DYNAMIC PAGE -- HIGHEST POSSIBLE CLASSIFICATION IS TOP SECRET SI TK REL TO USA AUS CAN GBR NZL U FOUO Digital Network Exploitation DNE Digital Network Intelligence DNI and Computer Network Exploitation CNE FROM Deputy Director for Data Acquisition Run Date 07 16 2003 U FOUO DNE DNI and CNE are interrelated acronyms used extensively in SIGINT that are often confused S Digital Network Exploitation DNE - Extracting target intelligence that requires processing multiple layers of computer protocols that contain multiple types of digitally represented information voice fax video images documents formatted data emails messages etc from any device on the digital global network S Digital Network Intelligence DNI - Encompasses the set of facts inferences and relationships that describe target intelligence extracted from communications residing on the digital global network DNI is the resultant intelligence that DNE produces TS SI Computer Network Exploitation CNE - Active or end-point collection which involves the surreptitious infiltration and mastery of computers and other network components Once a device or network has been infiltrated data of interest can be extracted directly or the targeted system's operation can be modified to facilitate mid-point collection for instance by covertly tagging data of interest rerouting data along accessible links subtly weakening encryption etc TS SI DNE is independent of the type of access the collection can either be end-point or mid-point active or passive may or may not use CNE methods techniques Collection is not limited to a computer it can be against any system or device in the digital environment S SI As our targets continue to migrate toward communications that use the digital global network DNE increasingly becomes the center of our SIGINT business This is evidenced by approximately half of our current SID Strategic Objectives directly addressing our need to improve DNE The 3 V's volume velocity variety present tremendous challenges in DNE Our targets are moving from fixed narrowband transmissions to shared re-routable extremely wideband multiplexed multi-formatted transmissions Each day new types of protocols and application formats appear in our targets' communications Finally our targets communications are increasingly buried by millions of non-target communications TS SI The primary focus of SID's recent transformation efforts is to improve our DNE Fortunately the business of DNE has some great opportunities for improvement The fact there is a global network allows the concept of CNE collection This allows us to actively hunt the target instead of sifting through the chaff Also most communications on the global network include some set of labels about the source destination and path of the information SERIES U FOUO Data Acquisition 1 Welcome to SID's Data Acquisition Directorate 2 The Collection Strategies and Requirements Center 3 Digital Network Exploitation DNE Digital Network Intelligence DNI and Computer Network Exploitation CNE 4 The Evolution of HF 5 The New Meade Operations Center This labeling supports new SIGINT development methodology Using DNE with the improved labeling we can quickly map the social logical and physical networks of our target space Finally the continued growth of standards and their widespread use in the global network will allow us to use Commercial-Off-The-Shelf COTS tools to portray the communications exactly the same way the target sees it S In conclusion DNE is an on-going challenge that has already produced extremely valuable intelligence with great continued promise Through the coming months and years we will accelerate our exploitation of DNI and track targets through their migration onto the global network U FOUO SIDtoday articles may not be republished or reposted outside NSANet without the consent of S0121 DL sid comms DYNAMIC PAGE -- HIGHEST POSSIBLE CLASSIFICATION IS TOP SECRET SI TK REL TO USA AUS CAN GBR NZL DERIVED FROM NSA CSSM 1-52 DATED 08 JAN 2007 DECLASSIFY ON 20320108