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Date: Wed Oct 08 2008 - 03:06:54 CDT

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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/100708-army-desktop-software.html

By Ellen Messmer
Network World
10/07/2008

Many organizations would like to keep their network users from adding
unauthorized software to their desktops, and the U.S. Army is no
different.

Since early this year, the U.S. Army Information Management Support
Center, which supports the Pentagon staff, has deployed software on
about 11,000 desktop machines that watches for unauthorized
applications. If one is discovered, the monitoring software reports back
so an Army oversight group called the Configuration Control Board, which
lets the user also know about the discovery so a decision can be made
about whether the application should be allowed.

If there’s no justification for using the software, the unauthorized
application can be automatically deleted remotely. According to John
Brehm, senior systems engineer at Serco, a systems integration firm
aiding the Army in this program, the goal is to identify unauthorized
applications and enforce policy while giving users the opportunity to
explain why the software is on their desktop.

“A directive came out from the CIO in the Army because there was a lot
of unauthorized software running,� Brehm says. “This is potentially
unsafe.�

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