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Cyber

DoD Slowing Rollout Of Joint Regional Security Stacks To Address Ongoing Issues

By Matthew Beinart

Wednesday, May 16th, 2018

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DoD Slowing Rollout Of Joint Regional Security Stacks To Address Ongoing Issues

Media roundtable with DISA officials at the AFCEA Defensive Cyber Operations Symposium in Baltimore. Photo: Matthew Beinart.

The Pentagon is slowing down the rollout of its its Joint Regional Security Stacks (JRSS) network protection capability as underlying issues with the ‘large, complex’ system continue to cause problems with operational applications, according to Army and Defense Information System Agency officials. Vice Adm. Nancy Norton, director of DISA, told reporters at a Wednesday AFCEA conference that the JRSS program is undergoing a “rescheduling and re-phasing” until officials can fix configurations with legacy architecture that is causing latency concerns.“We’re recognizing…

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