PEO EIS’ Defensive Cyber Operations (DCO) held an assumption of charter ceremony Jan. 12, welcoming David Waisanen as the new product lead for the Allied Information Technology (AIT) product office.

In her six-and-a-half years with PEO EIS, Linda Jones has made the move from contractor to civilian, served in three different portfolios (Army Data and Analytics Platforms, Integrated Enterprise Network and Defensive Cyber Operations) and become known for her mentoring skills and expertise in Scrum, which is an Agile framework that helps teams deliver value collaboratively in an incremental way.

PEO EIS’ Defensive Cyber Operations (DCO) continues to lead the way across the DOD’s cyber enterprise with a new, collaborative, joint service technical exchange group.

PEO EIS’s Defensive Cyber Operations (DCO) hosted a change of charter ceremony at Fort Belvoir on July 28 for the Cyber Platforms and Systems (CPS) product office, bidding farewell to outgoing product manager Lt. Col. Mike Lind and welcoming Lt. Col. Brad Son as his replacement.

PEO EIS’s Defensive Cyber Operations (DCO) project management office hosted two charter ceremonies during the first half of July.

Col. Mark Taylor, project manager for PEO EIS's Defensive Cyber Operations (DCO), recently hosted a virtual change of charter ceremony for Applied Cyber Technologies (ACT), during which Lt. Col. Peter Amara passed the reins of responsibility to Arthur Edgeson.

The Army is putting a priority on data, and PEO EIS is doing its part by educating its workforce about data science. At a Jan. 28 Lunch & Learn hosted by Applied Cyber Technologies (ACT) — part of PEO EIS’s Defensive Cyber Operations portfolio — ACT data scientist Mark Orwat, who has a doctorate in computer science, presented “Data Science 101” for members of the workforce.

The defense acquisition community eagerly awaited updates to the 5000 Series acquisition guidance, originally published in 2015. The nation’s threat landscape has accelerated exponentially over the past few years, and it was clear we needed acquisition policies that allowed for more flexible and accelerated programs.

The concept of DevSecOps has taken on added impetus now that Katie Arrington, the DOD’s chief information security officer at the office of assistant secretary of defense for acquisition, said the department should step up its efforts to change workforce culture around it.