Transitioning to Secure Web-Based Standards and Protocols

Abstract

Across DoD, non-standard IT arrangements and complexities grew with every new system and application. For example, in response to many procurement solicitations, vendors implemented their own security and communications solutions. As a consequence DoD organizations have thousands of systems with unique characteristics and vulnerabilities. The complexities of a myriad customized systems and applications with often repeated data and information saved on local servers and computers make information sharing difficult and expensive, and reveal uneven security policies and practices that add to enterprise vulnerabilities.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2010
Accession Number
AD1124081

Entities

People

  • Coimbatore S. Chandersekaran
  • Elizabeth A. Mcdaniel
  • Kevin E. Foltz
  • William R. Simpson

Organizations

  • Institute for Defense Analyses

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Cyber
  • Engineered Resilient Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Application Software
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Command And Control
  • Commerce
  • Computers
  • Cybersecurity
  • Information Assurance
  • Information Exchange
  • Information Security
  • Information Systems
  • Infrastructure
  • Markup Languages
  • National Security
  • Reliability
  • Security
  • Situational Awareness
  • Standards
  • Vulnerability
  • Web Applications
  • Web Service

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Computer Networking
  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Systems Analysis and Design