DISA Shrinks Cybersecurity To Grow It

DISA Shrinks Cybersecurity To Grow It
DISA Shrinks Cybersecurity To Grow It

[Updated Friday with new DISA org chart] CRYSTAL CITY: The day before Islamic radicals hijacked Central Command’s Twitter account, the Defense Information Systems Agency officially launched a major overhaul intended, among other things, to increase cybersecurity. But it doesn’t mean the office is getting bigger or getting more money: DISA’s cybersecurity office will actually get smaller. “It’ll…

DISA Shifts From Gatekeeper To Guardian

DISA Shifts From Gatekeeper To Guardian
DISA Shifts From Gatekeeper To Guardian

The clouds, they are a-changin’. The Defense Information Systems Agency may have lost its status — always controversial and contested — as gatekeeper between the rest of the Defense Department and commercial providers of cloud computing. But Pentagon CIO Terry Halvorsen‘s decision to let other defense entities acquire cloud services on their own still leaves…

DISA Launches 5 Cloud Tests, Warns On Industry Consolidation

DISA Launches 5 Cloud Tests, Warns On Industry Consolidation
DISA Launches 5 Cloud Tests, Warns On Industry Consolidation

FORT MEADE, MD: “Remember the peace dividend we took in the Clinton years in the ’90s? Welcome back,” said Douglas Packard. “That’s where we’re at.” Some 20 years ago as defense budgets plummeted post-Cold War, the defense industry consolidated, recalled Packard, acting head of procurement at the Defense Information Systems Agency. Contractors better beware once more,…

DISA’s Strategy For Cross-DOD Networks Faces Mounting Budget Pressures

This year, the Defense Information Systems Agency has ambitious plans to streamline and speed up how military personnel access applications and services on the Defense Department’s computer networks. These efforts include launching a new pan-service user environment, making enterprise services easier to use and access, increasing the offerings and capabilities of cloud based systems, and…