What is this "FOUO" thing you are referencing . . . . ?Great thing about cloud is that‘s temporary at worst - Flank Speed is already cleared for FOUO, CUI, LES, etc.
What is this "FOUO" thing you are referencing . . . . ?Great thing about cloud is that‘s temporary at worst - Flank Speed is already cleared for FOUO, CUI, LES, etc.
Realistically, the Navy should switch from on-prem systems to thin clients that log into cloud VMs in a mix of both AWS and Azure IL5 regions around the country. Way more efficient upkeep costs and faster compute and storage than 5+ year old machines. Patching and deployments would be a breeze.
Question (for anyone): for the majority of the stuff that the majority of sailors use NMCI to do, that is admin stuff that isn't overly sensitive like email, GMT, personnel records, the common theme for these tasks is logging in to a secure website. What is fundamentally wrong with using a thin client for that? Why does every NMCI machine, every single time you login, have to load a big, clumsy, stupid personal profile so that you can... do secure web browsing? It's like driving a Canyonero when you have a five mile commute through easy traffic, and the Canyonero is up-armored because the CHYCAP cyber hackers might try to attack you.You would think so but I have plenty of experience with thin clients and the ones we use suck, not quite as bad as the 'community' NMCI machines at the NOSC but they can't do the job as needed. Does that have to do with the way the government set them up? Sure, but there is good reason that if your job is important enough you almost never have a thin client.
Question (for anyone): for the majority of the stuff that the majority of sailors use NMCI to do, that is admin stuff that isn't overly sensitive like email, GMT, personnel records, the common theme for these tasks is logging in to a secure website. What is fundamentally wrong with using a thin client for that? Why does every NMCI machine, every single time you login, have to load a big, clumsy, stupid personal profile so that you can... do secure web browsing? It's like driving a Canyonero when you have a five mile commute through easy traffic, and the Canyonero is up-armored because the CHYCAP cyber hackers might try to attack you.
Actually, the Navy and others in DoD do use AWS today - across all levels of classification. Just only certain, special programs and organizations, for now. Google C2S. It can happen for general use NMCI, too, all it takes is OPNAV to put their mind to it and fund it.In the real world, sure. But the Navy has demonstrated it has neither the capacity or capability to do that yet, nor has much of the government mainly for the reasons outlined by @nittany03.
Old school computing paradigms and stodgy DON execs / flags.Why does every NMCI machine, every single time you login, have to load a big, clumsy, stupid personal profile so that you can... do secure web browsing?
Actually, the Navy and others in DoD do use AWS today - across all levels of classification. Just only certain, special programs and organizations, for now. Google C2S. It can happen for general use NMCI, too, all it takes is OPNAV to put their mind to it and fund it.
I got a good laugh at that too. The naïveté is adorable. Someone should assign him to do a “bring your kid to work” session at OPNAV to see how budgets and the POM process works."All it takes..." belongs in the quote hall of fame along with "Watch this shit" and "In my experience". If it only were that simple, or had been done 15-ish years ago.
Or perhaps if more people took the time to understand it they'd know how to use it and could then effectively put the system to work. Instead people would rather rage against the machine and decry it for being bizantine or spend all their time trying to work around the process when it in fact follows the same program management philosophy that is used worldwide by many effective organizations.Naïveté, sure, but I wish more people would question the byzantine system of self-licking ice cream cones that we've created that feeds so many people sucking off the government teat in return for mediocrity.
The Vogons could probably learn a thing or two from the Pentagon.
Questioning is great, but stating what may be technically possible, then proclaiming that some Big Navy decision maker just has to snap their fingers to make it so, is laughably naïve.Naïveté, sure, but I wish more people would question the byzantine system of self-licking ice cream cones that we've created that feeds so many people sucking off the government teat in return for mediocrity.
The Vogons could probably learn a thing or two from the Pentagon.
This is a preposterous statement. What are you even talking about? ?Yeah, I actually do know how the approps, budget, and POM process work. It can be fast and direct, if the willpower exists. Case in point: COVID vaccines, one year ago versus today.
This is a preposterous statement. What are you even talking about? ?