Maj. Huw Miller, 1st Cavalry Division current operations officer from the 3 (UK) Div., tracks and synchronizes operations during the Warfighter 23-04 exercise. 1CD fully integrated mission command systems including the Command Post Computing Environment to synchronize units across division battlespace for multi-domain operations. (U.S. Army photo by by Lt. Col. Jennifer Bocanegra)
In this Q&A with Maximus, we talk with Frank Reyes, Cloud Solutions Leader, and Michael Sieber, Senior Director, Cybersecurity, Defense Market, Federal Services, about: enabling high-bandwidth, low-latency cloud communications and threat analysis; the need for standardization and interoperability in DoD clouds; and the modernization of legacy applications to support multi-domain operations (MDO) in the cloud.
Breaking Defense: Cloud computing modernization and rapid adoption of cloud depend upon advanced cybersecurity and data protection. What challenges does the DoD face in this respect and as it relates to multi-domain operations?
Frank Reyes is Cloud Solutions Leader for Maximus.
Reyes: I want to start with applauding the Department of Defense and specifically the DCIO as the only agency out of all 24 Chief Financial Officers Act agencies that got an A from the U.S. Government Accountability Office for their cloud computing area. That comes from them knowing that the cloud, along with cybersecurity, is the key enabler to allow them to address the challenges of protecting sensitive data.
That means integrating legacy systems with modern cloud solutions, and balancing that with the security and compatibility challenges. Legacy system integration is going to be key as we’re seeing different levels of maturity in the cloud.
In terms of impact on multi-domain operations, other challenges relate to the se ..
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