The Defense Information Systems Agency has implemented a program that works to integrate credentials from common access cards into mobile devices, Federal News Radio reported Wednesday. David Thornton writes Jeremy Corey, lead engineer for the Defense Department‘s public key infrastructure, said DISA’s Purebred program is a key management server with an application installed on a …
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The Government Accountability Office‘s inspector general has determined that GAO “effectively” implemented policies and procedures to remove sensitive data from information technology devices that were slated for disposal. GAO said Wednesday the inspector general assessed GAO’s compliance with media sanitization policies to verify whether laptops and BlackBerry devices were appropriately sanitized before being discarded. …
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Kimberly Rice, mobility program manager at the Defense Information Systems Agency, has said the agency continues to grow the number of mobile devices managed at the unclassified level, C4ISR & Networks reported Monday. Amber Corrin writes DISA personnel, U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force command units, Defense Threat Reduction Agency and …
Read More » The Defense Information Systems Agency collaborates with Apple, Samsung and BlackBerry to expedite a process for mobile device vendors to obtain federal security authorization for their products, Federal News Radio reported Thursday. Jared Serbu writes Mark Orndorff, mission assurance executive at DISA, said partnerships with industry allows the agency to …
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The Defense Information Systems Agency has approved BlackBerry’s multi-platform containerization system for use by Defense Department employees. Users will have access to BlackBerry’s workspace for iOS and Android devices through the BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 mobility management service, BlackBerry said Wednesday. John Sims, president of global enterprise services at BlackBerry, said the …
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The White House is testing mobile devices manufactured by LG and Samsung in order to replace Blackberry mobile devices currently in use, the Wall Street Journal reported last Thursday. Will Connors writes that the White House’s internal technology team and the White House Communications Agency are working together to test the …
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John Chen, BlackBerry CEO, met with White House representatives to discuss the devices President Barack Obama and his staff use, as well as potential areas for upgrade, Bloomberg reported Friday. “It’s just customer outreach,” Chen told Bloomberg Television in an interview. Jonathan Erlichman and Hugo Miller write that Chen and BlackBerry’s leadership team wants …
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The U.S. Air Force has started to distribute mobile devices that run Apple’s operating system across its enterprise as a replacement for Blackberry gadgets. Air Force executives have begun to transition to iOS devices and users that have completed that process will receive a start guide for using the devices, Air …
Read More » The Defense Information System Agency has authorized BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10-based smartphones for use on the Pentagon’s internal networks. DISA plans to launch a mobile infrastructure that can support up to 10,000 BlackBerry Z10 and Q10 devices this fall and increase the capacity to 30,000 by the end of this …
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Apple has received approval from the Defense Department for its devices to operate on military networks, Bloomberg reports. Nick Taborek and Tony Capaccio write the Pentagon cleared Samsung devices and Blackberry 10 smartphones May 2. A Defense Information Systems Agency representative said last week the clearance would happen soon for …
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