{"id":28345,"date":"2021-05-03T20:30:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-03T20:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2021\/05\/03\/dod-fortifying-cloud-connections-to-work-better-faster-with-companies\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:05:42","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:05:42","slug":"dod-fortifying-cloud-connections-to-work-better-faster-with-companies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/pentagon\/2021\/05\/03\/dod-fortifying-cloud-connections-to-work-better-faster-with-companies\/","title":{"rendered":"DoD fortifying cloud connections to work better, faster with companies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Pentagon\u2019s Silicon Valley <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/it-networks\/2021\/02\/24\/dod-innovation-purchase-arm-offered-much-needed-secure-drones-to-the-federal-government\/\" target=_blank>outreach arm<\/a> will soon choose a vendor to secure access to cloud services to increase collaboration between the Defense Department and outside companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/it-networks\/2020\/12\/24\/space-programs-boost-defense-innovation-unit-budget\/\">Defense Innovation Unit\u2019<\/a>s secure cloud management pilot, three vendors could potentially be awarded success memos that would allow them to sell secure cloud access technology to any DoD component without re-competing, providing DoD components with an easier route to access software tools over the internet at a time when the department is increasing its use of software as a service offerings. DIU will choose just one of the three vendors as its own provider.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since last year, DIU has worked with Google, McAfee and Zscaler on prototype capabilities to protect cloud access portals and will choose one for the job, which will help eliminate a hinderance to industry-DoD coordination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The effort kicked off in 2019 when DIU solicited proposals for its secure cloud management prototype project. The test solutions for cloud access already are easing challenges for communication and shared work with the private sector, and the technology will break down one roadblock to DoD\u2019s work with nontraditional companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Defense Department\u2019s overall cloud access architecture inhibits the department\u2019s ability to efficiently collaborate outside of government because it mandates the \u201cuse of a cloud access point gateway to secure and control communication between endpoints and cloud service providers,\u201d Rick Simon, program manager for the project, told C4ISRNET.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis gateway is composed of fixed hardware at a few locations,\u201d said Mike Daniels, vice president of global public sector at Google Cloud. \u201cIt was not designed for a world where many DoD and non-DoD users would seek secure, controlled access to cloud services from outside the DoDIN [Department of Defense information networks].\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The underlying problem for the department is that its network isn\u2019t cloud-ready, so cloud-based collaboration can be difficult, slow and insecure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe DoD-Information Network \u2026 was not built with cloud in mind,\u201d said Drew Schnabel, vice president of federal at Zscaler.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Schnabel described the technology as similar to the idea behind devices placed in vehicles to deduct road tolls automatically, letting people avoid tollbooth lines. The cloud connections avoid user traffic bottlenecks and securely connect people to applications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prototype reviews by independent assessors started in February, using criteria set in collaboration with the Defense Information Systems Agency, the DoD combat IT support agency. Assessment reports evaluating vendors on security and performance are expected in May, Simon said. If their solutions are adequate, DIU will issue a vendor a success memo, which will allow the vendor to sell its technology to other DoD components.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Though DIU will choose only one vendor, Simon was hesitant to use the word \u201cwinner\u201d to describe the selected company because the other two businesses could still sell to the rest of the Defense Department if issued a success memo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe have a set of characteristics that might be very different than another in the DoD,\u201d Simon said. \u201cFor us, we will pick the one that fits our needs better.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DIU has unique needs because it runs entirely on software as a service, meaning that all of its software is third party and accessed through the cloud. That puts DIU\u2019s use of cloud far ahead of other DoD organizations that heavily depend on the in-house software systems. With increasing cloud use across the department, organizations need secure cloud access tools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More than 120 DIU users are protected by one of the three prototypes. According to Simon, the proposals received \u201cdozens\u201d of responses from industry. In May 2020, DIU and the three vendors signed other transaction agreements, allowing prototyping outside the more stringent competitive regulations for standard procurement contracts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThese solutions, if successful, should increase security, control, and real-time performance when accessing software-as-a-service applications directly over the internet, thereby enhancing DIU\u2019s, and DoD\u2019s ability to efficiently engage with non-traditional technology vendors,\u201d Simon said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the prototype assessments, criteria include requirements and test cases from DISA, DoD groups working to implement zero trust cybersecurity architectures, the director of operational test and evaluation, Cyber Command, and the department\u2019s CIO office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe success memos \u2026 will absolutely help jumpstart some of the projects that are already going on within the DoD itself,\u201d said Alex Chapin, vice president of DoD and Intelligence, at McAfee. \u201cThe good work that they are doing here will definitely be able to transfer back over to the DoD.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The COVID-19 pandemic, which forced the majority of DoD employees to work from home, has highlighted the need for people to securely collaborate from offsite locations. 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