Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA): DISA makes strides toward Common Access Card replacement

The Defense Information Systems Agency’s (DISA) assured identity initiatives seek to establish and continuously validate a digital identity, enabling the Department of Defense to better identify individuals and devices attempting to gain access to its information systems, and to support the move toward a mobile-centric environment.

Jeremy Corey, chief of the agency’s of Cyber Innovation Division, provided an overview of the initiatives during a presentation at the 2018 Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association’s Defensive Cyber Operations Symposium in Baltimore May 16.

Assured identity assigns strongly associated attributes to an individual or trusted device.

Read more at [https://www.disa.mil/NewsandEvents/2018/DISA-Common-Access-Card-replacement]