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Navy Seeking Data Management Capabilities

By Matthew Beinart

Friday, April 20th, 2018

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Navy Seeking Data Management Capabilities

Rear Adm. Danelle Barret, Navy Cyber Security Division director

Navy officials are looking for new information technology (IT) capabilities to to make their data more manageable for warfighters and improve the mobility and security of system applications, according to the service’s lead cyber security official.Rear Adm. Danelle Barrett told attendees at a Friday AFCEA IT conference she is looking for industry data standardization solutions and help with the Navy’s new “Combat To Complie - 24 Hours” initiative to grow its number of user-friendly web-enabled services.“We’re going for that kind…

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