The DOD chief digital and artificial intelligence officer recently released a memo encouraging components to evaluate DOD-approved authentication requirements that will be sent to DISA’s chief data officer to determine if results need guidance on exceptions to local policies to effectively manage data throughout its lifecycle.

On Jan. 25, Defense Information Systems Agency Director and Joint Force Headquarters-Department of Defense Information Network Commander Air Force Lt. Gen. Robert J. Skinner spoke at an AFCEA DC luncheon along with three DISA senior leaders. Together, they shared the agency’s priorities for 2024 and answered questions from industry

On Jan. 11, Defense Information Systems Agency Director and Joint Force Headquarters-Department of Defense Information Network Commander Air Force Lt. Gen. Robert J. Skinner spoke at AFCEA NOVA Army IT Day in a fireside chat moderated by former Army Deputy Chief Information Officer Greg Garcia.

The Defense Information Systems Agency's Cybersecurity Service Provider program delivers a suite of cybersecurity services. Leveraging a global, 24/7/365 analyst workforce, DISA CSSP monitors for and protects against malicious cyber activity, reports cyber incidents, and shares pivotal cyber situational awareness to defend the Department of Defense Information Network and customer terrain.

The Defense Information Systems Agency announced the release of the initial features for Electromagnetic Battle Management – Joint, or EMBM-J, Dec. 6

DISA launches the first Microsoft 365 classified cloud in the United States Department of Defense secret environment.

Over the past year, the Defense Information Systems Agency has made substantial progress in combating growing cyber threats by strengthening and standardizing its network infrastructure.

The Defense Information Systems Agency exceeded four of its five assigned goals for fiscal year 2023 – missing the fifth by 0.26%, while exceeding all the federal and United States Department of Defense small business goals. The agency also set two new records in the historically underutilized business zone, or HUBZone, category.

Defense Information Systems Agency senior leaders discussed how the agency provides a resilient and secure network infrastructure to the warfighter and how zero trust architecture will reinforce those networks during the Federal Networks 2023 conference in Pentagon City, Virginia, Thursday, Sept. 28.

The Defense Information Systems Agency’s Hosting and Compute Center (HaCC) released the Distributed Hybrid Multi Cloud (DHMC) solicitation Monday, Sept. 11, 2023. The Other Transaction Authority (OTA) solicitation supports the agency’s initiative to modernize and transform its data centers into hybrid cloud centers.

U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Robert J. Skinner, Defense Information Systems Agency director and Joint Forces Headquarters-Department of Defense Information Network commander, offered a glimpse into the cutting-edge advancements shaping the future of Department of Defense communications during the DAFITC conference, Aug. 30.

U.S. Navy Capt. Anthony Saxon recently took the reins of the Defense Information Systems Agency Joint Interoperability Test Command from U.S. Navy Capt. Robert Matthias during a moving change of command ceremony Aug. 17 at Fort Huachuca, Arizona.

United States Air Force Lt. Gen. Robert J. Skinner, Defense Information Systems Agency director and Joint Force Headquarters-Department of Defense Information Network commander, delivered the morning keynote speech to more than 1,000 audience members during the 2023 AFCEA TechNet Conference and Expo in Augusta, Georgia, Aug. 16.

In the spirit of partnership with educators throughout the country, the Defense Information Systems Agency’s Office of Strategic Outreach and Talent Acquisition wasted no time arranging its first large-scale Academic Engagement and Collaboration Discussion at DISA Headquarters, Aug. 2.

Defense Information Systems Agency and National Security Agency officials met in Annapolis Junction, Maryland, July 20, to celebrate the final transition of a critical boundary defense tool for the Department of Defense.

The U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency Hosting and Compute Center’s OCONUS Cloud aims to create a global fabric that will connect on-the-ground teams to each other, to headquarters, and to private and public cloud networks.

Today the Defense Information Systems Agency awarded a follow-on production other transaction authority (OTA) agreement for Thunderdome, DISA’s zero trust network access and application security architecture.

On behalf of the United States Space Force, the U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency awarded 16 Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) contracts, July 18, for Proliferated Low Earth Orbit (PLEO) Satellite-Based Services.

 The U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency granted a one-year Department of Defense provisional authorization at Impact Level 5 for the CrowdStrike Falcon Platform. The CrowdStrike Falcon Platform is a DOD software-as-a-service hosted within the Amazon Web Service GovCloud.

The U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency celebrated the completion of its Orion Cyber Operations Center-Hill with a ribbon-cutting ceremony last week.