Intelligence & Security
Abstract
Intelligence and Security Program Major Program Goals: -Ensure the Intelligence Community understands and fulfills MDA`s current and future prioritized intelligence requirements in an accurate and timely manner; advocate BMDS test support collection requirements with the Intelligence Community; and ensure that MDA`s intelligence needs and finished intelligence requirements are understood while ensuring the Intelligence Community is involved in technical interchange meetings. -Continue the federated approach to supporting MDA by leveraging available National and DoD Counterintelligence resources to ensure counterintelligence products and services are fully integrated into all RDT&E programs and activities to protect classified information and critical technologies and to support and protect MDA and BMDS personnel, facilities, information and activities from criminal, terrorist and Foreign Intelligence and Security Service targeting/threats. -Consistently, comprehensively and definitively define information assurance requirements for Continental United States (CONUS) and non-CONUS based on BMDS assets. Define Information Assurance/Computer Network Defense and cyber security infrastructure intelligence requirements to focus Intelligence Community collection, analysis and production to target MDA/BMDS vulnerabilities, definitize, and incorporate information assurance requirements into the systems engineering process. The Security and Intelligence Project captures three specific areas: 1) Intelligence 2) Counterintelligence 3) BMDS Information Assurance Development and Management Collectively, these efforts provide critical information regarding threat ballistic missile system capabilities (via intelligence); protection of personnel, activities, and technology from espionage and terrorism through active and passive activities (via counterintelligence); and Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) system vulnerabilities (via BMDS information assurance). Specifically, the Intelligence and Security program activities support the overarching MDA objectives of defending the homeland against a limited ballistic missile attack; defending U.S. forces, allies and partners against regional threats; and developing flexible capabilities that can be adapted as threats evolve. 1) Intelligence: The MDA Intelligence Requirements Division serves as a clearing house for MDA`s requirements for the Intelligence Community collection, analysis and production. The MDA Intelligence Requirements Division serves as the quality control and dissemination agent of Intelligence Community products for all properly cleared Government and contractor personnel and provides feedback to the Intelligence Community on subsequent questions, issues and other requirements resulting from Intelligence Community reporting. The intelligence process begins when the Intelligence Community collects and analyzes data on foreign threat missiles. Resulting threats and threat changes are provided to the Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) System Engineer, who uses the threats to develop and change the BMDS. This information reduces risk and improves system performance. It enables MDA Program Managers to achieve a sufficiently accurate understanding of the threat environment to respond to relevant capabilities of immediate importance, make informed decisions, and invest limited resources on countering the most significant aspects of potential adversary capabilities. Other aspects of the Intelligence Division are designed to gain access to, and leverage unique Intelligence Community developed, owned and operated capabilities for the benefit and advocacy of the Missile Defense Community. Numerous Intelligence Community capabilities are highly classified and require both access and expertise to exploit. 2) Counterintelligence: Pursuant to Executive Order 12333, (US Intelligence Activities), DoD Directive O-5240.2 (DoD Counterintelligence), and other DoD Counterintelligence policy issuances, the MDA Counterintelligence Division is charged with undertaking activities as part of an integrated DoD and national effort, to detect, identify, assess, exploit, degrade and counter or neutralize foreign intelligence collection efforts, sabotage, espionage, sedition, subversion, terrorist and other intelligence activities directed against MDA personnel, information, materials, facilities, and activities or against U.S. national security. As a member of the DoD Counterintelligence Community, the Counterintelligence Division`s portfolio includes the following missions and functions: -Counterintelligence Investigative Inquiries: Pursuant to DoD Instruction 5240.21, the Counterintelligence Division conducts counterintelligence investigative inquiries into reported or suspected clandestine relationships between MDA personnel and agents of a foreign power and/or individuals associated with international terrorist organizations; failure to report contact with a foreign intelligence service and/or failure to comply with DoD reporting requirements pursuant to DoD Instruction 5240.6. Counterintelligence inquiries establish or refute a reasonable belief that a particular person was acting for or on behalf of, or an event was related to, a foreign power engaged in spying or committing espionage, sabotage, treason, sedition, subversion, assassinations, or international terrorist activities. When such allegations are substantiated, the Counterintelligence Division refers them to the appropriate Title 10, U.S. Code jurisdiction (Army, Navy or United States Air Force Counterintelligence Organization, Defense Criminal Investigative Services or Federal Bureau of Investigation) for further investigative action. -Counterintelligence Collection and Reporting: Pursuant to DoD Instruction S-5240.17, the Counterintelligence Division systematically collects counterintelligence information from U.S. and foreign partner intelligence, counterintelligence, security and law enforcement entities through routine liaison and other activities associated with multi-national Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) conferences overseas, RDT&E activities and BMDS deployments worldwide. The Counterintelligence Division also conducts briefings and debriefings of MDA personnel who travel overseas and passes on any relevant information to the U.S. Intelligence Community via Intelligence Information Reports, as appropriate, to answer validated DoD Counterintelligence collection requirements. -Counterintelligence Analysis and Production: Pursuant to DoD Instruction 5240.18, the Counterintelligence Division conducts unclassified and classified web-based research and prepares tailored, timely and relevant analytical products that address threats from espionage, international terrorism, subversion, sabotage, assassination, other clandestine or covert activities, and any other similar activities targeting MDA that are reasonably believed to have a foreign nexus. This includes threats to MDA personnel, property, flight tests, RDT&E activities, and worldwide conferences in addition to intelligence collection threats to MDA critical program information, Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) technologies, administrative and mission networks or infrastructure. -Counterintelligence Functional Services: Pursuant to DoD Instruction 5240.16, the Counterintelligence Division conducts specialized defensive counterintelligence activities to identify and counter terrorism, espionage, sabotage and other related activities of foreign intelligence services in support of MDA flight tests, Special Access Programs, continental U.S. (CONUS)/Outside CONUS (OCONUS) BMD conferences, BMDS field deployments and initiatives and other worldwide initiatives. Specialized defensive counterintelligence activities include the conduct of Technical Surveillance Countermeasures surveys/inspections pursuant to DoD Instruction 5240.5, and computer forensics examinations in support of investigations resulting from reported insider threats and/or foreign computer intrusions. -Counterintelligence Awareness, Briefing and Reporting Program: Pursuant to DoD Instruction 5240.6, the Counterintelligence Division provides initial (MDA Newcomer`s briefing) and periodic Counterintelligence Awareness briefings to DoD military, civilian and contractor personnel assigned to MDA. These briefings focus on the threats posed by foreign intelligence services, international terrorists, computer intruders and unauthorized disclosures, in addition to individual reporting responsibilities. The Counterintelligence Division also provides mandatory foreign travel threat briefings to all MDA outside the continental U.S. (OCONUS) travelers to familiarize them with potential terrorism, criminal, health, political and foreign intelligence and security service threats they may encounter. Follow-up debriefings are conducted to capture pertinent counterintelligence information that is shared with other MDA travelers and the U.S. Intelligence Community, as appropriate. -Counterintelligence in Cyberspace: Pursuant to DoD Instruction 5240.LL and other DoD policy guidance, the Counterintelligence Division conducts defensive cyber activities and computer forensics using specialized gear and software toolsets to detect, identify, assess, deter, neutralize or exploit the activities of individuals, organizations, international terrorists and foreign intelligence and security services attempting to extricate information from MDA administrative or mission networks or using the MDA cyberspace domain to conduct espionage, other intelligence activities, sabotage, and assassinations against MDA personnel, facilities, programs and/or activities. 3) BMDS Information Assurance Division: This division assists the Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) to manage and deploy Information Assurance/Computer Network Defense (IA/CND) requirements and solutions to fulfill DoD and Warfighter mandates, while enhancing the robustness and resilience of the cyber infrastructure. To fulfill this role, the BMDS Information Assurance Division works in concert with Information Assurance Engineers and Information Assurance managers to obtain a comprehensive picture of the overall IA/CND architecture at all levels of the BMDS, then influence the design by 1) identifying and developing Core Standards and Requirements to implement Defense-in-Depth within planned development cycles (Builds); 2) providing oversight, coordination and management of key information assurance management processes, technical requirements development, and policy-mandated responsibilities; 3) providing contract acquisition support to BMDS Elements ensuring information assurance is addressed throughout the procurement process and; 4) interfacing with the Intelligence Community to define cyber security threats relevant to the BMDS. To fulfill stated mission requirements, the division interfaces with relevant information assurance experts to assess requirements, documentation and IA/CND design, gain insight into past/present/future security related issues, and exploit threat/vulnerability assessments to identify trends, understand threats and manage risks to fulfill developmental related requirements.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2012
- Source ID
- MD28_0603890C_4_0400_PB_2012
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