Information security

DoD taking multi-pronged mobility approach

Security is top priority as the Defense Department continues to embrace mobility, and officials are looking at multiple paths toward an end goal that empowers troops and personnel.

While work at the Defense Information Systems Agency is ongoing to set up derived credentials that allow DoD users to have smart phones that don’t require Common Access Cards to get critical information, intelligence agencies are looking at futuristic authentication measures and the Marine Corps is pushing forward with bring-your-own-device.

“How do we get mobility services in place that will allow DoD to take advantage of innovations faster rather than the government instituting a new contract every time we need a new technology or service?” Kim Rice, DISA mobility portfolio manager, said April 15 at an AFCEA Northern Virginia chapter event in Vienna, Virginia.