IMPROVED NETWORK DEFENSE Currently, Army cyber experts have to react to threats that are coming at increas- ing volumes and intensity. But through architecture modernization, the Army of 2025 could see a leveling of the playing field, with defensive efforts empowered by a network that is cyberhardened, anticipates threats and is self-healing.
PEO C3T is working with ASA(ALT), PEO EIS and PEO IEW&S to map out key technology goals for systemic and active defense of the tactical network, to avoid wasting vital resources on stove- piped answers. Te PEOs are also working closely with the science and technology community to identify cyber programs that are already in place and matching those to current and future capability gaps. One essential security measure is improv- ing authentication
standards through multifactor authentication, which will
help mitigate basic user errors such as fail- ing to change a system’s default password. Moving beyond Common Access Card- based token authentication, the Army envisions a stronger but more streamlined multifactor authentication model without the need for a token-based system. Further down the line, the service will leverage emerging technologies that customize bio- metrics for the tactical world. For example, even though fingerprint access to com- puter systems is widely used in industry, it’s impractical for Soldiers who wear gloves in the tactical environment.
Te goal is to make authentication quick, accurate, simple for the Soldier and diffi- cult to bypass. To address this, PEO C3T is working closely with the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center on various capabilities such as retina scanning, dynamic signature, speaker recognition and face recognition.
Another critical cyber technology imper- ative is integrated Network Operations (NetOps) capabilities, which are the tools that communications officers use to plan, initialize, monitor and manage the net- work. Over the past few years, the Army has reduced by more than two-thirds the number of NetOps systems used to run and operate the network for a brigade combat team.
Te next step is continued convergence of these tools to achieve network visibility from the enterprise to the tactical level, achieving efficiencies and improving operational flexibility as well as provid- ing the “big picture” perspective of the cyber threat. Integrated NetOps will sig- nificantly increase situational awareness of the cyber realm, allowing leaders in a tactical operations center a quick view of the health of tactical networks, key cyber terrain and other network assets. With enhanced NetOps serving as a key
VIRTUAL ATTACK
More than 1,200 communications professionals from 31 NATO and Partnership of Peace countries, along with European security partners, joined in exercise Combined Endeavor 14 in Grafenwoehr, Germany, Sept. 9, 2014. Combined Endeavor, the world’s largest multinational command, control, communication and computer systems exercise, included virtual attacks to test security capabilities. (Photo by Sgt Derrick Irions, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Europe and Africa)
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