http://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2012/07/threats-lurk-among-pentagons-sprawling-computer-networks/56700/ By Aliya Sternstein Nextgov July 10, 2012 The Pentagon’s thousands of networks are indefensible against cyberattacks but no one there can keep track of all the vulnerabilities. The military aims to change that within five years. To say the Defense Department’s information technology departments are disjointed is an understatement. According to senior Pentagon officials, duplicative networks, thousands of email servers and hundreds of data centers prevent warfighters from securely accessing information anywhere and anytime. To heighten security and lower costs, Defense is attempting to build a “joint information environment” that would simplify military computing, officials on Tuesday told military personnel at a talk sponsored by Nextgov’s parent company Government Executive Media Group. The goal by 2017 is to consolidate information technology contracts across services, move off desktops to online services accessible from any device and create what Cyber Command calls a “cyber operational picture.” The existing intrusion prevention system “is not providing that real-time information that we need,” Rear Adm. Marshall B. Lytle III, director of Command, Control, Communications and Computer (C4) Systems and Cyber Command chief information officer, said during an interview after the event. A comprehensive snapshot of anomalous network activities and instant Defensewide access to threat information from softer targets, such as utilities, could reveal a potential coordinated attack, he said. [...] -- Learn how to be a Pen Tester, CISSP, ISSMP, or ISSAP with Expanding Security online. Come to a free class and see how good and fun the program really is. http://www.expandingsecurity.com/PainPillReceived on Wed Jul 11 2012 - 00:27:54 PDT
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