Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA): DISA addresses cyber protection challenges presented by cloud, mobile

An abundance of data and expansion into the cloud and mobile environments present unique challenges for defensive cyber operations (DCO), said members of the Defense Information Systems Agency’s (DISA) DCO Division during a panel discussion at the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association’s Defensive Cyberspace Operations Symposium May 16 in Baltimore.

Army Col. Darleen Straub, chief of DISA’s DCO Division, led the Challenge of Cyberspace Defense and Cybersecurity Service Provider (CSSP) Services panel, which included Robert Mawhinney, chief of the DCO Current Operations Branch; Darrell Fountain, chief of the DISA CSSP Branch; and Paul Barbera, chief of the DCO Plans and Requirements Branch.

Straub said DISA stood up a consolidated DCO Division in the summer of 2017. The division plans, transforms, coordinates, synchronizes, and directs the security and defense of the agency’s enterprise infrastructure and the delivery of DISA Cyber Security Services to the Department of Defense.

Read more at [https://www.disa.mil/NewsandEvents/2018/DISA-cyber-protection-cloud-mobile]