HACKING CYBER STOVEPIPES


enabler for the Force 2025 network, the Army will continue to apply the system-of-systems approach, integrating tools within and between the tactical and enterprise domains to boost secu- rity for the holistic network.


ENABLING RAPID CYBER RESPONSE In addition to the COE, stronger authentication, integrated NetOps and other steps to harden the network architecture, the acquisition community is establishing a process to enable quick and proactive insertion of cybertechnology when it becomes available. Te Cyber Focal office envisions a com- bination of multiple, agile acquisition methodologies that would provide the capacity to send cyber capabilities out quickly—within months, days or even hours—after a threat is identified. Tis capacity relies on having funding in place, programs of record established, contracts signed and people ready to respond. While this is not an easy task, the acquisi- tion community’s early successes in quickly aligning resources to address the operational needs statements from ARCYBER provide a template for improved responsiveness in the short term. Te Army continues to lay the groundwork for agile


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procurement over the long term by identifying resourcing and contracting methods, while coordinating across the develop- ment community to identify and transition promising research and development technologies.


Another key process improvement to enable the cyber mission for Force 2025 involves security patching for networked systems. Today, these updates are sent out in cycles that can take months, and often require manual touch-labor installation on-site at unit locations. Te Army’s goal is to drastically reduce that time, logis- tics burden and vulnerability by providing increased automation of scanning and remediation of threats. Te effect will be much shorter cycle times to maintain an adequate security posture.


Tis would take place by pushing out patches remotely through a secure portal, where fielded Army systems then download them automatically and combatant command leaders make risk-based decisions guiding implementation of system updates and patching, typically based on mission pri- orities. Such a process would allow ASA(ALT) and other Army system owners to reduce management overhead associated


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