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OUR STRATEGY - SURETY, REACH, SPEED

The Department of Defense vision for net-centric operations and warfare:

“The National Defense Strategy clearly states how we will operate in the future – we will be net-centric. Our job is to deliver the critical enabling capability to conduct network-centric operations.”

“Defense transformation hinges on the recognition that information is our greatest source of power. We can leverage information to allow decision makers at all levels to make better decisions faster and sooner.”

— John G. Grimes, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Networks and Information Integration, and DoD CIO, March 2006

We at DISA imagine and envision a world in which information is virtual and on demand with global reach. Information is protected by identity based capabilities that allow users to connect, be identified, and access needed information in a trusted manner. It is a world in which United States military forces can deploy and connect no matter where they are located, pull information needed for their missions, and be given timely, accurate information on any threats they may face. It is a world with no seams between the sustaining base and the tactical edge so that operational agility is enabled. It is a world in which the United States military can freely exchange information routinely with coalition partners and others responsible for the security and defense of the United States. The technology employed is agile, adaptive, and capabilities-based. And, we imagine and envision a world in which our soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines are equipped with capabilities and services that are state-of-the-art.

The Defense Department’s Global Information Grid (GIG) will be a web like enterprise in which people can discover information, orchestrate their own operational picture based on the situation at hand, have shared situational awareness, and operate securely. We will provide Internet technology at speeds necessary to bring people together efficiently, help them do their jobs in ways never anticipated, and enable
them to do things never envisioned.

DISA must aggressively lead in five areas:

• Speed – deliver IT capabilities and services faster
• Power to edge – extend enterprise services to the edge
• Operational excellence – accelerate operational effectiveness and
  efficiency
• Sharing and defending information – enables sharing of information
  while staunchly protecting it
• Best value – customers know and understand the value of DISA
  capabilities and services

The “we” at DISA is our people – our most valuable asset. DISA will continue to recruit, develop, and professionalize the workforce to lead DoD in achieving net-centric operations.

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