The US Army is preparing to protect HIMARS from cyber threats
The Shift5 Group has agreed with the US Army to strengthen the resilience of the HIMARS highly mobile artillery and missile system to cyber threats.
As part of the contract signed the day before, the company undertook to supplement the above installations with digital anomaly detection systems to increase the degree of protection against cyber threats and ensure readiness for predictive maintenance.
As part of this agreement, Shift5 plans to radically improve HIMARS operational security through online monitoring/collection/storage/analysis of data at the tactical level. This operational data is intended to provide the most important array of information to commanders, operators and maintenance personnel to improve the platform’s defense capability in the face of cyber threats.
Michael Weigand, co-founder of Shift5 and the company’s current head of development, emphasized the importance of equipping HIMARS platforms with the latest data collection and digital breach detection tools. Such actions are especially important in light of the efforts made by current and potential adversaries.
Retired US Special Operations Command General Richard Clarke, who currently sits on the Shift5 board of directors, called the initiative an example of the US military’s desire to modernize its armed forces and maintain a high level of readiness.
Weingard emphasized the importance of implementing innovative solutions to maintain competitiveness and counteract adversaries.
The first part of the testing of tools to protect HIMARS from enemy cyber threats took place this year.
