The Defense Information Systems Agency has authorized its Program Executive Office services to integrate the Amazon Web Services Cross-Domain Solution within its Citadel software factory to support DevSecOps efforts. The setup provides a secure data transfer system between unclassified impact level 5 and classified impact level 6 information, DISA said Tuesday.
Tackling Manual Cross-Domain Data Transfer Risks
The new cloud-based cross-domain transfer system addresses the security challenge that DevSecOps users and DISA mission partners face when transferring between classified and unclassified information, the agency explained.
Currently, such data transfer often requires manual processes, such as moving compact discs from one device to another, DISA noted. It also said the Citadel integration in AWS CDS will significantly boost DevSecOps frontliners, including warfighters and analysts, in complex and dynamic environments requiring sharp situational awareness and quicker response times.
Besides its cross-domain systems, DISA provides other tools and services for DevSecOps support, such as its Defense Enterprise Office Solution, or DEOS, a secret cloud environment wherein approximately 200,000 end users were migrated as of February 2024. DISA deployed in DEOS the DOD365-Secret classified cloud platform to support the implementation of Microsoft‘s suite of cloud-based productivity tools, Office 365.
Related Articles
The Senate Appropriations Committee on Thursday voted 26-3 to pass a bill that would appropriate $851.9 billion in discretionary defense funding for fiscal year 2026. Weapons Systems Procurement The committee said Thursday the proposed FY 2026 Defense Appropriations Act would allocate $171.3 billion for weapon systems procurement and $140.5 billion for platform research, development and testing. The measure includes a $280 million increase in funding for F-135 spare engines and an additional $500 million for F-35 sustainment spare parts; an additional $216 million for drone and counter-drone tech capabilities; $4.6 billion more for air and missile defense efforts; and a
NASA wants to team up with industry to develop advanced space technologies for future commercial or government use. The space agency on Wednesday issued an announcement of collaboration opportunity, or ACO, to solicit partnership proposals. Managed by the Space Technology Mission Directorate, the ACO gives industry partners access to NASA subject matter expertise, facilities, software and hardware to accelerate and enhance capability development. According to NASA, the ACO will be open for five years and will serve as an umbrella opportunity for topic-specific appendices that would be released every six to 12 months to address evolving needs. For the 2025
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., head of the Department of Health and Human Services, and other government and healthcare technology leaders have committed to delivering a patient-centric digital health ecosystem. At an event hosted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services at the White House, over 60 companies pledged to collaborate and deliver results that benefit the public in the first quarter of 2026. Meanwhile, 11 health systems and providers said they will support patient use. Seven electronic health record companies pledged to facilitate data exchange. According to Kennedy, bureaucrats and entrenched interests have made health data inaccessible to patients,