Army COL Andrew S. McClelland assumed command of Defense Information Systems Agency’s (DISA) European Field Command from Army COL Jacqueline D. Brown during a change of command ceremony held July 8 in Stuttgart, Germany.

Jack Wilmer, vice director of the Defense Information Systems Agency’s (DISA) Development and Business Center, spoke about the security, culture, and business process challenges associated with migrating applications to the commercial cloud during the fifth annual MeriTalk Cloud Computing Brainstorm.

The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) International Relations and Engagement Office hosted the first Command and Control Interoperability Program (C2IP) Symposium at the headquarters, June 13-15.

Cyber operators and analysts with a need to run custom analytics on specific data sets will have access to increased ad-hoc query capabilities in August, when an upgrade to the Defense Information Systems Agency’s (DISA) Big Data Platform (BDP) is projected for release.

Members of the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) and Joint Force Headquarters – Department of Defense Information Networks (JFHQ-DODIN) workforce celebrated the Army’s 241st Birthday at their joint headquarters on Fort George G. Meade, Maryland, June 14.

Current and former military members assigned to the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) and Joint Force Headquarters for Department of Defense Information Networks (JFHQ-DODIN) came together at their shared headquarters on Fort George G. Meade, Maryland, to celebrate Armed Forces Day on May 20.

The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) offers a cloud-based set of solutions that enables the collection of large amounts of data from across the DOD Information Networks (DODIN) and provides the analytics and visualization tools to make sense of the data.

The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), the National Security Agency (NSA), and Department of Defense Chief Information Officer (DOD CIO) are working with U.S. Cyber Command, the combatant commands, services, and agencies to evolve DOD’s cybersecurity architecture and create an implementation roadmap for the DOD Information Network Infrastructure.

Since its launch in 2013, the Department of Defense’s use of milCloud 1.0 — an on-premise cloud solution based on commercial technology and built, operated, and managed by the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) —has grown exponentially.

The chief of the Defense Information Systems Agency’s Joint Information Environment Solutions Division, Air Force Col Scott Jackson, dispelled some of the common misperceptions about the agency’s Joint Regional Security Stacks (JRSS) Program during the 2016 Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association’s Defensive Cyber Operations Symposium in the District of Columbia April 21.

The Defense Information Systems Agency’s Continental United States Field Command (DISA CONUS) has been renamed to reflect the organization’s evolution as a global service provider. The organization is now called the DISA Global Operations Command (DGOC).

Department of Defense Chief Information Officer Terry Halvorsen said the greatest challenge currently facing DOD’s information technology community, and our industry partners, is culture.

During the “DISA 102” workshop that preceded the official opening of the 2016 Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association’s Defensive Cyber Operations Symposium, the agency’s executive deputy director, Tony Montemarano, focused on giving the audience an understanding of how DISA continues to evolve in support of the nation’s warfighters.

When it comes to cyber, the gloves are off, said Army LTG Alan R. Lynn, director of the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) and commander of the Joint Force Headquarters – Department of Defense Information Networks (JFHQ-DODIN), at the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association’s Defensive Cyber Operations Symposium in the District of Columbia April 20.

Over the past year, the Defense Spectrum Organization (DSO) has supported the DOD Spectrum Access Research and Development Program (SAR&DP), an effort to build a spectrum investment portfolio led by the DOD Chief Information Officer (CIO) and the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, or ASD(R&E).