Skip the navigation  Experts praise Pentagon's march to security
standards  Consolidation of the Defense Department's 15,000
networks expected to cut costs, as well as improve security
against Snowden-like leaks  By Antone Gonsalves September 20,
2013 06:00 AM ET  CSO - The Pentagon's decision to move its
thousands of networks under a single security architecture is
the right strategy to bolster defenses against hackers and
malicious insiders, experts say.  The massive consolidation of
the Defense Department's 15,000 networks into a "joint
information environment" is expected to cut costs, as well as
improve security against Edward Snowden-like leaks, National
Defense magazine reported.  The former contractor took thousands
of documents from the National Security Agency and distributed
them to the media, which is driving a national debate on NSA
surveillance of Americans.  Thwarting hackers is also behind the
Pentagon's move to have all four branches of the military,
defense agencies and overseas commands use