Integrated Defensive Cyberspace System (IDCS) Development
Abstract
Note: BPAC 677823 formerly used for AFCERT and ACD will now be used to describe the Integrated Defensive Cyber System (IDCS) that subsumes the missions of AFCERT, CVA/H and CDA. This activity also includes cloud-based big data capabilities and associated research and development to apply machine learning to cyberspace defenses. The USAF will develop a modern containerized software-based system known as IDCS. IDCSC will be deployable to physical, virtual and cloud-based hosts and will provide for interconnectivity, management and data processing across the data fabric. The physical domain will leverage modular commercial hardware - procured with Other Procurement Air Force (OPAF) funding in 0208088F -- with processing power tailored to the data throughput and speed requirements present at each AF base across both fixed and mobile configurations. The architecture will include data transport to Big Data Platform capabilities present at Enterprise and at the tactical edge. Development activities include data processing and visualization to take advantage of additional data made available by the IDCS. IDCS includes the Air Force's Big Data Platform, Enterprise Logging Ingest & Cyber Situational Awareness Refinery (ELICSAR), which is federated with, and leverages the technical baseline of the Unified Platform program. IDCS leverages Platform One's Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) technology to enable continuous Authorization to Operate, essential to deploy system updates at the speed of relevance. IDCS will employ, over time, data analysis powered by advances in Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2024
- Source ID
- 55d15e5fc6076491f62b09885f82d57e