Developing a disaster recovery plan for the U.S. military is all about paying attention to the smallest details, according to Robinson. "When you have marines sitting on your change control board and they know that the lives of their brothers in arms are in danger because somebody didn't document something, they are not going to let that happen," said Robinson. "They have taken their responsibility for change control very seriously."
Because of this attention to detail, there has only been one successful external attack on the NMCI. "We have only had one attack in seven years, and we would like to keep it that way," said Robinson, alluding to a highly publicized hacking incident in late 2005.
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