Information and Communications Technology and the Global Marketplace
Abstract
The global information and communications technology (ICT) marketplace brings innumerable benefits to the U.S. Government and the Department of Defense (DoD). However, this extended and often unknown supply chain has created an environment where trustworthiness in commercial ICT products is no longer implicit, requiring the U.S. Government to expand its understanding of Information Assurance (IA). In this new environment, employing comprehensive protection mechanisms requires consideration of both the depth and breadth of the approach; that is, risk and risk mitigation must be considered across the entire life cycle of the product or system, from requirements development to retirement. The DoD is working to develop solutions to manage risk at the network, systems, and product level. Potential solutions include partnership with industry in supply chain oversight and standardization to facilitate keeping intruders and malware out of U.S. Government and DoD networks.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 01, 2008
- Accession Number
- ADA486961
Entities
People
- Mitchell Komaroff
Organizations
- Assistant Secretary of Defense for Networks and Information Integration