DISA Approves STIG for Government-Issued Apple iOS 6 Mobile Devices
Fort George G. Meade, Md. – The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) today announced approval of the Apple iOS 6 Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG).
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DISA Rolls Out the New DoD Enterprise White Pages
The DoD Enterprise White Pages allows users to quickly and easily locate contact information for all DoD personnel. It offers data from authoritative sources, presents the data to users in an intuitive fashion, and features a clean and easy-to-use interface.
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DISA's Improved Security Processes Accelerate Adoption of Commercial Devices
Fort George G. Meade, Md. – DISA's approval last week of Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIG) for Blackberry and Samsung Knox devices means that DOD organizations will be able to use those devices in conjunction with a secure enterprise mobility environment.
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Save the Date: DISA's Forecast to Industry is August 9
Save the date for the 2013 DISA Forecast to Industry! This year's event will take place on Friday, August 9 from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. It will be held in the DISA Headquarters Conference Center on Fort George G. Meade, Md.
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DISA's Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day an Interactive Learning Experience
The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) opened its headquarters to more than 215 children in observance of National Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day on April 25. The event provided participating students the opportunity to learn more about the work that their parents, guardians, and mentors do in support of the nation's warfighters and to explore careers in information technology-related fields.
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DISA's Joint Spectrum Center Provides Training to U.S. Forces and Coalition Partners in Afghanistan
Members of the Defense Spectrum Organization's Joint Spectrum Center (JSC) — a Defense Information Systems Agency element — recently returned from Afghanistan, where they provided spectrum situational awareness training to users of the United States Central Command-fielded Spectrum Situational Awareness System (S2AS).
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DISA Achieves Initial Operational Capability as DOD Enterprise Cloud Service Broker
FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, Md. -- The Defense Information Systems Agency recently achieved initial operational capability in its mission as the cloud broker for the Department of Defense.
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JITC Prepares to Support Africa Endeavor 2013
The Joint Interoperability Test Command (JITC) is preparing for Africa Endeavor 2013, which will be held Aug. 5-16 in Lusaka, Zambia.
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JITC Employee Named Civilian Tester of the Year
The National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) named a Joint Interoperability Test Command (JITC) employee as its Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) civilian tester of the year.
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DISA Shapes the DoD Cloud with STAX
The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) offers Secure Technology Application eXecution (STAX), a new DISA Enterprise Platform as a Service (PaaS) cloud computing solution, to the Department of Defense (DoD).
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DOD Enterprise Email Reaches One Million User Milestone
FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, Md. -- Two years after its inception, the Department of Defense Enterprise Email system reached one million users when a Soldier at Fort Riley, Kan. received a new email account today.
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Hawkins: Mobility is About Providing Access to Data
Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Director Air Force Lt Gen Ronnie D. Hawkins Jr. spoke about unleashing the power of information through mobility at the third-annual FedScoop MobileGov Summit on Feb. 28. The sold out event, held at the Newseum in Washington D.C., attracted approximately 750 industry and government attendees.
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DoD Issues New PKI Certification Authorities
The Department of Defense (DoD) Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) Program periodically deploys new Certification Authorities (CAs) to support ongoing issuance of Common Access Cards (CACs) and other PKI certificates to the DoD community. In order for computers to properly recognize these certificates, as well as be able to access some DoD websites, all of the current DoD CAs must be installed in browser trust stores.
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Keys to Cyber: Joint Information Environment and Cyber Workforce Development
Army BG Frederick Henry, the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) chief of staff and director of the Joint Information Environment (JIE) Technical Synchronization Office (JTSO), shared insights on the opportunities and challenges of building an enterprise information environment and emphasized the importance of developing a robust cyber workforce at the 4th Annual Cybersecurity Symposium, presented by the Washington, D.C. chapter of the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA).
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DoD Implements Secure Program for Mobile Devices
The Defense Department is rolling out a program that will allow users of a range of mobile devices -- working anywhere from remote battlefields to the Pentagon to rapidly share classified and protected data across all components.
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