Network Upgrades ‘Take Off At Light Speed’: Army CIO

Network Upgrades ‘Take Off At Light Speed’: Army CIO
Network Upgrades ‘Take Off At Light Speed’: Army CIO

ARLINGTON: The digital dam has burst. It took the Army three grueling years to set up a new, more secure network at its first site in San Antonio, which went live in fall 2014. Now a dozen more installations have gotten the upgrade, exulted the Army CIO this morning, and another 20 will go live…

Carter Visit Highlights Army’s Cybersecurity

Carter Visit Highlights Army’s Cybersecurity
Carter Visit Highlights Army’s Cybersecurity

FORT HUACHUCA, ARIZ.: On his way west for a major Pacific summit, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter made sure to stop here in the Arizona desert to visit a new cybersecurity center. The nascent “fusion center,” which reached Initial Operating Capability (IOC) in the last three months, will monitor Army networks in new ways. Carter changed…

Navy, Marine Networks To Move To JIE; Security Doubts Persist

Navy, Marine Networks To Move To JIE; Security Doubts Persist
Navy, Marine Networks To Move To JIE; Security Doubts Persist

UPDATED with Adm. Richardson & Branch comments ARLINGTON: The Navy and Marines have agreed to follow the Army and Air Force into the Joint Information Environment — but the sea services have security and other concerns. Will networks connected to JIE really be more secure? Can JIE really serve frontline warfighters as well as rear-area administrators? The…

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…