The federal government faces ongoing cybersecurity challenges with network infrastructure, which are vulnerable to a wide range of risks, both physical and cyber threats. Sophisticated hackers and nation-states continue to exploit vulnerabilities in an effort to steal information looking to disrupt, destroy, or threaten essential services.

Through ongoing IT modernization initiatives like the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) program and adopting the Zero Trust cybersecurity model, Federal agencies are looking to future proof their network with scalable, efficient, high performance architecture that can adapt to future challenges.

The JEDI initiative (General Purpose Enterprise Cloud) was developed to modernize the Department of Defenses (DoD) tech infrastructure, which entails overhauling the DoD’s IT and cloud infrastructure to provide fast, responsive and adaptive cloud services to users at all classification levels. Including a fortified system with enhanced cyber defenses and robust encryption and push for secure edge devices to be used in military operations, that are durable, ruggedized, and provide portable compute and storage for rapid deployable data centers.

The Zero Trust initiative is designed to prevent data breaches by eliminating the concept of trust from an organization’s network architecture, born out the principle of “never trust, always verify.” Zero Trust protects modern digital environments by leveraging network segmentation, preventing lateral movement, providing threat prevention, and simplifying user-access control.

These initiatives help create a foundation for efficient data sharing, advanced data analytics capabilities, and cutting edge cybersecurity posture for the Department of Defense.