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Volume 13
June 2017 Edition
DISA is ‘Reimagining the Workplace,’ Lt.
Gen. Alan R. Lynn
Army LTG Alan R. Lynn, director of the Defense Information
Systems Agency (DISA) and commander of the Joint Force
Headquarters – Department of Defense Information Net-
works (JFHQ-DODIN)
In the future, a combination of biomet-
rics and behaviors associated with
an individual’s mobile device will be
used to determine the level of access
he or she has on DOD networks.
Lt. Gen. Alan R. Lynn, DISA director and Joint
Force Headquarters, DOD Information Networks
commander Army explained this and more, at the
Armed Forces Communications and Electronics
Association’s (AFCEA) Defensive Cyber Opera-
tions Symposium in Baltimore today.
“We are reimagining the workplace,” said Lynn,
“In the future we see the systems you carry on
you carrying information for you.”
He provided the example of an individual using
a cell phone to gain access to the facility he or
she works in and accessing a virtualized net-
work through a combination of biometrics (e.g.,
facial recognition, voice recognition, gait, retina/
iris scanning) and behavioral authentication (e.g.
device handling, keystroke cadences, speech
patterns).
“Together, these will create an ‘identity score,’”
said the general. “Your identity score will deter-
mine how much access you have to the network.”
Lynn’s keynote remarks also addressed DISA’s
vision for data transmission and networking.
He said the agency is researching and testing
Light Fidelity, or Li-Fi, technology – the wireless
transmission of data through common household
LED, or light-emitting diode, lightbulbs.
“We’re always looking for ways to maximize the
use of radio frequency spectrum,” said Lynn.
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