{"id":24262,"date":"2020-02-19T23:31:54","date_gmt":"2020-02-19T23:31:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2020\/02\/19\/how-the-navy-wants-to-fix-its-woefully-antiquated-computer-systems\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:40:44","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:40:44","slug":"how-the-navy-wants-to-fix-its-woefully-antiquated-computer-systems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/home\/2020\/02\/19\/how-the-navy-wants-to-fix-its-woefully-antiquated-computer-systems\/","title":{"rendered":"How the Navy wants to fix its woefully antiquated computer systems"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Navy\u2019s information technology is antiquated and unable to provide sailors, Marines and civilians with basic resources that any private sector employee with a computer can access, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/static.militarytimes.com\/assets\/pdfs\/1582152030.pdf\" target=_blank>report<\/a> issued Wednesday by the sea service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 15-page <a href=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/static.militarytimes.com\/assets\/pdfs\/1582152030.pdf\" target=_blank>report<\/a> \u201cInformation Superiority Vision\u201d offers a prescription for how the Navy can cure its IT and cyber security woes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It also details how one of the world\u2019s most advanced fighting forces fell so far behind other large enterprises, at least when it comes to technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Basic functions of modern networks are not currently available in the Navy systems, forcing many users to work around the system to get their jobs done, according to the report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSimple capabilities such as file sharing, cloud collaboration, chat, voice, and video are not available to users,\u201d the report states. \u201cForward-deployed (sailors) and Marines must manually contextualize raw data from multiple unintegrated systems.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2019\/03\/13\/report-navy-is-under-cyber-siege-national-secrets-leaking-from-the-hull\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/A4-Ohio-Class-Submarine-Nebraska-STILL-DVIDS-4552750.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Report: Navy is under \u2018cyber siege,\u2019 national secrets leaking from the hull<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">A 57-page internal Navy review provided to the Wall Street Journal paints a dire picture regarding the cyber war already being waged.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Designed in the 1990s, the Navy\u2019s \u201cantiquated network structures\u201d open lanes of vulnerability for adversaries who can get into the network through simple phishing attacks and then wreak havoc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAs technology changes, our network no longer forms a linear battlespace simply defended by a Maginot line of firewalls,\u201d the report warns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Navy and Marine Corps have also been stymied in recruiting, developing and retaining a modern day information workforce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOur checklist-based security culture, outdated information systems, and industrial age processes stifle innovative thinking and give a false sense of security,\u201d the report states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.navy.mil\/navydata\/bios\/bio.asp?bioID=1031\" target=_blank>Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly<\/a> wrote in the report\u2019s introduction that everyone in his agency \u201cmust become a Cyber Sentry.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sailors, Marines and civilians often head out the door and into the IT private sector where they are better paid, work with more newer technology and hone their skills, the report warns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To fix that, the Navy hired industry veteran <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fifthdomain.com\/dod\/navy\/2019\/10\/01\/heres-what-the-navys-new-cio-will-be-doing\/\" target=_blank>Aaron Weis<\/a> last fall as its chief information officer. Weis helms the sea service\u2019s information management reform efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fifthdomain.com\/dod\/navy\/2019\/10\/01\/heres-what-the-navys-new-cio-will-be-doing\/\" target=_blank>Fifth Domain<\/a> last month that he was shocked by the \u201cday-to-day technology\u201d provided to sailors and Marines to do their jobs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI would say on a broad basis, as compared to industry, what we provide to sailors and Marines and civilians is about 15 years behind where private industry is at,\u201d Weis said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The plan comes after troubling reports in recent years about the vulnerability of Navy networks to hacking and intrusion by foreign adversaries such as Russia and China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last March, an internal audit presented to Navy leaders and leaked to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/navy-industry-partners-are-under-cyber-siege-review-asserts-11552415553?ns=prod\/accounts-wsj\" target=_blank>Wall Street Journal<\/a> revealed that the Navy and its industry partners face a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/navy-industry-partners-are-under-cyber-siege-review-asserts-11552415553?ns=prod\/accounts-wsj\" target=_blank>cyber siege<\/a>\u201d by hackers who have in past years stolen vital national security secrets after exploiting critical weaknesses.<\/p>\n\n\n<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link smg-interstitial-link--fallback wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fifthdomain.com\/dod\/navy\/2019\/10\/01\/heres-what-the-navys-new-cio-will-be-doing\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__fallback-link\">Here\u2019s what the Navy\u2019s new CIO will be doing<\/a><\/aside>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe are under siege,\u201d the Journal quoted a senior Navy official as saying. \u201cPeople think it\u2019s much like a deathly virus \u2014 if we don\u2019t do anything, we could die.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This week\u2019s release of the unclassified public plan \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/navy-beset-by-aging-tech-pushes-for-rapid-modernization-11582138002\" target=\"_blank\">first reported by the Journal<\/a> \u2014 doesn\u2019t fully detail how the service is addressing deficiencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But a key reform involves embracing artificial intelligence to analyze and curate vast troves of data, freeing sailors and Marines from the repetitive drudgery of machine-oriented tasks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As AI algorithms continue to learn and develop, the Navy\u2019s future networks will change some aspects of fighting wars, moving \u201cfrom humans identifying and classifying every target to approving target classifications\u2026and finally to verifying automated classifications,\u201d the report states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis automation increases the speed at which warfighters can absorb information, make decisions, and act.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The report emphasizes that automation won\u2019t remove a human from the loop when choosing to engage a target.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the meantime, unclassified, classified and top secret networks must be revamped to exploit two decades of technological advancements, and everyone from a warship\u2019s crew to Marines in battle will use flexible networks that can adapt to the available bandwidth in a contested environment, or no bandwidth at all, according to the report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Navy must avoid its \u201crich history of building duplicative information systems,\u201d and everyone with a common access card, or CAC, should have a single user identity from \u201chire to retire,\u201d the authors added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Digital innovation centers will allow teams of nimble sailors and Marines to develop and share new solutions across multiple teams so that others don\u2019t find themselves \u201c\u2019relearning\u2019 the same lessons.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2020\/01\/23\/explainer-how-irans-military-outsources-its-cyberwarfare-forces\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Iran-Cyber.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Explainer:  How Iran\u2019s military outsources its cyberwarfare forces<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">If tensions between Iran and the United States mount, Iran may respond with additional cyberattacks, possibly ones that are more damaging than we\u2019ve seen so far.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sailors, Marines and civilians also should expect regular red team testing of their cyber security knowledge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf we find vulnerabilities, we take corrective action, no different than grounding an aircraft or welding a ship to the pier,\u201d the report states. \u201cSecurity becomes a state of being and readiness.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those who show aptitude for IT will be fast-tracked and promoted, and everyone in the force will have IT tenets drilled into them at all levels of their career, the report states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOur future leaders need to come from within,\u201d the report adds. \u201cThe future (Navy Chief Information Officer) is a junior Sailor, Marine, or civilian today.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The report offers no timeline for reaching these goals but the authors acknowledge all modernization efforts will be paced by the resources provided to fuel them, with other government agencies and the defense industry enlisted to help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And the process will constantly evolve to respond to new technologies that give adversaries an edge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTransformation for competitive advantage will never be \u2018done,\u2019\u201d the report warns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read the full report <a 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