Microsoft has edged out Amazon Web Services for the landmark 10-year cloud contract.

Lord also detailed a first event next month focused on drones for the department's new Trusted Capital Marketplace.

The 80 requirements across eight categories will function as sort of a “zero-trust manifesto,” joked a cybersecurity architect in the DOD CIO's office.

DOD issued an RFI asking for feedback from organizations interested in serving as the accreditation body for its Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) program.

The strategy is meant to be an annex to the Department of Defense's AI strategy in support of its Joint AI Center.

General Dynamics IT, Dell and Minburn won the cloud collaboration and email services contract in late August through a teaming agreement.