The Pentagon Moves To Tie Up Loose Ends on Its Network Security

[InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>]

http://www.defenseone.com/technology/2015/01/pentagon-moves-tie-loose-ends-its-network-security/102471/

By Jack Moore
Nextgov
January 8, 2015

The Defense Information Systems Agency is turning to industry for “novel” 
approaches to secure the millions of devices plugged in—and virtually 
connected—to the Pentagon’s computer networks.

A Jan. 5 request for information queries contractors on a 
“next-generation” endpoint security system that would allow the agency to 
better configure, secure and keep tabs on network endpoints all using a 
central management tool.

Put simply, endpoints are all those devices—desktops, laptops, mobile 
devices, servers—connected to DOD’s networks. All told, there are 4 
million of them. Endpoint security, then, describes the process of 
safeguarding those devices — usually through software, such as antivirus 
and firewall protections.

With the rise of cloud computing and other virtualized services, however, 
DISA’s network has grown increasingly cluttered and complex.

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