What is the major challenge to setting security levels related to security contractors?
Drabkin: This is principally an information technology (IT) challenge. Security products, for example, usually include hardware, software, and integration services that might be purchased to manage secure information. A committee within the Federal Acquisition Regulation Council (FARC), the organization that makes government-wide acquisition rules, is currently working on general standards for IT acquisition. They are proposing rules that will weigh the need for security against cost and capability.
