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DISA Extends Thunderdome Zero Trust Prototype Work With Booz Allen To Include Classified Network

By Matthew Beinart

Friday, July 29th, 2022

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DISA Extends Thunderdome Zero Trust Prototype Work With Booz Allen To Include Classified Network

DISA headquarters at Ft. Meade, Md. Photo: Army.

The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) said it has signed a six-month contract with Booz Allen Hamilton [BAH] for the company to continue its work developing the new Thunderdome zero-trust security architecture, which now includes prototyping the system for the classified network. With the extension, DISA’s Other Transaction Authority prototyping agreement with Booz Allen Hamilton for Thunderdome will now run for a full-year and is expected to be completed in January 2023. “This extension allows us additional time to better…

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