Secure Distributed Dynamic Computing (SDDC)
Abstract
The Secure Distributed Dynamic Computing (SDDC) program will create distributed computing architectures for mobile military environments. Commercial computing services are enabled by massive data centers and high-capacity terrestrial networks, but this level of infrastructure is not available to forward-deployed military forces that operate in mobile, disrupted/disadvantaged, intermittent, high-latency environments. SDDC will make the cyber environment as maneuverable as the troops it supports by creating computing architectures that combine aspects of multi-computing and cloud computing with dynamic monitoring and adaptation of distributed computing environments. These maneuverable architectures will be cognizant of bandwidth-limited data links that operate in contested environments and lack quality-of-service guarantees. An additional requirement arises from the need to ensure access to critical data even when requisite data services are temporarily down or when the data is stored in a format that is no longer supported. An even more stressing case arises when the entire network goes down: restoring the network and reinitiating service to all users is an urgent requirement. SDDC technologies will automatically and dynamically adjust policies and allocate bandwidth, computational resources, and cyber-defense assets to provide reliable, energy-aware, large-scale data processing to forward-deployed tactical users, without dependence upon external non-military resources.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2015
- Source ID
- 3c61adde117ac3e43675d8e0caac244f