ODNI Unveils IT Roadmap for Intelligence Community; Adele Merritt Quoted

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence has introduced its inaugural information technology roadmap designed to help the Intelligence Community make transformative decisions about cybersecurity, data analysis, artificial intelligence, cloud and other IT-related matters.

ODNI said Thursday more than 100 IC technical leaders participated in developing the recommendations outlined in the document titled Vision for the IC Information Environment: An Information Technology Roadmap.

The recommendations are classified into five focus areas: fortify the mission with a reliable and resilient digital foundation, assure the mission with robust cybersecurity, enable the mission with modern practices and partnerships, enhance the mission with data-centricity and accelerate the mission with advanced technologies and workforce readiness.

To advance robust cybersecurity, key initiatives listed in the report include protecting missions through zero trust, accelerating software delivery through DevSecOps and safeguarding sensitive intelligence by realizing quantum resistant cryptography.

“The roadmap presents a unified vision for investments the IC must make to continue to provide the United States with unmatched decision advantage at a time of unprecedented technological change,” said Adele Merritt, IC chief information officer at ODNI.

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