News 2006
NCSA in Afghanistan
NCSA personnel have deployed to Afghanistan to provide communication and information systems (CIS) support to the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan. Watch the video to learn more. Video courtesy of the American Forces Network Kaiserslautern.
more (video) >NCSA Supports Riga Summit
A major international meeting like a NATO Summit requires much coordination, and as is standard procedure with all NATO Summits, the Summit at Riga required a joint operations centre to support the Latvian Government in hosting the Summit. NCSA was part of that operations centre.
Read more >NCSA Sector Norfolk’s midnight warriors update HQ computers while command sleeps
NORFOLK, Va. –NATO Communication and Information Systems Services Agency Sector Norfolk personnel, with the help of contractors, have begun to replace nearly 300 classified computer workstations in the headquarters, in addition to upgrading the software and migrating some 900 users into a single domain shared between ACT, Allied Command Operations, and their command elements.
Read more >Have you Vaccinated Your Computer Lately?
There is an old expression: An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. With this in mind, all of us try to do everything possible to stay healthy and prevent illness, including keeping our vaccinations up to date. We do this because we know that regular vaccinations help maintain our defence against illness and disease.
Read more >New Deputy Director NCSA
Signing the transfer of authority documents. From left to right: outgoing Deputy Director Maj Gen Charalampos Giraleas, NCSA Director Lt Gen Ulrich Wolf, and incoming Deputy Director Maj Gen Stanislaw Krysiński. Overlooking the official signatures is Lt Cdr David Moorefield.
Maj Gen Stanislaw Krysiński assumed his duties as the new Deputy Director of the NATO Communication and Information Systems (CIS) Services Agency. The handover ceremony was held June 29 at the SHAPE Club with the Director of NCSA, Lt Gen Ulrich Wolf, presiding over the transfer of authority.
Read more >NCSA Director Guest Speaker at Industry Association Symposium
“NCSA is NATO’s centralized overall service provider for CIS services—within and between headquarters out of NATO’s command structure, to nations, and to operations and exercises,” explained NCSA Director Lieutenant General Wolf at the annual Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA) Europe Symposium and Exposition
Read more >Closure of the TARE Messaging System on 31 March 06
The Telegraph Automatic Relay Equipment (TARE), which has provided NATO’s secure military message communications and its links to all the NATO nations for many years, was shut down at 1200Z on 31 March 2006. This was because the system has been superceded by more modern technology and new operating practices.
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