UNCLASSIFIED 2 Strategic Objectives DoD will continue to rely on its ability to process and disseminate information for military operations, intelligence collection, and related activities. To ensure this, the Department must address the unique mission requirements through a multi-cloud, multi-vendor strategy that incorporates a General Purpose cloud and Fit For Purpose clouds (reference Appendix A). To this end, this strategy will design objectives around solving these strategic challenges: • Enable Exponential Growth • Scale for the Episodic Nature of the DoD Mission • Proactively Address Cyber Challenges • Enable AI and Data Transparency • Extend Tactical Support for the Warfighter at the Edge • Take Advantage of Resiliency in the Cloud • Drive IT Reform at DoD 2.1 Enable Exponential Growth The pace of data growth is accelerating; in the last two years, the world produced 90% of all existing data. This is a trend that has been going on for a decade, with no end in sight; however, the Department's ability to access all of that data when and where it is needed has not evolved at the same pace. Modem computing capabilities can access, retrieve, manipulate, merge, analyze, and visualize data at machine speeds, providing substantial decision making advantages on the battlefield. To adapt to the continuously growing data environment, DoD requires an extensible and secure cloud environment that spans the homeland to the global tactical edge, as well as the ability to rapidly access computing and storage capacity to address warfighting challenges at the speed of relevance. DoD relies on critical intelligence to make vital national security decisions. The quantity and quality of intelligence information has been the tipping point in numerous conflicts. As the quantity of raw information production increases, so does the struggle to organize, analyze, and distribute that information to make critical decisions. DoD must continue to maintain its strategic advantage across the globe. In today's world, this cannot be done without laying the critical foundation needed to harness the power of its own data and information systems. This is the realization of cloud computing: the ability to organize, analyze, secure, scale, and ultimately, capitalize on critical information and fight in the digital age. These capabilities must be ubiquitous and available to all Department decision makers, warfighters, and staff. 2.2 Scale for the Episodic Nature of the DoD Mission (Elasticity) By implementing a scalable solution, mission owners will gain significant efficiencies in the execution of mission capabilities and cyber operations by fully embracing the dynamic elasticity of commercial cloud architecture. The Department's cloud infrastructure will allow for provisioning and deprovisioning of resources automatically. This provides optimum asset 3