DOD to demonstrate zero trust, data-centric security capabilities with allies during live exercise

The Defense Department plans to demonstrate new security frameworks during a live, multinational exercise next year as part of a larger effort to mature Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control (CJADC2).

The Pentagon is planning to implement a novel mission partner environment architecture on a live network in support of a maritime mission being led by the United Kingdom in 2025. The goal is to employ zero trust and data-centric security capabilities on a federated architecture, composed of “multiple secure, collaborative data services between partners and hosted users,” a spokesperson for the office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff told DefenseScoop in a statement.

“This enables us to create a global information sharing capability,” the spokesperson said.

The event will leverage previous work done by the Pentagon’s Project Olympus, according to a department news release. Led by the Joint Staff’s J-6 directorate for command, control, communications and computers/cyber, the effort looks to solve challenges that prevent international allies and partners from sharing critical warfighting data by testing, developing and integrating various enabling technologies via experiments and demonstrations.