By Light to Continue VA Identity, Access Mgmt Support; Bob Donahue Quoted

By Light Professional IT Services will provide a range of enterprise services for the identity and access management program at the Department of Veterans Affairs under a five-year task order worth more than $100M.

“We will continue to leverage our Agile software development capability – combined with our cyber security expertise, to ensure that our nation’s veterans have secure access to health and benefits,” Bob Donahue, founder and CEO of By Light, said in a statement released Tuesday.

VA asked the company to help its information technology office employ a DevOps approach to manage IAM functions such as compliance audit reporting, eSignature and authorization management service.

By Light will lead an industry team composed of Hybrid Enterprises, Green Threads, Veterans Enterprise Technology Solutions and Virincia to accomplish the task order.

The department highlighted IAM modernization efforts through its 2018 Year in Review.