From: FCW
By Adam Mazmanian
The Department of Defense first laid out plans to convert its network to the Internet Protocol Version 6 standard in 2003. While DoD has hit several milestones along the way, a lack of a coordinated effort on the part of the CIO office and U.S. Cyber Command prevented an enterprise-wide switchover, according to a recently declassified inspector general report.
As a result of the delay, DoD is losing the benefits of IPv6, such as embedded IP security, mobility and the ability to create dynamic IP addresses for devices such as sensors, smart munitions, weapons systems and plug-and-play networks, all of which offer a technological advantage to IT-equipped forces on the battlefield. According to the report, “the delay in migration could increase DoD’s costs and its vulnerability to adversaries.”
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