HACKING CYBER STOVEPIPES


will position ASA(ALT) to respond to the newly created Army and National Guard cyber units by leveraging newly improved processes, thus enabling rapid acquisition through synchronized require- ments, acquisition and resources to deliver and sustain Army information systems and networks.


EQUIPPING THE CYBER FORCE In


bringing


together the


PEOs,


ASA(ALT) is identifying interdependen- cies and interoperability issues among their many capabilities and systems to create a plan for equipping Force 2025 and Beyond. Tree PEOs have key roles in supporting future cyber technolo- gies: the PEO for Command, Control and Communications – Tactical (C3T), as the lead in defense of the tactical network; the PEO for Enterprise Infor- mation Systems (EIS), as the lead in defense of the enterprise network; and the PEO for Intelligence, Electronic Warfare and Sensors (IEW&S), as the lead in offensive cyber efforts. Together, the PEOs are advancing network and mission


command modernization,


which will simplify system integration while improving visibility in detecting cyber threats and enabling execution of defensive action in cyberspace.


For example, the Army is continuing to advance the Common Operating Environment (COE), which will dra- matically improve interoperability and information exchange across the force while creating the agility necessary for the Army to deliver capabilities rap- idly to address any contingency. Te COE, an extensive system of


systems


that includes six computing environ- ments (CEs) managed by PEOs across the ASA(ALT) community, increases security by converging more than 190 programs into the six CE software


12 Army AL&T Magazine January–March 2015 infrastructures, instituting common


standards and streamlined software updates to reduce cyber vulnerability. COE also builds on a common, cyber- hardened foundation of data. Today, when a tactical system receives and pro- cesses data, it applies its own validation rules, meaning that it determines how information should be classified. Most information initially receives the high- est possible classification, called “system high,” which then requires the opera- tor to go through the time-consuming process of manually transmitting the appropriate data on the Non-secure Internet Protocol Router Network, Secure Internet Protocol Router Net- work and/or multinational networks.


Te COE’s unified data approach uses “cell level” classification, which automatically redacts the applicable information displayed on integrated systems so that the unauthorized user can see only the fields he or she has the clearance to see. By implementing infor- mation security measures at the data level rather than the system level, COE increases cyberprotection at the source without limiting interoperability. Tis approach also improves network resil- ience, or the ability to respond to and operate during a cyberattack, such that an adversary’s penetration of Army systems and networks will affect less data, decreasing the attack’s effectiveness and ability to degrade ongoing Army missions.


STATUS CHECK


Soldiers in charge of tech control at the 552nd Signal Company conduct an inspection, cross- checking equipment status with a circuit data card, March 13, 2014, at Camp Red Cloud, Uijeongbu, South Korea. By continuing to advance the COE, the Army will increase security; the COE converges more than 190 programs into the six CE software infrastructures, instituting common standards and streamlined software updates to reduce cyber vulnerability. (Photo by Korean Augmentation to the U.S. Army CPL Oh Jongsoo)


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