INFORMATION SECURITY: Progress and Challenges to an Effective Defense-wide Information Assurance Program

Abstract

DOD relies increasingly on globally networked computer systems to manage the information it uses to perform operational missions and daily management functions. These systems provide military offensive and defensive capabilities as well as intelligence support. According to DOD, the department operates 2 million to 3 million computers, 100,000 local area networks, and 100 long-distance networksincluding service-based, joint defense, and intelligence computers and networks such as the Global Command and Control System, which supports distributed collaborative, worldwide planning for crisis and contingency operations, and the Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communication System, with more than 100 sites worldwide.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2001
Accession Number
AD1174075

Entities

People

  • Robert F. Dacey

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Cyber
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Authentication
  • Business Administration
  • Command And Control
  • Command And Control Systems
  • Communication Systems
  • Computer Networks
  • Computers
  • Congress
  • Control Systems
  • Cybersecurity
  • Department Of Defense
  • Electronic Mail
  • Human Resources
  • Information Assurance
  • Information Operations
  • Information Security
  • Information Systems
  • Infrastructure
  • Insider Threats
  • Intrusion Detection
  • Law
  • Local Area Networks
  • Management Personnel
  • National Security
  • Networks
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Product Development
  • Security
  • United States Pacific Command
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Government Contracting/Procurement.
  • Irregular Warfare and Special Operations Cyberspace Operations against Adversarial Threats.
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.

Technology Areas

  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control