Top CIOs say they "have taken the dialogue around the need to 'fix our computers' at DoD to heart."

Bishop brings experience working in senior roles at SAIC and Microsoft.

DOD officials say cybersecurity concerns with the Air Force’s Platform One development environment are inhibiting code sharing with other DOD services.

"We take the automation for granted, and in the Department of Defense, we've been left behind," Knausenberger said.

The App Store-like website will allow airmen to look up products and services cleared for use and make easy purchases.

Lauren Knausenberger worries that the strictness of CMMC could bar the exact type of companies she wants to recruit into the defense industrial base.