Big IT Opportunities at Small Defense Agency

Defense Security Service’s Second Annual Technology Industry Day.

By Mark Wisinger, Analyst

The Defense Security Service (DSS) is a small agency with a big job—the Quantico-based Department of Defense organization provides the military services, defense agencies, 30 federal agencies, and 13,500 cleared contract facilities with security support services.

It’s also an agency with a significant need for technology. At its second annual Technology Industry Day earlier this month, DSS chief information officer, Craig Kaucher (pictured, red tie), cited four key mission areas: industrial security, education and training, insider threat, and IT support.

Here are other takeaways from the event:

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