Securing the Interaction between Unclassified Military Networks and Other Systems
Abstract
Unclassified networked systems represent a significant proportion of military information systems and are very important for NATO and are vital in order to enable NATO to perform its military functions. This paper gives sample threats that must be countered. However, there are other security requirements, including the ability to share information in a controlled manner, to have it always available, wherever the users are and whenever they need it, but only to the correct people. This very need to manage the sharing of information with a wide variety of users makes it harder to manage the security of an unclassified network than a classified network. It is necessary to balance the requirements to share with the need to protect. It is not just the computers that need protection -- the communications need protection too; this should be done holistically. The document finishes by giving some potential solutions to computer security problems.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Nov 01, 2004
- Accession Number
- ADA447303
Entities
People
- Richard Hicks