Network forensic professionals from the Army’s Electronic Proving Ground employed a help desk-like system to address data or voice network complaints throughout the NIE 14.2 event, the Army said June 16.
“The [network forensics] team we took out there brought a commercial-off-the-shelf suite of software,” said Sgt. Maj. John Herring, USAEPG senior enlisted advisor.
“When people were probing the network, those guys could see all that,” Herring added. “It’s a phenomenal tool for commanders to use.”
According to the Army, network forensic tools are designed to help operators and systems administrators configure a network, recover data and preserve network integrity.
“It’s a very good help desk tool, with very quick turnaround,” said Ari Nguyen, a civilian and project engineer at USAEPG.
“If something was acting up, you may not know it at the application or user level, but for them [the network forensics team], they could see it [network issue] pop up,” Nguyen added.