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.

In the near term, the Customer Experience Officer (CXO) Portfolio Management Office will create new strategic guidance to improve IT deliveries.

A new Acting deputy CIO for command, control, and communications had already been named prior to the arrest, DefenseScoop also confirmed

The services and other Defense Department components will soon be submitting their plans to achieve zero-trust cybersecurity by 2027.

The DOD CIO is taking a long-term approach to fix the user experience of IT systems within the department.