Cyber security on military deployed networks

This paper reports on real information leakage occurred in a multinational mission. To investigate the nature of the leakage, we performed a survey among the military operators which showed that technical and cultural problems were key elements of the security shortfall. We also show that military deployed networks present some peculiarities with respect to infrastructure homeland networks. Therefore, the former should be managed differently from the latter. In particular, we highlight two reasons concerning either the operators or the networks: (1) Temporary nature of deployed networks and (2) Lack of training and guidance (es. SOPs). Finally, we propose a new approach that would strengthen the defense attitude of signal units and check whether protection activities are effective and reliable.