Maj. Gen. Robert Skinner has received Senate confirmation to lead the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) as director, succeeding Vice Adm. Nancy Norton. He will rank up to lieutenant general for the
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John Sherman, principal deputy chief information officer at the Department of Defense (DoD), said DoD has moved to extend to June 2021 the use of the commercial virtual remote environment to support employees
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Army Network Enterprise Technology Command (NETCOM) has tested the use of a cloud-based zero-trust environment for boosted cybersecurity. NETCOM launched a pilot program to demonstrate the zero-trust security approach in Microsoft Office 365.
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The U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) has activated its 1st Network Battalion that will serve as part of the service branch’s proposed three-battalion command-and-control (C2) segment.
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A Defense Information Systems Agency office has temporarily halted two features of a cloud-based storage service that is designed for unclassified Defense Department information network users.
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The U.S. Navy plans to implement a command-and-control system framework to further develop the service’s governance of its network architecture and improve visibility in cyberspace operations, C4ISRnet reported Monday.
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The Defense Information Systems Agency is devising a strategy to help interested users transition to milDrive, its cloud-based storage service for desktop users, the Department of Defense reported Thursday.
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The Department of Defense has conducted a bug bounty program with ethical hackers in an effort to identify vulnerabilities in the DoD Information Network, Fifth Domain reported Monday.
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The Defense Information Systems Agency has issued a strategic plan setting the agency’s direction through 2022. DISA said Wednesday that the plan provides a framework to guide the agency’s resource allocation, planning priorities
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Vice Adm. Nancy Norton, commander of the Defense Information Systems Agency, told attendees at an AFCEA conference in Maryland that the Department of Defense must prepare for cyberwarfare and a multidomain battle, DISA
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