The new rules that empower defense agencies to buy cloud services, coupled with a loosening of security restrictions, suggest that the Defense Department might be able to close the cloud gap between DoD and civilian agencies, according to a report in Federal Times.
The changes have experts expecting new projects to migrate networks, data and applications to the cloud.
“I think there is some genuine, real excitement about going to the cloud in the DoD,” said Gregory Garcia, executive director of the Army Information Technology Agency, in the article.
The security rule change could allow wider use of public cloud providers. The new guidelines spell out how and where DoD data can reside, setting the stage for how component agencies will purchase cloud services.
The result is a new security requirements regime that is more willing to accept some increased risk for less mission-critical data, said Mark Orndorff, mission assurance executive for DISA.
Read the full report at Federal Times.
