[SatNews] EchoStar Satellite Services L.L.C., a subsidiary of EchoStar Corporation (NASDAQ: SATS), has been rated as compliant with the Department of Defense (DoD) Mission Assurance Category (MAC) I and Confidentiality Level (CL) Sensitive Information Assurance (IA) security requirements for commercial satellite communications services.

The rating, which resulted from an extensive independent audit of EchoStar’s IA posture as conducted by CapRock Government Solutions, shows EchoStar to be compliant with the most stringent requirements for mission assurance as measured against the Defense Information Systems Agency’s (DISA) criteria for assessing the security posture of commercial satellite offerings to DoD customers. IA is the practice of managing risks related to the use, processing, storage, and transmission of information and the systems and processes used for those purposes. The emphasis on IA in both military and civilian federal procurements is in keeping with national security policies requiring security measures to protect government networks and data. A subsidiary of Harris Corporation, CapRock provides global managed communications services to government clients and delivers solutions to DoD, Intelligence Community, national security programs and other federal agency users that consistently meet or exceed IA requirements.