In January, the Pentagon\u2019s chief weapons tester said the Department of Defense should stop deploying its new network security platform, known as Joint Regional Security Stacks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
JRSS is a suite of equipment that is expected to improve security through firewall functions, intrusion detection and prevention, enterprise management, and virtual routing. It is expected to centralize and standardize network security into regional architectures, making it easier to share information on threats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But the annual report from the DoD\u2019s Office of Operational Test and Evaluation questioned the effectiveness of the new system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe [chief information officer] and the services should discontinue deploying JRSS until the JRSS demonstrates that it is capable of helping network defenders to detect and respond to operationally realistic cyberattacks,\u201d the annual report read. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Speaking at West 2018 in San Diego, California, Col. Gregory Griffin, the JRSS program manager at the Defense Information Systems Agency, said that while the agency would incorporate fixes to many of the problems the report identified, he disagreed with the report\u2019s ultimate recommendation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe do disagree to pause or halt the program at this time,\u201d he said. Instead, he suggested, it\u2019s impossible to know how the program will fare against true threats until it\u2019s deployed and faces those attacks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Among the recommendations from the Pentagon\u2019s weapon tester was that DISA\u2019s program office use realistic testing results to improve configurations, training and procedures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The report said that during a test last year the version of the program in use by the Air Force did not help protect the network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe Army, Air Force and other DoD components continue to deploy JRSS to operational DoD networks, despite testing that demonstrates JRSS technology integration, training, and service and agency processes are not able to protect networks from cyberattacks,\u201d the report read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Griffin said nine of the 11 stacks for nonclassified networks within the continental United States are operational. The two remaining stacks could be operational this summer. A total of 20 nonclassified stacks worldwide could be up and running by the end of fiscal 2019. Another 25 stacks for classified networks are also planned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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