Teri Takai, Defense Department chief information officer, and Army Gen. Keith Alexander, commander of U.S. Cyber Command and director of the National Security Agency, both testified before lawmakers Wednesday on new approaches to information technology and cybersecurity. American Forces Press Service reports the House Armed Services subcommittee on intelligence, emerging …
Read More »Pentagon Unveils Commercial Mobile Device Plan; Teri Takai Comments
The Defense Department has developed a plan aimed at providing the department’s nearly 600,000 mobile-device users secure classified and protected unclassified mobile platforms. Implementation of the plan will focus on devices, wireless infrastructure and applications that use commercial-off-the-shelf technology, the department said Tuesday. “This is not simply about embracing the …
Read More »Profile: Defense CIO Teri Takai
As the Defense Department’s chief information officer, Teri Takai serves as the principal adviser to the defense secretary on matters regarding information management and information technology, non-intelligence space systems, satellite communications, navigation and timing programs. She also advises the secretary on spectrum and telecommunications. In July, she discussed a report …
Read More »DISA’s Miyi Chung A Pentagon CIO Award Recipient; Teri Takai Comments
Defense Department Chief Information Officer Teri Takai and Army Lt. Gen. Curtis Scaparrotti, Joint Staff director, gave individual and team honors for the 2012 Defense Department Chief Information Officer Awardslast week in Washington. According to the American Forces Press Service, these awards recognize initiative and performance in delivering mission capabilities …
Read More »DISA Set to Manage All Cloud Computing for DOD; Teri Takai Comments
The Defense Information Systems Agency has been selected to become the Department of Defense’s new cloud services broker, reports David Stegon at Fed Scoop. DOD Chief Information Officer Teri Takai published a memorandum June 26 to notify Pentagon leaders of the selection. In the memo, Takai says that DISA’s Enterprise …
Read More »DHS, Pentagon Expanding Cyber Info Sharing Program; Ashton Carter Comments
The departments of Defense and Homeland Security are expanding a voluntary program for sharing cybersecurity information with the defense industrial base, the Pentagon announced Friday. In April, Defense Department Chief Information Officer Teri Takai told a conference that the Pentagon was seeking White House approval to expand the number of …
Read More »Teri Takai Says Pentagon Seeking to Grow Info Sharing Pilot
Defense Department officials plan to expand the private-public cyber information sharing pilot program from 37 organizations to 200, Bloomberg reports. Defense Chief Information Officer Teri Takai told Arlington, Va. conference attendees that the Pentagon will seek White House approval within 60 days to add more companies to the two-year old …
Read More »GSA’s Dave McClure: First FedRAMP-Certified Cloud Group Coming in May
The first group of federally-certified cloud computing service providers will be announced in May, a General Services Administration official said Friday. Dave McClure, GSA’s associate administrator of the office of citizen services and innovative technologies, said the list would be available at the end of next month, FedScoop reports. McClure …
Read More »Defense Officials: Cyber Strategy, Rules in the Making
The Defense Department’s rules outlining how the military should react and when it can practice active cyber defense should come in the next few months, according to military officials. Pentagon officials told the House Armed Services Committee Tuesday that the Joint Staff and the defense secretary’s policy office are collaborating to …
Read More »Teri Takai: Air Force, Navy Moving to DISA Cloud Email Soon
The Defense Information Systems Agency set plans to be the Pentagon’s lead cloud computing platforms provider in January and more defense agencies have prepared to use DISA’s cloud email service. According to Federal News Radio, Defense Chief Information Officer Teri Takai said the Air Force and the Navy are in step …
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