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NSA Seeking More Cohesive Approach To Open Architecture Partnerships

By Matthew Beinart

Thursday, October 19th, 2017

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NSA Seeking More Cohesive Approach To Open Architecture Partnerships

NSA's Deputy Chief of Cross Access Capabilities delivers a keynote address at Defense Daily's Open Architecture Summit. Photo: Matthew Beinart.

The NSA is seeking to build a more cohesive open architecture approach with its partners as it tries to broaden interoperability and increase protocol processing for new capabilities, according to the agency’s deputy chief of Cross Access Capabilities (CAC). Craig McCarter, deputy chief of NSA CAC efforts, pointed to increasing the scope for new capabilities and potentially forming a board of representatives with defense and intelligence partners as priorities for the NSA as it continues to stake its place as…

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