Re:The communications systems at the US Central Command head...
by ausername42027 on Friday October 22, 2021 @10:10AM
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Sounds like a mess but I don't know how else you would do it without introducing huge security vulnerabilities.
I'm not at a Combatant Command, but work in a smaller military operations center. KVMs are prolific because we frequently need to switch between computers on discrete networks with different classifications. For example: an unclassified network (with access to the World Wide Web, most common workstations for daily business), a US-only SECRET network, and 1-2 other US + $friendlycountry SECRET networks. You'll have 2 monitors and 2 keyboards at one workstation, each supporting 2 of the 4 networks. It's a mess.