The Pentagon is working on a shared virtual cloud-based workspace for contractors as a way to boost their cybersecurity and part of a larger strategic effort to make defense companies more secure.
“There are some things that we’re working on with the Office of Small Business [Programs] to develop a purpose-built cloud that some of the small businesses can just shoehorn themselves into and work out of there,” David McKeown, the Pentagon’s deputy CIO for cybersecurity and chief information security officer, told reporters Thursday.
