DISA harnesses the power of the cloud
August 19, 2014
Grazed from C4ISRNet. Author: Editorial Staff.
The Department of Defense CIO tasked DISA to be the DoD Cloud Broker to make it easier, safer and more productive to navigate, integrate, consume, extend and maintain cloud services, within the department and from other federal and commercial cloud service providers. As the department evolves to meet future requirements and a mounting demand for services and capabilities, DISA is charting the course to develop a robust cloud environment.
Likewise, while the department continues to gain momentum transitioning to a Joint Information Environment (JIE), the agency is acting on the necessity for a more streamlined, centralized, transparent and cost-effective system to fit current and future needs of all DoD agencies. Equally important, the JIE reduces the department’s overall attack surface to ensure secure cloud computing…
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