http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2004/1220/web-armywp-12-23-04.asp
By Frank Tiboni
Dec. 23, 2004
A recently issued Army white paper, "Fight the Network," provides a
new framework for the Signal Regiment, the service's communications
organization, as it changes to support lighter, more mobile
warfighting units.
Army information technology officials devised the document to help
foster a different mind-set for communications personnel in defending
and managing the service's networks, said Gordon Van Vleet, public
affairs officer for the service's Network Enterprise Technology
Command/Ninth Army Signal Command at Fort Huachuca, Ariz. Netcom
officials oversee the operation, management and protection of the
Army's networks.
"Never before has the Signal Regiment been as critical to the success
of our Army," Lt. Gen. Steve Boutelle, the service's chief information
officer, wrote in the document's introduction.
Army IT officials want the service's communications personnel to
"fight" the network so they can provide secure, ample communications
on demand to soldiers in combat anywhere in the world. The document
identifies the importance of network availability, interoperability
and control.
The white paper marks Army IT officials' third wide-scale attempt in
recent months to alert personnel to the urgency of operating and
protecting the service's networks. In August, Boutelle told Army IT
personnel at a conference that the service's systems are increasingly
under cyberattack.
In November, Boutelle's office released a brochure, "Fight the
Network: The Network as a Weapon System," that highlights main points
in the white paper.
Industry officials said Boutelle and Army IT officials will likely
focus on strengthening the operation, management and protection of the
service's IT infrastructure during the upcoming fiscal 2006 budget
process. They expect that Army officials will want to further
consolidate the service's enterprise IT infrastructure.
Among projects the Army wrapped up this past year were developing and
fielding a more mobile battlefield communications system, the Joint
Network Node; and completing the acquisition and speeding the
development of a future battlefield communications system, the
War-fighter Information Network-Tactical.
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