Department of Defense
INSTRUCTION
NUMBER 8310.01
February 2, 2015
Incorporating Change 1, July 31, 2017
DoD CIO
SUBJECT: Information Technology Standards in the DoD
References: See Enclosure 1
1. PURPOSE. In accordance with the authority in DoD Directive (DoDD) 5144.02 (Reference
(a)) and the guidance in DoDD 8000.01 (Reference (b)), this instruction:
a. Establishes policy, assigns responsibilities, and provides direction for identifying,
developing, and prescribing DoD standards for information technology (IT), to include national
security systems (NSS) and defense business systems (DBS), pursuant to section 2223 of Title
10, United States Code (U.S.C.) (Reference (c)).
b. Delineates the responsibilities of the Director, Defense Information Systems Agency
(DISA) as DoD Executive Agent (EA) for IT Standards, in accordance with DoDD 5105.19
(Reference (d)).
2. APPLICABILITY
a. This instruction applies to:
(1) OSD, the Military Departments, the Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff (CJCS) and the Joint Staff, the Combatant Commands (CCMDs), the Office of the
Inspector General of the Department of Defense, the Defense Agencies, the DoD Field
Activities, and all other organizational entities within the DoD (referred to collectively in this
instruction as the “DoD Components”).
(2) The United States Coast Guard. The United States Coast Guard will adhere to DoD
cybersecurity requirements, standards, and policies in this issuance in accordance with the
direction in Paragraph 4a of the Memorandum of Agreement Between the Department of
Defense and the Department of Homeland Security (Reference (ae)).
