The Department of Defense’s (DoD) Office of the Chief Information Officer (CIO) is tightening up security around the department’s information systems with a new policy on managing access to DoD IT resources.[…] Defense & Intelligence
The deputy CIO job has been vacant since October – whenKelly Fletcher left DoDto become CIO at the State Department. Since then, DoD Chief Information Security Officer Dave McKeown has filled the role in an acting capacity. In her new role, Beavers will assist CIO John Sherman in advising ...
"There's a lot of work that needs to be done in the AI world and I think it's offering a great benefit for us, and I think it's the only way we can keep up at scale with the adversaries throughout the world," Dave McKeown, DOD's chief information officer for cybersecurity and...
DOD Chief Information Officer John Sherman assured lawmakers at a Thursday hearing on the rollout of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program, acknowledging it has faced delays following an internal review while committing that it will be carried out successfully. “We need to...
In a July 24 memo, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Acquisition Kevin Fahey directs the immediate establishment of the CISO and names Katie Arrington to lead the office as the first chief information security officer. Arrington has already been directing a DOD initiative to create a new cyber...
DoD Principal Deputy Chief Information Officer John B. Sherman didn’t mince words about the agency’s cybersecurity stance, writing,“Our adversaries are in our networks, exfiltrating our data, and exploiting the Department’s users.” This assume breach mindset goes hand-in-hand with the Z...
Katie Arrington, chief information security officer for acquisition and sustainment, said during the press briefing more than 128 capability providers have logged into the system so far, adding the team is bringing on capital providers from a previous iteration of the Trusted Capital ...
Sherman said the team would be up and running by the fall and be overseen by the chief information security officer,Dave Mckeown. According to Sherman, the new team will help boost a new approach to security, which he says is a top priority. ...
Essye Miller, formerly the deputy CIO for cybersecurity, has been named acting DoD CIO. (Alan Lessig/Staff) Department of Defense Deputy Secretary Patrick Shanahan announced that Essye Miller will take over the role of acting chief information officer, effective Dec. 8, 2017. ...
in a new direction for enterprise cloud services to provide capabilities to warfighters across the joint force. This new effort is called the Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability. The new contracts are expected to be awarded by April 2022, said the department’s acting chief information officer. ...