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Defense Agencies Begin Periodic Reviews Of Cybersecurity Architecture To Evolve It

Monday, May 9th, 2016

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The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) is working with the National Security Agency (NSA), Department of Defense Chief Information Officer (DoD CIO), U.S. Cyber Command, combatant commands, services, and other agencies to evolve the department’s cybersecurity architecture and create an evolving roadmap to apply changes to the DoD Information Network (DODIN) infrastructure, DISA said Monday.The new effort is the Non-secure Internet Protocol Router Network (NIPRNet) and Secret Internet Protocol Router Network (SIPRNET) Cybersecurity Architecture Review, or NSCSAR. It is pronounced…

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