# Defense Technology Must Be Integrated Interoperable Secure and Fast by Defense Intelligence Agency > "[DIA Director James Adams] laid out his vision and the goal of the conference: to develop technology that is integrated, interoperable, secure and built to operate at the speed combatant commanders require." > **— Defense Intelligence Agency**, *September 8, 2026, 2026 DoDIIS Worldwide Conference Recap* ## Sources and Context - **Direct official source and complete contiguous wording:** [2026 DoDIIS Worldwide Conference Recap](https://www.dia.mil/News-Features/Articles/Article-View/Article/4591870/2026-dodiis-worldwide-jumpstarting-the-defense-intelligence-agencys-renewed-int/) — DIA Public Affairs records the operational technology goal set by Director James Adams. - **Exact original:** “He laid out his vision and the goal of the conference: to develop technology that is integrated, interoperable, secure and built to operate at the speed combatant commanders require.” - **Routing classification:** CT-enabling defense-intelligence conference discourse. This label describes the quotation's relationship to the counterterrorism technology stack; it does not alter the speaker's wording or claim that every cited system has a direct counterterrorism mission. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment|Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Article:** [[articles/A History of Machine Intelligence|A History of Machine Intelligence]] - **Article:** [[articles/Cognitive-Cyber Warfare Measures and Countermeasures|Cognitive-Cyber Warfare Measures and Countermeasures]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/DoDIIS Worldwide Conference|DoDIIS Worldwide Conference]] - [[wiki/Technical Intelligence|Technical Intelligence]] - [[wiki/Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communications System|Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communications System]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "[DIA Director James Adams] laid out his vision and the goal of the conference: to develop technology that is integrated, interoperable, secure and built to operate at the speed combatant commanders require." — Defense Intelligence Agency, September 8, 2026, 2026 DoDIIS Worldwide Conference Recap https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-ct-conference-defense-technology-must-be-integrated-interoperable-secure-and-fast ```