DoD Needs to Reinitiate Migration to Internet Protocol Version 6 (REDACTED)

Abstract

We determined whether DoD was effectively migrating to Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6). Although DoD satisfied the requirement to demonstrate IPv6 on the network backbone by June 2008, DoD did not complete the necessary Federal and DoD requirements and deliverables to effectively migrate the DoD enterprise network to IPv6. This occurred because: DoD Chief Information Officer (CIO) and U.S. Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM) did not make IPv6 a priority; DoD CIO, USCYBERCOM, and Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) lacked an effectively coordinated effort and did not use available resources to further DoD-wide transition toward IPv6; and DoD CIO did not have a current plan of action and milestones to advance DoD IPv6 migration. As a result, DoD is not realizing the potential benefits of IPv6, including to battlefield operations. Furthermore, the delay in migration could increase DoD s costs and its vulnerabilities to adversaries.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2014
Accession Number
ADA623596

Entities

Organizations

  • Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Defense

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Cyber
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Command Control Communications And Computer Systems
  • Computer Network Security
  • Computer Networks
  • Cybersecurity
  • Cyberspace Operations
  • Department Of Defense
  • Electronic Mail
  • Governments
  • Information Assurance
  • Information Systems
  • Internet
  • Lessons Learned
  • Network Protocols
  • Networks
  • Performance Tests
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Computer Networking
  • Defense Financial Management and Audit.
  • Military History

Technology Areas

  • Cyber