Modular Contracting

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CYB-002735",
  "term": "Modular Contracting",
  "field": "Cybersecurity",
  "definition": "1. Under modular contracting, an executive agency’s need for a system is satisfied in successive acquisitions of interoperable increments. Each increment complies with common or commercially accepted standards applicable to information technology so that the increments are compatible with other increments of information technology comprising the system.\n\n2. Under modular contracting, an executive agency’s need for a system is satisfied in successive acquisitions of interoperable increments. Each increment complies with common or commercially accepted standards applicable to information technology so that the increments are compatible with other increments of information technology composing the system.",
  "references": [
    "NIST SP 800-161 [Superseded] from 41 U.S.C.",
    "NISTIR 7622 from 41 U.S.C.",
    "NIST CSRC Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/cybersecurity/modular-contracting/"
}