Defense
New Army IT chief mulls risk management reform
The Army’s newest IT chief is looking at reconfiguring the risk management framework among other legacy security processes.
Lt. Gen. John Morrison started as the Army’s new Deputy Chief of Staff, G-6, in late July following the split of the CIO/G6 role into separate positions and offices.
With just a couple of months in the job, Morrison already has a new set of priorities: unifying the Army’s tactical and enterprise network needs and approaches; prepping cyber and signal personnel for multi-domain operations; driving effective investments in networks and cyber that fit with Joint Force priorities; and reforming cybersecurity processes, like RMF.
Morrison, who was previously the chief of staff at U.S. Cyber Command, said the goal is to move away from unnecessarily bureaucratic “periodic reviews” to an uniformly implemented process that ensures applications, systems, and networks are secure before they’re deployed.
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