Toolkit improves cybersecurity

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. (March 2, 2016) — It’s hard to fight a hacker with a spreadsheet.

However, that’s how signal Soldiers catalog the hundreds of systems installed on Army unit networks, and keep track of the systems’ potential cyber vulnerabilities and available security patches. It’s a time-consuming process that lacks consistency and is prone to human error.

Now, a new collection of automated tools is modernizing the process in order to improve security compliance while consuming less bandwidth. This is known as the Assured Compliance Assessment Solution (ACAS) Reporting Toolkit, or ART for short, the capability will rapidly provide unit commanders and program managers with current, comprehensive information on their cyber posture.

“It’s going to allow us to see the network as we’ve never seen it before,” said Chief Warrant Officer 5 James Ebeler, who spearheaded the project for Army Network Enterprise Technology Command (NETCOM). “It will allow us to see down into the tactical enclaves, down to the end user devices, what vulnerabilities exist and what patches are needed, so we can patch more rapidly and make sure that our security posture is as up to date as possible.” For the full article click here 

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