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By Lauren C. Williams Jan 20, 2021 Thanks to the changes brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, bringing your own approved device (BYOAD) is now a high priority for the Defense Information Systems Agency. That's due in large part to vastly more teleworkers and the temporary deployment of the Defense Department's commercial virtual remote (CVR) Teams environment. As DOD and DISA move to a permanent Microsoft Office 365 solution this summer, the need and demand for BYOAD is expected to increase. "With the rollout of CVR and the success of CVR users and the fact that users are working differently ...

By Lauren C. Williams Jan 20, 2021 The Defense Department has begun shifting the chief management officer position and duties that Congress repealed in the 2021 defense authorization bill to several entities across DOD, including the CIO. Deputy Defense Secretary David Norquist pushed out in two memos dated Jan. 11 re-establishing two organizations to bear some CMO responsibilities, and realigning others across the Office of the Secretary of Defense. One memo resurrected two positions: the Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Intelligence Oversight office, which will take on the CMO's ...

The Defense Department's top buyer, Ellen Lord, said the incoming Biden administration will have to contend with adversarial investments and cybersecurity weaknesses in the contractor base.

If confirmed, Avril Haines says that one of her top priorities as the Director of National Intelligence will be "institutional" issues, like renewing public trust in the intelligence community and improving workforce morale.

By Justin Katz Jan 20, 2021 The National Security Agency today announced Rob Joyce will replace Anne Neuberger as the chief of its cybersecurity directorate. Joyce, a 2018 Fed 100 winner, is currently serving as a special liaison officer for the NSA at the U.S. Embassy in London. He was previously a senior advisor for cybersecurity strategy to the NSA director. Prior to that he was a special assistant to the president and cybersecurity coordinator in the National Security Council for the Trump administration in 2018. Neuberger was recently tapped by President-elect Joe Biden to become deputy ...