Office of the DoD Chief Information Officer

Having recently finalized the 2024 Department of Defense (DoD) Cyber Service Academy (CSA) scholarship selections, the DoD CSA is excited to announce that its upcoming DoD CSA Scholar Bootcamp is set to take place on Sunday, 21 July, through Tuesday, 23 July 2024, in Washington, D.C. This exciting event, hosted by George Washington University (a designated National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Security [NCAE-C]) is intended to offer DoD CSA scholarship awardees an in depth understanding of the DoD CSA roles, responsibilities, expectations, and standards as they embark on their cyber academic path. This event was first launched in 2022 under the DoD Cyber Scholarship Program. Having recently changed names, the DoD CSA Scholar Bootcamp will afford scholars the opportunity to interact with DoD cyber leadership, meet agency representatives, network with fellow scholars, and participate in a hands-on cyber activity called Experience Cyber (formerly the NICE Challenge https://lnkd.in/e5kMhPkY). This exciting event will set DoD CSA Scholars up for future success and, in doing so, reinforce DoD's and OCIO's commitment to strengthening the nation's cyber posture.

From Sunday, 21 July through Tuesday, 23 July 2024, the DoD Cyber Service Academy (CSA), alongside the George Washington University (GWU) National Center of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity (NCAE-C), held a Scholar Bootcamp that allowed 2024 DoD CSA scholarship recipients to ask questions, meet their cohort, and familiarize themselves with the scholarship specifics that define the DoD CSA. Scholars participated in an exciting agenda led by the GWU team, and Ms. Alice Smitley (DoD CSA Program Manager) filled with special guest speakers, networking opportunities, and informative sessions that offered scholars valuable DoD CSA insights and set the stage for successful program participation.

Acting DoD CIO, Ms Leslie Beavers, discussed the DoD Fulcrum IT Advancement Strategy over the weekend on FedGov Today. She discussed how our new strategy will deliver on capabilities for the 21st century that are functional, scalable, sustainable, and secure. Watch the episode at https://lnkd.in/eGngPrPs

On July 16th, Mr. Randy Resnick spoke at the ZT Operational Technology Technical (OT) Exchange Workshops for Operations & Technology Senior Leadership at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory. Implementing Zero Trust in OT is critical for national security. #DoDCIO #CyberSecurity #ZeroTrust #OperationalTechnology

On Friday, DoD CIO released a memo entitled "Unauthorized Disclosure Due to Typographical Errors." This memo highlights the risk of unauthorized disclosure of sensitive information, including Controlled Unclassified Information, that occurs when users mistake the .ml domain for the .mil domain. While this type of unauthorized disclosure is different from intentional and illegal disclosure of classified materials, the Department still takes it very seriously. DoD requests that all U.S. departments and agencies, international allies and partners, and members of the defense industrial base exercise vigilance and take policy and technical measures to prevent typographical errors that could result in unauthorized disclosures. This memo is part of DoD's ongoing effort to reduce the risk of unauthorized disclosure by users. We appreciate the support of interagency, industrial base, and partners in this effort. Read the memo at https://lnkd.in/e2sjNuHR

Mr. Randy Resnick, leader of the DoD Zero Trust Portfolio Management Office, updated a standing room only crowd at #TechNetCyber aon DoD's #ZeroTrust Strategy and the way ahead. We are committed to accelerating the Department's deployment of this foundational capability, it is critical to initiatives such as CJADC2 and the integrated objectives in #Fulcrum. The ZT PfMO is working with the Services and other stakeholders to drive remarkable and measurable progress across the Department.

Team CIO is closing out #TechNet 2024 strong with presentations on the Department’s way ahead on #5G/Next G and enterprise #cloud computing. Mr. Juan Ramirez led his 5G CFT Team in a discussion about DoD’s 5G implementation plans and how they effect the Warfighter. Mr. Bill Dunlap, acting DCIO(IE), and Mr Rob Vietmeyer highliekghted the status of #JWCC and edge cloud and compute capabilities. Thanks to all who attended and to AFCEA International for putting on the TechNet 2024 conference. #Fulcrum

Savan Kong, Robert Franzen, Nick Creswell, Jerome Foreman, and Matt Isnor discussed the new DoD Fulcrum IT Advancement Strategy today at #TechNetCyber. The team highlighted the overall vision and organization of the strategy as well as an overview of the four lines of effort. Questions covered topics ranging from spectrum sharing and IT to digital workforce and stakeholder support. The CIO will closely monitor out the day with a session on User Experience at 4:00. Please join us in Theater 5 for that. Read Fulcrum at: https://lnkd.in/eaK6taw4

The CIO is having a great day at #TechnetCyber. Ms. Vernita Harris, Director of Electromagnetic Spectrum Enterprise Plans & Programs and her team kicked it off this morning. They had a great discussion with the audience on topics ranging from 5G to Dynamic Spectrum Sharing. Thanks to everyone who attended for the thoughtful questions.

The DoD CIO releases Fulcrum: The DoD IT Advancement Strategy today. Fulcrum supersedes the 2019 Digital Modernization Strategy and will ensure DoD continues to leverage the power of transformative change to deliver functional, scalable, sustainable, and secure 21st century solutions to the nation’s Warfighters. This new capstone strategy prioritizes user experience by ensuring that DoD’s IT capabilities are intuitive, combat ready from day one, and resilient in denied or degraded environments. Fulcrum is organized around four lines of effort that cut across the CIO’s Cyber, IT, C3, and Resourcing portfolios to provide interoperable, sustainable, and secure capabilities to our Nation’s warfighters and DoD’s enterprise business needs. - Line of Effort 1, focuses on initiatives to provide joint warfighting IT capabilities, - Line of Effort 2, modernizes information networks and compute capabilities to rapidly meet mission and business needs, - Line of Effort 3, improves IT governance to gain efficiencies and enable cost savings, and - Line of Effort 4, continues to advance efforts to develop the premier digital workforce. As the Deputy Secretary noted in her forward, “Together, we will continue to innovate and adapt in an increasingly dynamic and competitive technology landscape while delivering premier IT capabilities to the Warfighter.” Read the Fulcrum Strategy at https://lnkd.in/eaK6taw4