Identity and Security




DAS Federal implements, deploys, and operates integrated, end-to-end identity management solutions. We automate user account creation, life-cycle management, user authentication and single sign-on. DAS Federal identity management specialists assess your organization’s current state of identity management and evaluate the best path forward to help meet internal and external identity management needs. In the Identity space, we work with Industry-leading Identity Software such as, PingFederate, ADFS, Okta, Centrify, Oracle Access and Identity Manager. In the Cyber Security space, we operate in the 15 areas of Continuous Monitoring as defined by NIST 800-137 and FISMA. The overall goal is to securely maintain the agency systems, identify, track, and provide oversight of weaknesses in the effectiveness of the IT operations and submit periodic reports and metrics to OMB.


DAS Federal Identity and Security Services Expertise:
User Provisioning | Role Management | Authentication and Authorization | Web and enterprise Single Sign-On | Managed Public Key Infrastructure Certificate Program for device, user and mobile | Authentication | Integration with Active Directory | Windows Native Authentication | HSPD-12 | X509 implementations for PIV enabling applications | Identity Federation | Security Operations Centre(SOC) | Cyber | Auditing and Reporting | Hardware and Platform Evaluation, Recommendation and Purchasing | Documentation | Training and Knowledge transfer





Middleware




DAS Federal, with industry-leading experience in Middleware technologies and COTS Tools, has the proven expertise to extend the value of your current investments in applications while taking advantage of modern hardware and software architectures. DAS Federal can help you quickly adopt, seamlessly integrate, and continuously optimize your existing applications and systems, regardless of vendor. DAS Federal will help your Enterprise create, modernize, run, and manage agile and intelligent business applications. In the hands of our experts, Middleware is an innovation platform for your Enterprise, consolidated end-to-end solutions on premise and in the private cloud.


DAS Federal Middleware Services Expertise:
Tomcat | Wildfly | Oracle Fusion Middleware | Apcahe | IIS | COTS | Streamlining and optimizing business and IT operations | Increasing the accuracy and timeliness of business decisions | Security of critical enterprise data | Compliance | Middleware Planning, Design and Architecture | Migration | Consolidation | Modernization, Patching | Implementation | Deployment | Automation | Service-Oriented Architecture | Analytics and Business Intelligence | Security & Identity Management | Application Development | Business Process Management | Audit and Remediation | Hardware and Platform Evaluation, Recommendation and Purchasing | Documentation | Training and Knowledge transfer





Data




DAS Federal offers Enterprise-level Database services in the areas of Installation, Configuration, Upgrade, Patching, High Availability, Tuning, Hardening, Backup, Recovery, Development, Environment Synchronization, Modernization and Migration Services for modern Database technologies. DAS Federal offers expertise and services to reduce the cost and risk of database ownership. This includes all aspects of Database management in your environments and can deliver a clear roadmap to consolidate services into secure on premise and cloud environments.


DAS Federal Data Services Expertise:
Oracle Database (All Versions) | SQL Server | MySQL | MongoDB | NoSQL | Cloud DB Services | Real Application Clusters | Date Warehousing | Database High Availability | Database Security | Database Consolidation | Migration to Engineered Systems | Migration to Consolidated or Cloud Environments | Audit and Remediation | Hardware and Platform Evaluation, Recommendation and Purchasing | Documentation | Training and Knowledge transfer






Development




DAS Federal experienced team of experts can help your agency develop, implement and manage applications based on experience in SDLC and Agile methodologies. Our team of experts has vast experience working with and building applications for clients like USPTO, FDA, DOD, DOJ, USDA, IRS, Forest service and Maryland State Board of Education.


DAS Federal Development Services Expertise:
J2EE | Oracle Forms and Reports | Migrations from Legacy systems | PL| SQL Development | Apex | OBIEE | B2B | SharePoint | SOA | BPM | Mobile | BI | PHP | RUBY






Monitoring




DAS Federal will utilize the latest Industry-leading monitoring software provided by Oracle and other vendors to provide a full Enterprise-wide monitoring, reporting and dashboard functionality to all our clients. Monitoring production systems with such software as, AppDynamics, SolarWinds, Splunk, Nagios and Oracle will allow all IT and Business personnel to receive on-demand email and other notifications, ad-hoc reporting and dashboard and management reports and utilization data. This will allow for proactive error resolution, before potential down time, tuning, capacity planning, job scheduling, collecting licensing and usage data, and automated patch roll-out.


DAS Federal Monitoring Services Expertise:
Installation | Configuration | Chargeback Modeling | Troubleshooting | User Management | Dashboard Configuration | Upgrades and Patches | Reporting | Capacity Planning | Resource Monitoring | Monitoring Template Management | Notification Rules | Administration | Job Management | Documentation | Training and Knowledge transfer





Analysis of Alternatives(AoA)


DAS Federal will define the evaluation criteria based on the requirements derived in working closely with your agency and stakeholders. These criteria are based on our experience; prototypes; Gartner and Forrester rankings; market share; technology and process fit; operational effectiveness; determine whether the product or service will support your systems and processes; and life-cycle cost.

We will ensure that all relevant vendors are able to provide the necessary demos, support, and documentation.  Our team will work with the Stakeholders to evaluate and rate each product or service.



DAS Federal Analysis of Alternative Services Expertise:

1.Identify Requirement:
DAS Federal will discuss with your agency the needs and help you identify and confirm the requirements.

2.Establish Decision Criteria:
We will establish criteria based on which the recommendations will be made.

3.Weigh Decision Criteria:
We will prioritize the established criteria according to the business requirements.

4.Generate Solutions:
Based on, Gartner and Forrester reports, and other Industry rankings, DAS Federal’s Research and Development experts will find the best product or service on the market.

5.Evaluate Solutions:
We evaluate the generated solutions by considering:

  • Market Share
  • Customer reviews
  • Ease of Use and Reliability
  • Customer Support
  • Cost of Implementation and Maintenance


6.Select Best-in-Class Solution(s):
The assessment of all options is compared and ranked, providing you with the Pros and Cons of each option.

7.Test Solution(s):
DAS Federal will implement and execute some demo use cases and proofs of concept within your environment or in DAS Federal Labs.

8.Select Final Solution:
The demo use cases are evaluated with your agency’s supervision, as needed, to confirm which solution meets all the specified requirements and the final product or service recommendation is generated.

Based on the AoA produced during this process and evaluation criteria, the best-fit product or service will be recommended.  The final recommendation and all options and documents will be delivered.  This will enable the stakeholders to make the final approval and decision.

If needed, DAS Federal will work with the stakeholders within your agency to develop a comprehensive plan to implement, replace or upgrade the product or service that emerges as the winner during the AoA. This will include timelines, procurement, and implementation strategy and/or migration strategy.

Download the AoA Service Offering Capability Statement