David Bennett

Networks & Digital Warfare

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 […]

By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
Networks & Digital Warfare

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, […]

By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
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