Key projects from our Information and Communications Technology portfolio.

Informatech regularly provides services to prime systems integrators for both delivery and governance/assurance to ensure successful delivery of projects on behalf of our customers.

CIOG Test and Evaluation Maturity

Provide Test and Evaluation (T&E) support to the CIOG T&E Principal to develop a testing capability and framework for all CIOG Projects, as well as governance and assurance over all CIOG Projects.

ICT2222 – Secure Secret Operating System

The Secure Secret Operating System (SSOS) project seeks to deliver a modernised and secure secret desktop, deployment of upgraded desktop hardware to all secret endpoints, and development of a secret standard operating environment (SOE) to address obsolescence and stability of the secret environment and lay the foundation for future transformation activities.

Network Convergence Program

Network Convergence is a Department of Defence program where four military ICT projects are being realigned to be delivered against four common product lines, including warfighting applications, platform, network & gateways, and compute and store.

ICTDD T&E Capability

Provide Test and Evaluation (T&E) support to the ICT Delivery Division within CIOG to to provide support, governance and assurance over a variety of CIOG Projects.

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Program

Part of the Defence Transformation Program, ERP is the biggest Defence transformation since 1970 and represents significant change in the way the business is operated. ERP will replace ageing and disparate systems, simplifying tools and processes used by both Defence and many of Defence’s industry partners.

ICT2284 – OneDefence Data Program

Improvements to Data Management to deliver secure and resilient information systems to better enable information sharing and collaboration across government and with Australia’s strategic partners. This includes data generated by military drones, aircraft, land vehicles and maritime vessels.

Defence Inventory Project

Inventory of all ICT systems within Defence and portfolio agencies.

CapabilityOne

CapabilityOne captures data and information for reporting Defence’s Integrated Investment Program (IIP) to the Government and captures associated data at the portfolio, program and project levels. The specialised modules within CapabilityOne have specific functions that enable management and analysis of projects, programs and domains; assets and infrastructure; present and future, within Defence.

Deployed ICT – Operation and Sustainment

Operational support and sustainment for current deployed ICT systems including DIE, FIE and MPE systems.

Learning Experience Platform

Testing upgrades to the Defence learning platform.

Defence Common Access Card Upgrade Project

This project aims to provide Defence staff with a single card for physical and logical access. This project will incorporate the functionality of the new smart cards on to the DCAC. This will upgrade the DCAC to provide logical access to log in to the Defence Protected Network and Defence Secret Network, securely print on MFDs, and digitally sign documents.

Single Information Environment – Security Coordination Project

The Single Information Environment Program is designed to optimise Defence Information Technology, consolidate the number of discrete domains, overhaul IT governance, reduce costs, and improve security across the Defence Protected Network and Defence Secret Network. It is one of the largest IT transformations ever undertaken within the Department of Defence.

Defence Strategic Communications Branch

DSCB delivers strategic network support to enable military operations, providing secure and resilient ICT services to operationally-deployed ADF units across the world and Defence personnel working overseas in over 15 different countries.

Computer-Aided Maintenance Management (CAMM2)

CAMM2 is the maintenance management system for aircraft operations for the Australian Defence Force. It manages maintenance in a way that meets aviation regulatory and maintenance policy and process requirements. The system also gathers
and stores essential usage and failure data.

Next Generation Desktop – End User Compute

EUC is a complete desktop replacement from Windows XP to Windows 10 thin and thick (centralised and distributed) workstations as well as implementing the latest Microsoft Windows Server infrastructure and network to support the change. It is the largest desktop refresh program in the southern hemisphere.

SVTC Project

The Secure Video Tele-Conferencing (SVTC) project is one of many Gateway Minors Projects that are part of the Pegasus Program. The Pegasus Program is a 5EYES Managed program of works to improve Coalition defence communications. The SVTC Project mainly introduces IP video conferencing in high-definition, along with improved voice communications capabilities over IP.

Identity Access Management (IAM)

IAM is a transformation program to modernise the Department of Defence Identity Access Management to improve security, reliability and accountability across defence.

ICT2271 – ICT Security Program

Improvements to Cyber Security in alignment with strengthened Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance, Space, Electronic Warfare and Cyber Capabilities.

Defence Secret Environment – International

The DSE-I capability is to provide an ICT system that provides Defence secret level services for up to 20 international sites that allows acquisition programs with foreign sourced elements to integrate, collaborate and communicate with the wider Defence community in Australia.

Global Switch Ultimo Relocation

The Data Centre Migration project consisted of migrating all of the services from the existing primary data centre to a new data centre. This involved migration of hundreds of applications, including mission critical military applications, and thousands of servers along with all of the associated data. It also included testing of technical components such as the build and configuration of the out-of-band (“lights out”) management network.

Manpower Analysis Planning System Consolidation Project

MAPS is to deliver an upgrade and consolidate multiple instances of MAPS to single Defence wide instance of the OneView. Implementation of OneView will be across Defence Protected Environment, Defence Secret Environment and Fleet Information Environment Protected information domains. The project will rationalise the MAPS instances and standardise data governance and business processes.

Cyber Threat Intelligence Sharing Project

Cyber Threat Intelligence Sharing (CTIS) provides a solution capable of ingesting multiple threat intelligence feeds, enabling advanced analysis of the threat intelligence and sharing threat intelligence with other stakeholders.

Vetting Transformation Project

The Vetting Transformation Project aims to strengthen personnel security policies and practices which will enhance identification, assessment, and mitigation of personnel security risks for the duration a security clearance is held. . This capability will better identify, assess, and mitigate personnel security risks in response to the increasing espionage and foreign interference threat directed at Australia.

Cross Domain Solution Project

The Cross Domain Solution Project provides a single workstation terminal capable of providing concurrent access to both the Defence Restricted Network (DRN) and the Defence Secret Network (DSN) while providing security controls to prevent the transfer of security classified material between the networks.

Student Enterprise Management System Project

The Student Enterprise Management System provides a more efficient approach to student administration across Defence and underpins a shift to a more continuous, accessible, and adaptive learning environment. The platform provides a single, Defence-wide integrated system, replacing more than 50 separate databases, spreadsheets and other software programs

Architecture Practice Capability Uplift Project

To establish an architecture practice capability that fully supports delivery of enterprise architecture services and to collaborate with stakeholders to communicate architectural understanding and raise the profile of the Architecture Branch.

Enterprise Architecture Management System (EAMS) Project

To deploy and administer new Enterprise Architecture tools that enhance the ability of stakeholders to plan, design, decide, guide, and inform.

Desktop Minors Projects

Adding functionality and upgrades to the DPE EUC environment including Smartcard MFD, digital signing, desktop login and privilege access and the Defence Common Access Card Upgrade.

Standalone Networks Remediation Program

The Standalone Networks Remediation Program is run by the Chief Information Office Group within Defence and is designed to remediate non-compliant networks within Defence and make them compliant with the ASD Top 4 Strategies to Mitigate Targeted Cyber Intrusions.