Implementing the Victory Access Control Framework in a Military Ground Vehicle

Abstract

The Vehicular Integration for Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, and Surveillance/Electronic Warfare (C4ISR/EW) Interoperability (VICTORY) Standard provides an open architecture and technical specifications to promote sharing and reuse of resources within the military ground vehicle (MGV). The VICTORY Access Control Framework (VACF) provides services and mechanisms for protecting many of these shared-resources through the adoption of standards such as Security Attribute Markup Language (SAML) and eXtensible Access Control Markup Language (XACML). These technologies are typically used for securing an Enterprise Architecture and no fundamental issues appear to preclude their successful use within a MGV. However, despite consistent demand and pressure from Program Managers, and the successful deployment of many other VICTORY components, there has been no successful demonstration of these security components in an integrated vehicular environment. This paper presents a brief overview of the VACF and possible solutions for overcoming the practical challenges associated with implementing it in a MGV.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 2015
Accession Number
ADA620943

Entities

People

  • Alex Laberge
  • Kim Woodward
  • Leonard Elliott

Organizations

  • United States Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Cyber
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computer Access Control
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Computing System Architectures
  • Deployment
  • Engineering
  • Ground Vehicles
  • Language
  • Security
  • Software Development
  • Specifications
  • Standards
  • Systems Engineering
  • United States
  • United States Government
  • Vehicles
  • Web Service

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Cybersecurity.
  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

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