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Cyber

DoD Cyber Officials Want Updated Data Standards, Capabilities As Pentagon Moves To Cloud

By Matthew Beinart

Thursday, May 17th, 2018

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DoD Cyber Officials Want Updated Data Standards, Capabilities As Pentagon Moves To Cloud

Cyber officials discuss cloud needs at the AFCEA Defensive Cyber Operations Symposium In Baltimore. Photo: Matthew Beinart.

Facing a growing number of cloud computing initiatives, Department of Defense officials want to ensure future contracts build in improved data protection standards and urge industry partners to bring emerging technologies to make use of improved analytics. Programs such as the DoD’s upcoming multi-billion dollar Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) will require new standards for shared risk and oversight if the Pentagon is to take full advantage of commercial cloud products, according to officials at a Thursday AFCEA conference.Gregg Kendrick,…

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