DISA

• Karl Kurz, Defense Collaboration Services, DISA

  A new secure online collaboration tool is up and running at the Defense Department. The open source solution enables access card users to chat, message and conference securely with others around the world. Karl Kurz is the program manager for Defense Collaboration Services at the Defense Information Systems Agency. He joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin to explain more about the new tool and what came before it.

  Federal Drive

  March 09, 2015
• Pentagon, Adobe offer competing options for online collaboration

  The Defense Department will shut off its widely-used Defense Connect Online service in June, and is telling all of its users to transition to a new DISA-provided service before then. But the vendor behind DCO thinks users are hooked, and will continue to provide it for a fee.

  Defense

  February 20, 2015
• CIO Council to approve one standard for mobile app vetting

  The Defense Department's National Information Assurance Partnership's (NIAP) protection profile will be the governmentwide standard for agencies to use when ensuring the security of mobile apps. The Mobile Technology Tiger Team recommended the NIAP approach because of the collaboration and coordination across government and with industry.

  Defense

  February 19, 2015
• FTC looking for a new CIO; DISA finds a replacement

  Bajinder Paul, who spent the last 17 months as the Federal Trade Commission's chief information officer, now is with the Federal Reserve Bank.

  Defense

  February 02, 2015
• In Pentagon’s belated march to the cloud, DoD CIO looks to spark ‘national dialogue’ on cloud security

  Pentagon CIO sees renewed vigor in DoD's cloud migration path as an opportunity to raise the bar for the nation's overall cybersecurity, telling vendors he wants a much closer partnership with commercial cloud providers.

  Defense

  January 30, 2015
• Next step for DoD cybersecurity: Ditch passwords once and for all

  The Pentagon led the way for the rest of the government by implementing two-factor authentication across many of its systems. But plenty of important IT infrastructure still relies on a "reckless" system that depends on passwords alone for authentication.

  On DoD Podcasts

  January 28, 2015
• Jared Serbu, DoD Reporter, Federal News Radio

  Earlier this month, the Defense Information Systems Agency announced a major reorganization. It says the changes would help drive cybersecurity into everything the agency does. But DISA will never have unlimited resources, so it's now moving toward a "risk management" approach to cybersecurity: Accepting risk in some areas so that it can make sure that what really matters is highly secure. The risk management executive is a new position within the agency's organizational chart. DISA Risk Management Executive Mark Orndorff talked about the new cyber philosophy with Federal News Radio DoD Reporter Jared Serbu.

  All News

  January 27, 2015
• Online Chat: Mark Orndorff, risk management executive & CIO, DISA

  Mark Orndorff, risk management executive & chief information officer for the Defense Information Systems Agency, joins Federal News Radio for a free online chat to discuss his agency's new risk management organization and DoD's evolving approach to cybersecurity.

  Defense

  January 27, 2015
• DISA’ s top cyber official retires this week. Ask him anything!

  Defense Information Systems Agency's top cybersecurity official, Mark Orndorff, will join us for both a radio interview and a live online chat this week.

  Defense

  January 26, 2015
• DISA’s ‘one belly button’ approach to IT services

  The Defense Information Services Agency has reorganized its services to be more customer focus and have accountability over what technology they provide.

  Ask the CIO

  January 23, 2015
• DoD loses key IT exec; two formers are lured back to government

  Long-time and well-respected cybersecurity executive Mark Orndorff is calling it a government career on Jan. 31.

  Defense

  January 19, 2015
• Agencies not seeing dollar signs in the cloud

  Transportation and DISA CTOs say cloud computing may not deliver the savings many expected. Instead, the value of moving to the cloud is the ability to modernize apps, scaling up and down on demand and taking advantage of the agility and speed to get services to market.

  Defense

  January 16, 2015
• DoD rewrites cloud security rules in move toward risk acceptance

  New security guide places more trust in governmentwide FedRAMP program to secure unclassified data in commercial clouds, but retains tougher restrictions for more sensitive information.

  Defense

  January 15, 2015
• A new era in DoD cyber defense begins

  The Defense Information Systems Agency launches reorganization, including the new Joint Task Force-DoD Information Networks. The new cyber organization will reach initial operating capability on Jan. 15, taking over 14-to-19 tasks from U.S. Cyber Command.

  Defense

  January 13, 2015