September 2012 SIGNAL Magazine

SEPTEMBER 2012

SIGNAL September 2012 CoverNATO
Technology and the Warfighter Come Together
    A newly consolidated agency provides a leap ahead for alliance members.
NATO Support Agency Continues Evolution
   The group's general manager plans for a post-Afghanistan future.
Alliance to Deploy Cyber Rapid Reaction Team
    The organization will provide common defense for NATO.
Teaming With Industry Major Thrust for NATO
   The alliance aims to achieve more with less.
   AVAILABLE IN ITALIAN: La Collaborazione con l’Industria, una Spinta Importante per la NATO

INTERNATIONAL
Dutch Navy Sails Into New Era, New Challenges
   The NATO nation commissions a new class of ship in response to its changing mission.

BIOMETRICS
Universities Develop New-School Biometrics
   Science and technology work for the intelligence community aids the transition to identity science.
Plug-and-Play Biometrics
   A new specification lays the groundwork for an evolution of identification technology.
Better Security Is in the Cards
   Revisions to federal identity devices focus on the way people work today.

CYBER OPERATIONS
Advancing 
Afghanistan's
 Cybersecurity
    Ones and zeroes are the key to prosperity in a nation long under seige by bullets and bombs.

BUSINESS PROFILE
Information Technology Firm Sees Major Trends Bolstering Sales to Defense, Intelligence
    Government's progress to a fully networked information environment shows no signs of abating.

ACQUISITION REFORM
Events Demonstrate Viability of Rapid Acquisition
   Developers solve small parts of real world programs, putting them together to deliver robust capabilities.

ASSOCIATION FEATURE
Laying the Groundwork for Monetary Reductions

PRESIDENT'S COMMENTARY
Identity Verification and Biometrics Loom Large

INCOMING
Thrifty Can Do It for the Defense Department