Supporting the all-important mission of ensuring national security, the Department of Defense is made up of 33 agencies. One of these agencies is the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA). DISA focuses on IT and communications and leveraging them to support the DoD’s defense and security mission. With the evolution of the cyber landscape into a new domain, combating cyber threats has become a critical part of national defense. To support operations in this domain, DISA is building its capabilities in the cloud both in the Continental U.S. (CONUS) and Outside the Continental U.S. (OCONUS).

These were the key themes of our Government Technology Insider podcast about DISA’s plans and partnerships for the coming year. Host, Matt Langan, talked with Jeanne Gentry, DISA Business Development Manager with Verizon and Adam Clement Jones, the Solutions Architect for Verizon’s defense business in EMEA. Both executives discussed how DISA is expediting cloud development and the benefits this will bring to national defense in 2023 and beyond.