Overview of a High Assurance Architecture for Distributed Multilevel Security

Abstract

A high assurance architecture is described for the protection of distributed multilevel secure computing environments from malicious code and other attacks. Component security services and mechanisms extend and inter-operate with commodity PCs, commodity client software, applications, trusted components, and legacy single level networks, providing new capabilities for composing secure, distributed multilevel security. This architecture results from the realization that unless a secure system offers users comfortable and familiar interfaces for handling routine information, it will fail due to lack of user acceptability.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2004
Accession Number
ADA484215

Entities

People

  • Albert Wong
  • Cynthia E. Irvine
  • David Bibighaus
  • David Shifflett
  • Francis Afinidad
  • Jean Khosalim
  • Joseph Sears
  • Paul C. Clark
  • Thuy D. Nguyen
  • Timothy E. Levin

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Cyber

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Application Protocols
  • Command And Control
  • Commodities
  • Communication Channels
  • Computer Access Control
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Computing System Architectures
  • Environment
  • Local Area Networks
  • Malware
  • Network Architecture
  • Operating Systems
  • Security
  • Standards
  • United States Military Academy
  • Web Browsers

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Cybersecurity.
  • Parallel and Distributed Computing.
  • Systems Analysis and Design