Teecht. Data Technology Scientific Discipline Initiatives Must Live On Tied To Dod’S Mission, Official Says

By Noreen Costello, Defense Information Systems Agency

FORT MEADE, Md -- Dana Deasy, the Defense Department’s principal information officer, spoke to members of the DoD IT scientific discipline community close the importance of existence mission focused in addition to innovative during his remarks at the Armed Forces Communications in addition to Electronics Association’s Defensive Cyber Operations Symposium inwards Baltimore May 17.

“When you lot enquire 10 dissimilar people inwards the someone sector ‘Why are nosotros here?’ you lot mightiness acquire 10 dissimilar answers. But here, everyone talks close the mission in addition to how it aligns to the National Defense Strategy,” he said. “Everybody is crystal clear on the focus of the mission.”

Aligning IT Mission With National Defense Strategy

Deasy urged all members of the DoD IT community to acquire to know the National Defense Strategy inwards depth, in addition to to laid upwards certain what they are doing is aligned.

“Truly agreement what’s said within that strategy volition crystallize what nosotros demand to focus on, he said. “The 3 tenets are lethality, alliances, in addition to reform. … Every conversation I’ve had in addition to hence far has been: Tell me your part, the move you’re playing inwards supporting those 3 tenets.”

The CIO said he volition pursue innovative ideas in addition to technologies, but cautioned “innovation” doesn’t ever equate to something new.

“People ever intend when you lot utilisation the term project design you’re talking close something that is laid upwards new, leading edge, perchance never been done or nosotros desire to endure early on adopters on,” Deasy said. “But I also ever remind people project design is sometimes taking what you lot accept [and asking], how produce you lot acquire far better?”

Cyber Innovation, Moving to the Cloud

He is peculiarly interested inwards project design that falls within the areas of cyber: information integration through a multifariousness of methods, tools in addition to techniques, including big data, car learning, artificial intelligence; a cloud that sits at the foundation in addition to a world-class environment.

Deasy elaborated on the regard of moving to the cloud, which is currently a major inaugural within the department.

“It’s actually of import to empathise this is non a illustration where you’re trying to elevator out of your former globe in addition to you’re all of a precipitous trying to drib into your novel world. But this is the most phenomenal chance I intend we’ve ever experienced equally technical folks … to endure able to await at your legacy estate in addition to say, ‘This is a vivid chance to reengineer,’ he said.

Deasy added, “Cloud allows you lot to produce amazing things that you lot but haven’t been able to produce historically. … It gives us equally IT professionals a whole novel means to operate our estate in addition to to construct the futurity of how nosotros desire IT to run.”

The CIO also emphasized the demand to collaborate amongst industry, academia in addition to other federal partners inwards all IT endeavors.

“If there’s 1 affair I’ve learned inwards my going-on 37 years of existence inwards technology scientific discipline it is that you lot cannot acquire later these things alone,” Deasy said.