Solving the Cross-Domain Conundrum
Abstract
Commanders have operated in multiple security domains since the advent of national security classification structures and command and control systems. Planning, execution, and control in JIIM environments demands the movement of information between the security domains of all participants. Cross-domain solutions facilitate the necessary transfers, but only for systems designed to operate at multiple security levels or with multilevel security. Cross-domain solutions are also constrained by cost and security policies. Interoperability certification processes in the DOD components must require explicit identification of cross-domain requirements so the necessary resource flows are incorporated into system design. Multiple security level systems should expand their functions to provide cross-domain capability to commanders until multilevel security solutions become more prevalent and less costly. Capability developers should incorporate enterprise cross-domain services into objective architectures, in anticipation of DISA and DODIIS provisioning. Research and development efforts beyond the 2013 Future Years Defense Program should focus on domain convergence.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 2013
- Accession Number
- ADA589325
Entities
People
- Bernard F. Koelsch
Organizations
- United States Army War College