The Defense Logistics Agency is planning to deploy at least 75 platforms that run on robotic process automation to help personnel in menial tasks by the end of September, Federal News Network reported Friday. John Lockwood, RPA manager for the DLA, said at a recent Carahsoft and UiPath event that the agency has around 20 bots in operation and 30 more in production.
Read More »Vice Adm. Nancy Norton: DISA to Receive New Identity Assurance Tech in Summer
Vice Adm. Nancy Norton, director of the Defense Information Systems Agency, said at an Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association event held Monday that DISA expects to receive some prototype devices for identity assurance this summer, FCW reported Tuesday. She added the agency is scheduled to distribute 75 devices within …
Read More »DoD to Transform Common Access Cards into Personnel Identity Verification Cards
The Defense Department is modifying common access cards into personnel identity verification cards designed to help validate the identity of cardholders, Federal News Radio reported Friday. Andy Seymour, DoD’s public key infrastructure manager, told Federal News Radio that DoD is about to issue directives that will give the services 18 …
Read More »DISA Moves to Digitize Common Access Card Credentials
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 …
Read More »Terry Halvorsen: DoD to Test New Multi-factor Authentication Mechanisms After Christmas
The Defense Department plans to launch pilot programs to test new authentication mechanisms after the Christmas holiday as part of efforts to eliminate the need for common access cards within two years, Federal News Radio reported Wednesday. Terry Halvorsen, DoD chief information officer, said at AFCEA’s TechNet conference in Honolulu he sought …
Read More »Terry Halvorsen: DoD to Replace Common Access Cards With Multifactor Authentication Systems
Defense Department Chief Information Officer Terry Halvorsen has said the Pentagon will replace Common Access Cards with multifactor authentication systems such as biometric technologies, Fedscoop reported Tuesday. Shaun Waterman writes Halvorsen told an audience at the 2016 Federal Forum that DoD has a two-year plan in place to remove CAC cards from information systems …
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