This process of visiting systems tends to be a serious undertaking because, oftentimes, there is a single operator responsible for dozens if not hundreds of networking products. Without CHIMERA, IA managers and networking personnel have to physically visit individual systems to perform tasks including loading keys and checking on equipment health. CHIMERA allows a full view of the network from one location on a single software platform, acting as a dashboard for configuration of National Security Agency (NSA) Type-1 defensive networking products that protect both unclassified and classified networks and assets.ĬHIMERA Lead Patrick Doyle, CERDEC, describes the system's preventative maintenance features as a "check engine light" for the network. In the past, they could only see a small portion of that network at any given time and had to physically switch between multiple, dissimilar platforms to piece together a full picture of their network. Units frequently have limited resources for network management so CERDEC developed a means to maximize those limited resources: this means became CHIMERA.ĬHIMERA provides its key stakeholders with the ability to have maximum situational awareness for their cryptographic networks. As part of the effort to standardize the Army cryptographic network, CERDEC discovered Soldiers were struggling to control, monitor, and maintain their secure networks.
Based upon the team's efforts, CHIMERA has been tested, productized, and received full approval for fielding, and use on the Army Enterprise Network.ĬERDEC started CHIMERA development as a research and development engineering test tool to meet the requirements for Network Operations (NETOPS) tool collapse.
In 2016, CERDEC partnered with Program Executive Office Command, Control, Communications-Tactical's (PEO C3T) Project Lead Network Enablers (PL Net E) to transition the technology from a Science and Technology program to a full Acquisition Program. B.ĪBERDEEN PROVING GROUND, MD (December 17, 2018) - The US Army Communications-Electronics Research, Development, and Engineering Center (CERDEC) executed a program to develop the Common High-Assurance Internet Protocol Encryptor (HAIPE) Interoperable Manager for Efficient Remote Administration (CHIMERA) to solve one of the biggest challenges facing information assurance (IA) managers, network operators, and network enterprise center (NEC) personnel - the inability to manage systems across the network from one location.
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