RECOGNIZING INNOVATION


Maj. Gen. Cedric T. Wins, RDECOM commanding general, congratulates Patrick Doyle for winning the Maj. Gen. Harold J. “Harry” Greene Award for Innovation for his efforts to develop a system that consolidates and simplifies the use of multiple encryptors. (U.S. Army photo by Conrad Johnson, RDECOM)


LESS COMPLEX, MORE EFFECTIVE Encryptor management is complicated because the vendors that provide the Army with management software have unique systems that require separate licenses and separate resources. In Doyle’s lab alone, he and his team had three different HAIPE managers, each requiring a unique host, licensing fees and asso- ciated logistics costs. “Monitoring our network required three different laptops running different software,” said Jimmy Latorre, CERDEC systems analyst. “We realized that if we’re having difficulty in the lab, those problems are probably multiplied for Soldiers at forward operating bases and in network and tactical operations centers.”


In addition to eliminating the need to maintain and oper- ate multiple systems, CHIMERA improves access to network


situational awareness information. Soldiers access networks using a Common Access Card, whereas previously they had to log out of one system running on one laptop in order to log into another system on another laptop. “Soldiers could be looking at one system and think everything was operating correctly, but there could be an attack on another system they weren’t logged into,” Latorre explained. “Soldiers had no full situational aware- ness of their full network.”


CHIMERA also allows warfighters to remotely control multiple communication encryptors from a single, safe location instead of hand-carrying cryptographic keys to encryptors in hostile or remote locations. Previously, Soldiers often needed to travel— sometimes considerable distances—from one location to another to update encryption keys. Additionally, CHIMERA reduces the


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