Skinner: DISA hitting ‘the accelerator’ on DODNET, setting lofty user goal
DISA chief Lt. Gen. Robert Skinner said the agency hopes to bring "nearly 100,000" users to DODNET within months of a planned fall push.
How to tame your chatbot: secure containers, data diets, & more
The Defense Department wants to explore Large Language Models for everything from paperwork to war plans – without being misled by hallucinations or having sensitive information sucked up by commercial LLMs hungry for training data.
Modernizing defense enterprise IT without disrupting the mission
Government can’t stop to update systems, so modernization has to happen without interruptions.
‘DISA Next’ strategy prioritizes common IT, enterprise cloud and zero-trust across DoD
The Defense Information Systems Agency’s five-year plan includes the ambitious goal to build a global network “unconstrained by bandwidth [and] impervious to denial” by hostile forces.
‘The bad day’: DISA’s forthcoming strategy prepares for wartime coms
"It’s great to have internet day to day in peacetime," said Lt. Gen. Robert Skinner, director of the Defense Information Systems Agency, "but it’s more imperative to have it when bullets are flying.”
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Future inevitability of quantum computers is a security problem today
‘Store Now, Decrypt Later’ attacks must be thwarted now with Zero Trust cybersecurity.
DISA soon prototyping AI ‘concierge’ for agency
“Right now we’re going through dealing with some of the security challenges,” Steve Wallace told Breaking Defense. “So I’m hoping the first half of this calendar year. The sooner … the better."
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Why enterprise IT modernization matters now – and how to “delight by design”
Do more with less: streamline workflows, reduce duplication, invest upfront to save long-term.
Getting to zero trust: The Pentagon’s effort to put data security first in 2023
Defense Department Chief Information Officer John Sherman set the tone early in the year by telling Breaking Defense a major focus over 2023 would be aiming for baseline, targeted zero trust within four years.
DoD’s new cloud-based visualization tool targets electromagnetic spectrum
"What this does today ... is that it provides the ability to bring a number of different information feeds, a number of different data sources together in one picture," Kevin Laughlin, deputy director for the program executive office for spectrum, told reporters.
DISA wants to use AI as a ‘digital concierge’ for its workforce
While DoD is seeing adoption of AI across the department, Steven Wallace added that DISA is trying to better understand the ethical use of the technology.
DISA head says workforce needs better critical thinking, understanding of data
DISA Director Lt. Gen. Robert Skinner also provided an update on the Pentagon's sprawling cloud effort, saying 13 task orders have gone out, totaling some $200 million.
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America must adopt a Sixth Domain of warfare doctrine
The Sixth Domain is not defined by geography. It’s a new kind of conflict in which autonomy and networked systems allow thousand-dollar consumer electronics to destroy multi-million-dollar conventional weapons systems.
Big money for zero trust: DISA awards $1.86B Thunderdome deal to Booz Allen Hamilton
In March, DISA announced Booz had produced a prototype of Thunderdome and laid “a zero-trust technology foundation.”
DISA looking beyond ‘technical solutions’ to help DoD integrate partners into CJADC2
Updating policy related to identity, credentialing and access management, or ICAM, will be a key step when integrating partners into CJADC2, according to a DISA official.
DISA lays out ‘Workforce 2025’ plan to increase worker skills
"Workforce 2025 is, at its heart, a strategy designed to enhance the skills and talents of current employees while ensuring DISA onboards new talent and invests in the professional development of both throughout their careers,” DISA Director Lt. Gen. Robert Skinner said.
DISA embarks on new reshuffle to better align to China threat
"We decided to go with J codes for the fact of better aligning with our combatant commands, better aligning with the Joint Staff, and as a Combat Support Agency, it just makes sense," Lt. Gen. Skinner said.