For the Defense Department in 2023, the spotlight is its enterprise cloud contract, JADC2 and AI investments.
By Jaspreet GillIn the network world, 2022 saw the return of the (non) JEDI, the bumpy road to JADC2 and real-world lessons from the cyber dimension of the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
By Jaspreet Gill“No vendor is going to label your data for you,” CDAO Craig Martell said. “So it’s incumbent upon us as a centralized supporter of AI in the department to give you the tools, abilities, and consulting, to be able to build that labeled data so that you can hand it to industry, and they can build a model that works for you.”
By Jaspreet GillJWCC is a multi-vendor, multi-cloud follow up to the infamous single-source Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) contract, which was worth up to $10 billion and canceled in 2021.
By Jaspreet GillSharon Woods, director of DISA’s Hosting and Compute Center, told reporters officials “have a very high level of confidence in the mid-December award” for the Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability.
By Jaspreet GillThe G-6 is working closely with Raj Iyer, the Army’s chief information officer, on “characterizing” some of the legacy data centers the service wants to eventually shut down that are no longer needed.
By Jaspreet GillPentagon CIO John Sherman says program is going well, but “we’ve recognized that our schedule was maybe a little too ahead of what we thought.”
By Jaspreet GillModernizing cryptographic systems is a lot more complicated than a software patch or iOS update, and oftentimes unfunded, but is vital to securing the nation’s most important secrets.
By Breaking DefenseData has been, arguably, the US military’s most valuable-but-untapped resource since the founding of the US Army in 1787 and the US Navy a decade later.
By Breaking DefenseThe military focused its efforts on networked warfare and the US government responded to cyberattacks.
By Andrew EversdenSunset deadline could be tight, according to a former DISA official, as “May 2022 is tomorrow in terms of DoD IT.”
By Andrew EversdenGoogle’s addition is somewhat surprising since, in recent years, the company has pulled away from DoD work due to internal pressure on executives from its workforce. The apparent omission of IBM is also notable.
By Brad D. Williams“Joint always seems fun until we get into decisions about who governs this,” joked Army CIO Raj Iyer.
By Brad D. WilliamsThe new office is slated for October, Pentagon CIO John Sherman said, while also giving updates on the Spectrum Strategy implementation plan and the cyber workforce strategy.
By Brad D. Williams