. Under a contract awarded in FY09, SAIC supports the center as it strives to improve the nation’s transportation system by anticipating future issues, developing tools and technologies, and fostering safety innovation.

U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command: Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Installation Protection Program

Since 2004, SAIC has provided integrated chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) protection and response solutions to help ensure that critical missions of U.S. military installations can continue after an event. As part of this effort—known as the CBRN IPP—SAIC has designed, procured, integrated, installed, and tested a family of systems to supplement other aspects of force protection against weapons of mass destruction.

In FY09, the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command awarded SAIC a prime contract to continue this work. Under the contract, SAIC supports the customer through the full life cycle of deployment (design, procurement, integration, and fielding) of enhanced CBRN capabilities and provides logistical support services. These supplies and services will provide a capability to protect critical military operations and support rapid and effective response to CBRN events.