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DISA Prioritizes Secret Network for Zero Trust

The agency will double down on SIPRNET security.

Recent lessons learned from the Defense Information Systems Agency's Thunderdome program include the need to move more quickly to implement zero trust on the Defense Department's classified network known as SIPRNet. Credit: ArtemisDiana/Shutterstock

DISA Faces the Indo-Pacific

Two adversaries in the region compel agency modernization.

Lt. Gen. Robert J. Skinner, USAF, DISA director, describes how the agency is meeting Indo-Pacific region challenges at TechNet Indo-Pacific. Credit: Dave Livingston photo

Dragons of the North: Vikings and Cyber Deterrence

History can teach policymakers how to deal with Russia.

Lessons learned from the monarchs of history offer four modalities for coping with Russian cyber aggression. Credit: Shutterstock

Driving the Future of 5G Development and Innovation

Research by George Mason University and partners to accelerate delivery of 5G-enabling technologies.

Mohan Tammisetti, senior vice president and COMSovereign’s chief engineer, demonstrates a prototype of the company’s portable, compact, easily deployable standalone communications system at the Commonwealth Cyber Initiative Living Innovation Lab at George Mason University. The standalone 5G wireless network hardware, available as a backpack or housed within a durable Pelican case, is powerful enough to keep an entire city’s secure communication needs up and running.

DISA Looks Heavenward for Cyber With NATO

Space is a top priority in work with international partners.

NATO’s Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoana, along with a group of alliance ambassadors, visits the NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance Force in Sigonella. The U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) is working with its NATO allies to improve communications across the breadth of alliance activities and systems. NATO

Zero Trust Improves Both Cybersecurity and DISA

Thunderdome changes the way the agency operates.

The Defense Information Systems Agency created teams with representatives from across the agency to help define its zero trust-solution known as Thunderdome. By enhancing interagency communication and operation, the approach may change the way DISA does business. Tartila/Shutterstock

Strengthening Alliances Is Critical for Tackling Shared Challenges

An enterprise-level mission partner environment is needed for JADC2.

MPE must support rapid decision making from the strategic to tactical level. At the cutting edge of coalition operations, a Green Beret with the U.S. Army’s 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne) clears a room alongside Royal Thai Army soldiers during Cobra Gold 21. Courtesy Photo, 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne)

Automated Cyber Defense at Speed Is Manageable

XDR and MDR can shorten the time between attack and detection.

Extended detection and response (XDR)offers critical collective monitoring of identity management, intrusion sensors, firewall and cloud applications. PopTika/Shutterstock

Security Demands a User in the Loop

DISA synchronizes requirements and usability.

U.S. Army leaders detail the capabilities of the Joint Task Force-Civil Support common operating picture during a Joint All-Domain Command and Control System demonstration. The system synergizes multiple data feeds through real-time end-user reporting and collaborative planning. Photo Courtesy of the Defense Department

Cyber Reporting Law Offers Broad Safe Harbor

The new law requires swift disclosure of cybersecurity incidents.

The recently passed Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act of 2022 (CIRCIA) requires critical infrastructure operators to swiftly report substantial cyber incidents. Credit: Andrea Izzotti/Shutterstock