Developing Enterprise Cyber Situational Awareness

TL;DR

This paper examines the U.S. Department of Defense's strategies and tools for enhancing cyber situational awareness and network security, analyzing their effectiveness in protecting complex defense networks.

Contribution

It provides an analysis of DOD's layered security approach and evaluates the effectiveness of tools used to improve enterprise cyber situational awareness.

Findings

DOD employs layered security tools for cyber defense

Tools enhance situational awareness but effectiveness varies

Network management remains a complex challenge

Abstract

The topic will focus on the U.S. Department of Defense strategy towards improving their network security defenses for the department and the steps they have taken at the agency level where components under DOD such as The Defense Information Systems Agency are working towards adding tools that provides additional capabilities in the cyber space. This approach will be analyzed to determine if DOD goals address any of their vulnerabilities towards protecting their networks. One of the agencies under the DOD umbrella called The Defense Information Systems Agency provides DOD a template on how to build a network that relies upon layers of security to help it combat cyber attacks against its network. Whether that provides an effective solution to DOD remains a question due to the many components that operate under its direction. Managing these networks is the principle responsibilities for the Department of Defense. Nevertheless, it does demonstrates that there are tools available to help DOD build an strong enterprise cyber network of situational awareness that strengthens the ability to protect their network infrastructure.