Cloud based internet isolation initiatives to give DoD new kind of cyber protections

The Defense Information Systems Agency moved its cloud based internet isolation program into production after testing it out for the last year under a $199 million Other Transaction Agreement. Steve Wallace, the systems innovation scientist at the Defense Information Systems Agency, said the cloud based internet isolation program could be the game changer many have been waiting for in cybersecurity. Sherri Sokol, the program manager of the CBII program, said the technology demonstrated its value earlier this year when cyber experts warned of a zero day vulnerability in the browser. Hear more on this week’s Ask the CIO with Federal News Network Executive Editor Jason Miller.