Les Call, director of the DOD’s Zero Trust Portfolio Management Office, provided an update on his team’s unfolding pursuits.

As he departs from his role as Pentagon CIO, John Sherman spoke with DefenseScoop about his career in government and what challenges DOD faces in the future.

"While this type of unauthorized disclosure is different from intentional and illegal disclosure of classified materials, the Department still takes very seriously all kinds of unauthorized disclosures…

A statement from Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Sherman has better positioned DOD to take advantage of technological developments and respond to digital threats.

A recent interview with the Pentagon's CIO suggests there’s still much to be revealed about the incident’s scope.

Part of the strain comes from the large amount of infrastructure and capability that DISA must allocate money towards maintaining.

“The June time frame is when you'll be seeing some release on that," John Sherman told DefenseScoop.

"We're trying to strike a balance in maintaining our [risk management framework-driven] cybersecurity, but to make sure that we are able to move more quickly and not…

“We’ve done a lot of planning, we’ve tried to educate the force, we’ve gotten the plans all submitted. And now, we’ve got to move into execution," Deputy…

The Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability is a major digital modernization priority for the Pentagon.