DISA: DoD to achieve federated ICAM connection across all military services by end of fiscal year
DISA plans to first achieve federated ICAM connection within the Army, followed by the Department of the Navy and Department of the Air Force.
Pentagon 14% of the way to zero trust compliance, faces challenges with ICAM, data tagging
"We're not the only target that damn communists are trying to overcome,” Col. Gary Kipe said Wednesday. “They're trying to overcome freedom loving people around the world, and all of us are using the same data.”
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Army says DUCES to cyber hackers: New RFI looks for tactical edge zero trust solutions
“This constrained, highly dynamic, and adversarial-susceptible tactical environment will be a challenge to implement ZT solutions that meet mission needs,” the RFI stated.
‘A light bulb moment’: US, Canada achieve ‘vital’ federated ICAM connection through joint pilot
"It is key to unlocking the modern capability that we all crave within our Department of Defenses and our alliances," acting Pentagon CIO Leslie Beavers said.
‘Sense of urgency’: Army’s NETCOM says it will transform IT and cyber ops by the end of next year
The move will “not only deliver that network, but everything that's going through that network, and then making sure everything that goes through that network is protected,” Gen. Jacqueline McPhail, commanding general of NETCOM, said.
Army picks Akamai for prototype battlefield zero trust project: T-ICAM
The civilian internet firm will build prototype software for Tactical Identity Credential & Access Management, a critical step in bringing “zero trust” cybersecurity to battlefield networks.
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Data overload threatens decisionmakers as autonomy expands
Reducing cognitive overload on warfighters while improving “time to trust” for autonomous systems is a matter of design.
Pentagon’s annual weapon test report reverses classification, details major program challenges
The report, without "controlled unclassified information" redactions, discusses concerns with major weapons programs from ships to planes to hypersonic missiles.
Thunderdome going global? DISA says still room for industry, allies in zero-trust initiative
"As far as reaching out to kind of the multinational world and the federal space, we haven't yet, but that's something that's kind of on the roadmap for us to get to," Drew Malloy, technical director for DISA’s cyber development directorate, said.
Towards Zero-Trust: Forescout To Help DISA Scale Comply-to-Connect
"The ultimate goal is understanding exactly what is happening on the network, who is connecting, what is connected, and what are those devices and users doing on the network so you can make sure that, where connection is necessary for a mission, it's available but also that it's secure," Forescout's Dean Hullings said.
DISA Head: DoD Working To Modernize ICAM, C2, Data Use
"I have a mantra of 'I want to kill to the [Common Access Card] as the primary authentication mechanism for the department'," Lt. Gen. Robert Skinner said. "Industry has better authentication, and it's not just two-factor, it's truly multi-factor authentication."
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JADC2 Implementation Plan ‘Weeks Away’: J6’s Parker
"Joint always seems fun until we get into decisions about who governs this," joked Army CIO Raj Iyer.
DoD Launches New Zero-Trust Security Portfolio Office; CIO Talks Priorities
The new office is slated for October, Pentagon CIO John Sherman said, while also giving updates on the Spectrum Strategy implementation plan and the cyber workforce strategy.