The Defense Department already is considering how to protect information in a network-centric environment, according to the department’s deputy chief information officer. Priscilla Guthrie, DOD’s deputy CIO, said a white paper is circulating within the department that attempts to lay out the department’s information assurance (IA) requirements in the envisioned network-centric environment, in which data would be made available as quickly as possible to those in the organization or on the battlefield who need it. Full Story