FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, Md. – The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) and the Department of Defense at-large are amidst a global-power competition in an ever-changing cyber landscape with increasing risks and threats from sophisticated adversaries. With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the cyber-attack surface has also intensified as more individuals telework and as more applications and data migrate to the cloud.
In response, DISA has awarded a $6.8M contract to Booz Allen Hamilton for execution of a Thunderdome Prototype, a zero trust security model that aligns with the president’s executive order to improve the nation’s cybersecurity posture. During this six-month effort, the agency will operationally test how to implement DISA’s Zero Trust Reference Architecture, published in March 2020 for DOD, by taking advantage of commercial technologies such as Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) and Software Defined-Wide Area Networks (SD-WAN). Thunderdome will also incorporate greater cybersecurity centered around data protection and integrate with existing endpoint and identity initiatives aligned to zero trust.
“Over the course of the next six months, we plan to produce a working prototype that is scalable across the department,” said Jason Martin, director of DISA’s digital capabilities and security center. “During that time, we will do what DISA does best – build, test, validate and implement the premier cybersecurity solutions for the Department of Defense and warfighter around the world.”
Read the full press release here [https://disa.mil/
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