Mashantucket ― A management consulting firm acquired earlier this year by the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe’s nongaming investment arm has been awarded a $37.5 million federal contract.

WWC Global announced the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, or CISA, has awarded it a three-year contract to provide such support services as product development and strategic planning. WWC Global also has expertise in financial management, information technology, exercise planning, program management and studies and assessments.

CISA is responsible for strengthening cybersecurity and protecting government infrastructure at every level. Its federal clients include the Department of Defense, the Department of State, the Department of Energy, the Agency for International Development and the Department of Homeland Security.

“This CISA contract will enable us to support our government partners with critical infrastructure protection,” said Jon Panamaroff, chief executive officer of the tribe’s Command Holdings. “As threats continue to increase in cybersecurity, our team of experts will work to identify risks and mitigate potential issues.”

Panamaroff said the WWC Global contract shows Command Holdings’ acquisition strategy is working.

“We’re diversifying the tribal nation’s holdings,” he said. “Acquisitions like this allow for the tribe to build government-to-government relationships with the federal government.”

The tribe owns Foxwoods Resort Casino.

Command Holdings acquired WWC Global in August, adding it to a portfolio that includes CeLeen LLC, an information technology company with headquarters near St. Louis, Mo., and Quattro Consulting LLC, a Washington, D.C.-based firm that provides services to government organizations.

WWC Global is the largest of Command Holdings’ companies. Terms of its acquisition were not disclosed. It has more than 350 employees and operates in more than a dozen time zones.

Overall, Command Holdings’ companies employ more than 450 people.

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