The Defense Department is moving ahead quickly on the adoption of cloud computing and implementation of a “zero trust” computing environment, the Defense Department’s chief information officer told lawmakers today on Capitol Hill.
“At last, the department has access to enterprise cloud capabilities from four world-class U.S. vendors at all three security classification levels from the continental United States to the tactical edge,” said John B. Sherman during testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee’s cybersecurity subcommittee.
The enterprise cloud, Sherman told senators, will help the department advance its Joint All Domain Command and Control effort and will further enhance efforts involving artificial intelligence and machine learning efforts, software modernization and cybersecurity.
In December, the Defense Department awarded contracts to four technology companies to provide services in support of its Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability. The four companies include Amazon Web Services Inc., Google Support Services LLC, Microsoft Corp and Oracle.
The JWCC is a multiple-award contract vehicle that allows the…
