Software enables secure sensitive DoD data sharing

Sharing sensitive information across networks is a difficult task. Sharing classified information across physically separated networks in a timely manner is even harder.

A new software developed by Metalogix in conjunction with DISA looks to automate the process, speeding up data transmission and reducing the risk posed by the human element, according to a report in Federal Times. The software scans files to ensure nothing is being transmitted through a network that does not meet the data’s security level.

“From an operations perspective, this just unkinked the hose,” according to retired MG Steven Smith, Metalogix security technology advisor and former Army chief information security officer.

Read the full report at Federal Times.

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Aaron Boyd is an awarding-winning journalist currently serving as editor of Federal Times — a Washington, D.C. institution covering federal workforce and contracting for more than 50 years — and Fifth Domain — a news and information hub focused on cybersecurity and cyberwar from a civilian, military and international perspective.