Navy Marine Corps Intranet (NMCI): About NMCI
A Major Step toward a Net-Centric Environment
Prior to NMCI, the Department of the Navy IT infrastructure consisted of stove-piped networks independently procured and operated by individual commands throughout the country. Organizing and administering the network this way inhibited connectivity, increased costs, and rendered all but impossible information sharing and security. Lack of centralized IT management and planning also resulted in significant disparity in technology capabilities among commands in both the Navy and Marine Corps. NMCI changed all of that, providing an interoperable command and control network needed for transitioning to a net-centric environment.
Today, more than 700,000 of the Department of the Navy’s military and civilian employees receives IT services via NMCI. NMCI has consolidated and standardized network operations services, security and user assistance across every level of command. Information assurance compliance is now enforceable. Users with unique IT services needs are accommodated by smart customization of standard components to generate tailored solutions.
NMCI is the foundation on which the Navy and Marine Corps can build to support their broader strategic information management objectives.
NMCI Facts
- More than 660,000 active users are on board NMCI. Only the Internet is larger.
- More than 345,000 seats have been transitioned to the end-state NMCI environment.
- EDS has completed Assumption of Responsibility (AOR) at more than 1,000 networked sites.
- So far, 5,381 seats have been deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and the war on terrorism.
- NMCI and EDS operate:
- Four network operations centers
- Four enterprise help desks
- Nearly 50 classified and unclassified server farms
- 3,000 enterprisewide servers
- Connectivity for approximately 11,000 Blackberry wireless devices and 2,086 air cards, 24 hours a day, seven days a week
- More than 350 sailors and Marines have attained IT-related certifications at no cost to the government.
- Improved security is unquestionably NMCI’s greatest value:
- NMCI was the first network to have completely implemented and enforced the Department of Defense’s Cryptographic Log On (CLO) mandate, providing additional defense in depth.
- NMCI blocks approximately 9 million spam messages per month.
- NMCI also detects more than 1,200 unclassified and nearly 20 classified intrusion attempts.
- NMCI detects an average of 60 viruses monthly.
- Integrated operation of NMCI network operations centers, help desks and server farms enables off-site storage, rapid service and data restoration, and rapid response to service delivery requirements in the event of a real or potential disaster.
NMCI has helped the Department of Navy to sustain mission capability through real-world challenges:
- 9/11 Pentagon reconstruction
- Hurricanes Isabel, Katrina and Rita
- California wild fires
- Indian Ocean tsunami
- Japan hurricane
Contract modifications have led to enhancements in these areas:
- Execution Discipline
- Service Level Agreements (SLAs)
- Customer Satisfaction Incentives