![]() ![]() “It has been very effective in terms of identifying malicious content and keeping the DODIN and users protected when threat actors on websites are encountered,” said Lashley. Laurel Lashley, Cloud Based Internet Isolation program manager, said it’s “DOD’s poster child for network and browser-based security.” More than 35,000,000 cyber threats are mitigated across the DOD each month with Cloud Based Internet Isolation. In 2020, Cloud Based Internet Isolation became DISA’s first Other Transaction Authority production after a competition between two vendor prototypes in 2019. “With OTAs, if DISA successfully completes a prototype, there’s flexibility where the Air Force, for example, can take that capability into production,” McCollum said. Of the more than 13 prototypes the Other Transaction Authority team has awarded, only two weren’t successfully completed, she said.ĭepartment of Defense guidance offers flexibility by allowing other DOD agencies or services to put the prototypes DISA successfully completes into production and develop their own tenants, or instances, of the capability. “Working closely with the Emerging Technologies Directorate and the Defense Spectrum Organization, we pinpoint strategic efforts we want to go after and have enjoyed a high successful completion rate of our OTA prototypes,” said McCollum. ![]() ![]() Vanessa McCollum, who heads the Special Interest Contracts and Pricing Division, stood up DISA’s Other Transaction Authority contracting processes and team in 2018. Other Transaction Authority prototypes are where high-profile solutions like Cloud Based Internet Isolation and Thunderdome began.Īfter meeting with the Cloud Based Internet Isolation and Thunderdome project teams, the Other Transaction Authority team within DISA’s Emerging Technologies, Special Interest Contracts and Pricing Division, Procurement Services Directorate, began looking for solutions outside of the traditional acquisition process. Other Transaction Authorities are different from contracts because they are not governed by the Federal Acquisition Regulation and offer greater flexibility for the research and development of prototypes. When the Defense Information Systems Agency needs a leading-edge commercial solution, one approach is to acquire it through an Other Transaction Authority. Office of Strategic Communication and Public Affairs DISA seeing success with Other Transaction Authority prototypes ![]()
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