By Lauren C. Williams Dec 16, 2020 eThe Navy wants to round up its old and weak IT systems, networks and applications and put them out to pasture, according to a recent memo describing a new modernization plan. Operation Cattle Drive aims to "sunset or rationalize unneeded, obsolete, unproductive, insecure and un-auditable IT systems and applications," by eliminating funds and resources, decertifying and removing identified assets from the Navy's networks, Assistant Secretary of the Navy Gregory J. Slavonic wrote. These excessive and overly complex systems affect the department’s “abilit...