DoD To Reassess Tech Accreditation Process

By

Amber Corrin

Terry Halvorsen, Acting DoD CIO gives a keynote address at the Department of Defense CIO Cloud Industry Day: Collaboration for Secure Cloud Partnerships, held in Washington, DC on Jan. 29, 2015. (Alan Lessig/Staff)

The Defense Department is taking a hard look at the traditionally long and thorough processes in place to certify and accredit new commercial tools and services, and officials are looking to industry to play a major role to potentially reform the way certification and accreditation (C&A) is done.