The Defense Information Systems Agency’s Global Operations Command, or DISA Global, recently celebrated the opening\u00a0of a one-of-a-kind, 164,000 square foot facility to house cyber operators operating and defending DoD networks, training rooms and\u00a0conference spaces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The facility, located at Scott Air Force Base in Illinois, was the vision and goal of DISA for more than a decade, Col. Paul Craft, DISA\u00a0Global commander, told C4ISRNET in an interview.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Over the last ten years the command realized the value and\u00a0benefit of being in the center of the United States and through network convergence and other consolidation efforts within DISA to\u00a0conduct operations in defense more effectively and more efficiently\u00a0and more securely, consolidation really has occurred here at Scott\u00a0[Air Force Base],” he said. “So over the last ten years there’s been a\u00a0plan to develop this world class facility to conduct operations and\u00a0defense and even over the last three years that construction has actually been realized and taken place.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
DISA Global, Craft said, is DISA’s lead for operating and defending the infrastructure that makes up the Department of Defense\u00a0Systems Information Network, which is part of the Department of\u00a0Defense Information Network. That includes defending and operating internet access points, the Joint Regional Security Stacks, voice\u00a0and video services, mobility and cloud gateways, as well as supporting mission assurance capability to support airborne intelligence,\u00a0surveillance and reconnaissance with remotely piloted aircraft circuitry, global missile defense, nuclear command and control, support for the White House and lastly, act as the cybersecurity service\u00a0provider for over 100 subscribers within DoD.
According to Craft, DISA Global’s new facility is a key enabler\u00a0in realizing the vision for DoD’s premier globally focused DoD Information Network and cyber operations provider. Previously,\u00a0personnel were dispersed among several geographic locations he\u00a0said, while now “we are consolidated into one building enabling\u00a0our command here to bring cyber protection teams on-board and\u00a0conduct network assurance and network operations in one contiguous space.”
“The facility provides direct interaction between network engineers, operators and also network defenders. It allows us to develop cyber teams that can quickly respond to network issues and\u00a0also to determine any causes for any outages that may be occurring,” he added. “This facility and how we integrate and conduct\u00a0cyberspace operations really increases our responsiveness globally. It speeds our ability to operate and defend the DoD’s network\u00a0and it also increases the speed for us to deliver our enterprise services. All those capability sets that we do combined with this new\u00a0facility really adds value to our warfighter.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The new building is also home to two of DISA’s six cyber protection teams \u2013 one Air Force and one Marine Corps \u2013 as part\u00a0of DISA’s Cyber Command component teams under Joint Force\u00a0Headquarters Department of Defense Information Networks, or\u00a0JFHQ-DoDIN, which is responsible for operating and defending\u00a0the DoDIN globally.
“The majority of the [cyber protection] teams that have already\u00a0been on net … have all actually already conducted real world operations,” he added. “We have a great facility here that enables training, that enables collaboration, that enables synergy like it’s never\u00a0been seen before because of the size of the facility and the capabilities within the facility, the many networks that we support from\u00a0the facility and the intelligence that the cyber intelligence that we\u00a0can integrate from the cyber protection teams so that we can get\u00a0left of the boom and better defend the DoD’s network.”
The Scott facility will be able to house and connect to training\u00a0exercises as well as host conferences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“In this building we do have a world-class training facility, ample conference and teaming rooms that really allow us to bring\u00a0hands on training on-site here, establish a communications universal training constructs, collaborate with other organizations\u00a0that are both inside and outside the DoD,” Craft said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Regarding training, Craft said DISA is working to be able to link\u00a0up and connect into training exercises remotely, calling it a work\u00a0in progress.
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