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http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2002/0408/web-mann-04-11-02.asp

By Dan Caterinicchia
April 11, 2002
 
The U.S. Army Signal Command and many defense agency partners soon
will begin participating in the Mannheim project, an effort designed
to help the Army develop an integrated computer network defense as
part of its overall information technology transformation and
consolidation.

The project will begin next week as phased exercises that will
incorporate the institutional and tactical Army, said Maj. Gen. James
Hylton, commander of the Army Signal Command, speaking at an April 10
asymmetric warfare symposium sponsored by the Association of the U.S.
Army.

Hylton added that the Defense Department's information environment is
a prime target for asymmetric warfare, which encompasses anything -
personnel, tactics, weapons - that helps negate one side's advantage
in a battle.

In addition to the Signal Command, numerous other joint military
partners are involved, including the Defense Information Systems
Agency and the Space and Missile Defense Command. All are treating the
Mannheim project as a priority, Hylton said.

"It will help us examine and develop organization, tactics, techniques
and procedures to facilitate an integrated Army computer network
defense," Hylton told Federal Computer Week.

Hylton also detailed changes going on within the Signal Command as it
shifts into its new role as Network Enterprise Technology Command
(Netcom), which is charged with providing management for all of the
Army's IT and networks.

Beginning May 1, Netcom will provide situational awareness of all the
service's computer networks to the Army chief information officer's
office, he said. The Signal Command's current mission is to support
the Forces Command.

Hylton added that Netcom's job initially will require manual and
electronic reporting to provide a valid assessment of the Army's
enterprise network, with the goal of having centralized operations and
management across the infostructure sometime in the future.

Netcom, which will formally launch Oct. 1 along with a number of other
Army headquarters changes, is made up of personnel from the Signal
Command and other organizations. It is establishing regional CIO
offices to coordinate with centralized installation management to
oversee command, control, communications and computers for each
region, Hylton said.
 

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