The Air Force will soon have a relatively new term to add to our network operations lexicon–“Networthiness.” The Air Force Network Integration Center recently led efforts to develop the Department of Defense’s Networthiness concept, an operational assessment that goes well beyond information security to provide a holistic review of anything and everything that connects to a DoD network.
With the proposed DoD criteria in coordination, AFNIC is now leading implementation of Networthiness for the Air Force, which will provide a singular, seamless framework of processes for introducing new systems and applications to the AF Network. While the implementation will be largely transparent to the average network user, Airmen can expect enhanced rigor, performance and reliability of new capabilities introduced to the network.
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