Cloud Computing: DISA Aims for Next-Generation System to Secure Millions of Connected Devices
January 8, 2015
Grazed from NextGov. Author: Editorial Staff.
The Defense Information Systems Agency is turning to industry for “novel” approaches to secure the millions of devices plugged in — and virtually connected — to the Pentagon’s computer networks. A Jan. 5 request for information queries contractors on a “next-generation” endpoint security system that would allow the agency to better configure, secure and keep tabs on network endpoints all using a central management tool.
Put simply, endpoints are all those devices — desktops, laptops, mobile devices, servers — connected to DOD’s networks. All told, there are 4 million of them. Endpoint security, then, describes the process of safeguarding those devices — usually through software, such as antivirus and firewall protections…
With the rise of cloud computing and other virtualized services, however, DISA’s network has grown increasingly cluttered and complex…
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