Army Key Mgt System
Abstract
Army Key Management System (AKMS) is the Army's implementation of the National Security Agency's (NSA) Electronic Key Management System (EKMS) program automating the functions of Communications Security (COMSEC) key management control and distribution, thereby limiting adversarial access to, and reducing the vulnerability of, Army Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence (C4I) systems. NSA's aging EKMS infrastructure is being replaced with the Key Management Infrastructure (KMI) by Dec. 2017, requiring the transition of 425 Army accounts from FY2013 to FY2017. AKMS supports the transition to the Army Key Management Infrastructure (AKMI) during this timeframe. A critical component of this transition is the Mission Planning/Mission Support System (MP/MSS) which creates a secure, highly automated interface to enable transparent provisioning of KMI products. Updates to the MP/MSS Interface Specification and additional capabilities for the interface continue through FY2014. The MP/MSS Interface Specification defines the interface between the KMI Management Client Node (MGC) and the Mission Planning System operating on the Secure Internet Protocol Router Network (SIPRNET). This interface definition covers the key ordering, management, and distribution transactions that were decomposed based upon an Army Mission Planning System collaborating with KMI to fulfill mission requirements in a highly automated manner. The additional MP/MSS capabilities projected to be developed include 1) adding the missing mission planning data fields based on the Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center (CERDEC) evaluation of Sprint 9/Release 1, 2) completing the Release 1 backlog along with the other core software requirements related to security, and 3) adding the access controls based on the current login procedures (via medium assurance Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), Login/Password and KMI certificate).
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2014
- Source ID
- 501_0303140A_7_2040_PB_2014
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