http://www.nextgov.com/cloud-computing/2015/01/ig-wants-know-if-dod-performs-cost-benefit-analysis-jumping-cloud/102255/ http://www.nextgov.com/cloud-computing/2014/12/pentagon-watchdog-dod-stumbles-cloud-computing-plan/100590/ http://www.dodig.mil/pubs/documents/DODIG-2015-045.pdf http://www.dodig.mil/ELetter/Documents/announcementProjects/D2015-D000RB-0089%20000_Redacted.pdf http://www.defense.gov/news/DoDCloudComputingStrategy.pdf Last month, the Defense Department inspector general published a hard-hitting report questioning the structure and execution of the department’s cloud computing strategy. Now, auditors are putting DOD technology officials on notice that they’re already beginning another probe of the agency’s cloud efforts. The message of the new report: Show us the money. A Dec. 9 […]

http://www.c4isrnet.com/story/military-tech/cyber/2014/12/22/defense-industries-fear-cyber-theft/20765925/ The recent cyber attack against Sony underscores fears that enemy nations are able to infiltrate U.S. computer systems and steal sensitive information. The fear is especially intense in the private sector, where much of America’s defense work takes place. For example, Defense News reports that China’s military showed off two new assets November’s Zhuhai Airshow — […]

https://gigaom.com/2014/12/28/yup-2014-was-a-big-year-in-cloud/ 2014 was the year in which both Microsoft and Google got serious about their public cloud options and taking on Amazon Web Services directly with their own Infrastructure as a Service and associated services. That both of these companies have extremely deep pockets is not lost on the market leader AWS which continues to roll out new, and […]

http://www.c4isrnet.com/article/20141211/C4ISRNET14/312110013/Tim-Rudolph-Air-Force-aims-zero-data-centers-through-purchase-IaaS Tim Rudolph is the Air Force Senior Leader for Integrated Information Capabilities, AF Life Cycle Management Center. He serves in a variety of capacities, including AFLCMC Chief Technology Officer (CTO) as the Authorizing Official for C2 Platform IT, both ground-based and airborne.  In a recent Q&A session, Rudolph offered candid comments on the direction […]

http://www.nextgov.com/cloud-computing/2014/12/new-policy-dod-components-wont-need-disa-buy-cloud-services/101511/ http://www.nextgov.com/media/gbc/docs/pdfs_edit/121714fk1.pdf http://iase.disa.mil/cloud_security/Documents/u_cloud_srg_v1r0-36.pdf New Defense Department guidance issued Wednesday by Acting Chief Information Officer Terry Halvorsen allows DOD components to acquire commercial cloud services without the Defense Information Systems Agency acting as a broker. The new policy overrides two previous memorandums that charged DISA with assessing the security of commercial cloud service offerings and cataloging them […]

https://acc.dau.mil/CommunityBrowser.aspx?id=642059&lang=en-US Long Description The Open Group Future Airborne Capability Environment (FACE™) Consortium was formed in 2010 to define an open avionics environment for all military airborne platform types. Today, it is an aviation-focused professional group made up of industry suppliers, customers, academia, and users. The FACE approach is a government-industry software standard and business strategy for […]

http://www.hanscom.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123433964 12/10/2014 – HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass.  — The U.S. Air Force, in concert with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, this week marked the official re-branding of a facility both parties hope will enable leading-edge advances in defense applications, cyber defense and public safety.The on-base facility, formerly known in acronym form as the CEIF (pronounced Seef), has been renamed […]

http://fcw.com/articles/2014/12/09/dod-cyber-roles.aspx http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pdf/514402p.pdf A recent Defense Department directive is an important clarification of the different roles played by the Pentagon’s CIO, principal cyber advisor and other officials in setting the department’s cybersecurity policy, acting DOD CIO Terry Halvorsen told reporters on Dec. 5. The directive, dated Nov. 21 and signed by Deputy Defense Secretary Robert Work, updates […]

http://www.nextgov.com/cloud-computing/2014/12/pentagon-watchdog-dod-stumbles-cloud-computing-plan/100590/ http://www.defense.gov/news/DoDCloudComputingStrategy.pdf http://www.dodig.mil/pubs/documents/DODIG-2015-045.pdf http://www.nextgov.com/cloud-computing/2014/11/heres-what-rewrite-dods-cloud-strategy-will-look/99944/ It’s one thing to have a plan. It’s another to carry it out. That’s the message conveyed in an inspector general report regarding the execution of the Defense Department’s cloud computing strategy. DOD created the plan in July 2012 in an effort to explore and use potential cost savings and benefits in […]

http://fcw.com/articles/2014/12/03/air-force-cio-cyber.aspx http://fcw.com/articles/2014/10/31/navy-cybersecurity.aspx Cybersecurity By Sean Lyngaas Dec 03, 2014 Recently installed Air Force CIO Lt. Gen. William Bender is planning a comprehensive review of the service’s cybersecurity vulnerabilities that will go far beyond what he says is the current, narrowly drawn view of USAF networks. By focusing on Air Force-only networks and not the larger […]