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TRANSCOM, CYBERCOM, JFHQ-DODIN host Global Logistics Cyber Resiliency Summit
July 10, 2024 — Senior leaders and staff from over 35 commands converged on Fort Meade recently to participate in a Global Logistics Cyber Resiliency Summit hosted by U.S. Transportation Command, U.S. Cyber Command, and Joint Force Headquarters-Department of Defense Information Network... MORE

Air Force Gen. Timothy D. Haugh, commander of U.S. Cyber Command, Director of National Security Agency, and Chief of the Central Security Service, receives an outbrief during the Global Logistics Cyber Resiliency Summit. Senior leaders and staff from over 35 commands converged on Fort Meade June 11 and 12 to participate in the summit hosted by U.S. Transportation Command, U.S. Cyber Command and Joint Force Headquarters-Department of Defense Information Network. (Department of Defense photo by MCC(SW/AW) Thomas Miller/Released)

Protecting DoD's Cyberspace Battlefield Through Aggressive Action
July 3, 2024 — As a component command of U.S. Cyber Command, JFHQ-DODIN’s global responsibility is to provide the command and control for unified action in DODIN operations, security, and defense. Its task is formidable, given that cyberspace is a human-made environment in a constant state of flux. What is key terrain today might not hold the same status tomorrow. Despite cyberspace being declared an operational warfighting domain more than a decade ago, the secure, operate, and defend the DODIN mission was not fully realized until the Secretary of Defense’s Direction in November 2014. In that year, JFHQ-DODIN emerged to unite the actions for the entirety of the DoD’s layered construct used to safeguard DoD networks, information, and weapon systems... MORE

JFHQ-DODIN to officially launch its new Cyber Operational Readiness Assessment Program March 1st
February 28, 2024 — Following a successful nine-month pilot, Joint Force Headquarters – Department of Defense Information Network (JFHQ-DODIN) will officially launch its Cyber Operational Readiness Assessment program March 1... MORE

JFHQ-DODIN & DISA Commemorate Women’s Equality Day
September 1, 2023 — The Defense Information Systems Agency and Joint Force Headquarters - Department of Defense Information Network held a Women’s Equality Day Observance and Celebration August 17 to celebrate progress, highlight challenges, and inspire a future of inclusivity for women across the Department of Defense... MORE

DISA and JFHQ-DODIN host Women’s Equality Day Observance.

Brig. Gen. Heather Blackwell Assumes Duties as JFHQ-DODIN Deputy Commander
August 25, 2023 — Air Force Brig. Gen. Heather W. Blackwell officially assumed duties as the Deputy Commander of Joint Force Headquarters - Department of Defense Information Network (JFHQ-DODIN) on Friday, August 18. This appointment reinforces the ongoing effort to actively protect DoD’s critical technological infrastructure, weapon systems, network-enabled capabilities, and information from cyber threats... MORE

This is the official portrait of Brig. Gen. Heather W. Blackwell.

Rear Adm. William E. Chase III Retires After a 33-year Distinguished Career
August 21, 2023 — Rear Adm. William E. Chase, III, deputy commander of Joint Force Headquarters – Department of Defense Information Network, bid farewell to a distinguished military career spanning 33 years during a ceremony held at Fort George G. Meade on August 18... MORE

JFHQ-DODIN, Marshall University, West Virginia University to establish a National Center of Excellence for Cyber Security in Critical Infrastructure
May 24, 2023 — JFHQ-DODIN and CYBERCOM are partnering with Marshall University and West Virginia University... MORE

Norton passes torch to Skinner during change of command/directorship ceremony
March 15, 2021 — Air Force Lt. Gen. Robert J. Skinner relieved Navy Vice Adm. Nancy A. Norton as the director of the Defense Information Systems Agency and commander of JFHQ-DODIN... ... MORE

DoD’s Network Defense Headquarters Achieves Full Operational Capability
January 31, 2018 — The U.S. Cyber Command component responsible for securing, operating and defending the Defense Department’s complex infrastructure of roughly 15,000 networks with 3 million users has achieved full operational capability... MORE