BMD Information Management Systems

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The Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) Information Management Systems Project funds the Information Technology (IT), Information Assurance (IA) and telecommunications infrastructure of the Agency. The information management, cyber security, information assurance and telecommunications infrastructure is critical to the day-to-day functions of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Director, MDA senior leaders and all MDA personnel to communicate (classified and unclassified) with each other, Congress, senior DoD and other U.S. government agency personnel, Combatant Commanders, North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) partners, and other industry partners. Communication among these organizations facilitates the MDA mission of developing and fielding an integrated Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) to defend the United States, our deployed forces, allies and friends against all ranges of enemy ballistic missiles in all phases of flight. The MDA information technology, cyber security, information assurance and telecommunication capabilities support rigorous missile defense testing and facilitates the development of technologies to guard against future missile threat growth. Communications are vital for missile defense to continue a viable homeland defense against rogue threats and to provide the integration required to defend deployed forces, allies, and friends against theater threats. The information technology, cyber security, information assurance and telecommunications infrastructure consists of MDA secure information technology systems, data centers, operations and monitoring centers which are vital to support the strategic mission of the Agency and necessary to meet disaster recovery and continuity of operations requirements. This infrastructure is required to sustain access to the Secret Internet Protocol Router Network (SIPRNET), Non secure Internet Protocol Router Network (NIPRNET), MDA classified and unclassified networks, classified and unclassified video teleconferencing services, test and business knowledge data centers, the Defense Research Engineering Network (DREN). These mission critical functions provide for the efficient operation and safeguarding of all agency information in locations supporting MDA around the world including Alabama, Alaska, California, Colorado, Hawaii, New Mexico, Virginia, Europe, Israel, and Japan. This project funds information management/information technology operations for multiple systems in MDA facilities. To support the Director`s intent to significantly improve all layers of our BMDS, this project funds several Information Technology (IT) mission critical functions. These functions provide for the efficient operation and safeguarding of Agency information in compliance with Department of Defense (DoD) policies and in keeping with the President`s declaration that ``cyber threat is one of the most serious economic and national security challenges we face as a nation``. The mission critical functions of this project include: -Provide critical day-to-day IT support to the Agency mission at all locations -Information Technology enterprise architecture that is compliant with DoD and Federally mandated standards for the business and mission support activities of the MDA -Interaction with the U.S. Cyber Command for instructions and regulatory guidance and reporting requirements -Provide DoD approved solutions for information sharing, electronic records management, financial management, and efficient and secure business and mission support activities throughout MDA -Knowledge center integration and universal access for information sharing capabilities -Consolidated information technology infrastructure in support of information technology line of business goals/objectives -Information assurance controls and computer network defense of MDA networks infrastructure for disaster recovery and continuity of operations capabilities -Information Assurance certification and accreditation processes that support the Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS), test assets, and administrative support networks -Cyber Security implementation of information technology policies, guidance, planning, oversight, and monitoring to ensure continued compliance with DoD mandated initiatives, statutes, regulations, directives, and policies The BMD Information Management Systems Project MD30 for FY 2011 and FY 2012 consists of the five mission critical Information Technology (IT) functions and the associated FY 2011 Accomplishments and FY 2012 Plans. -General Information Technology (IT) Services (FY 2011 and FY 2012) The General IT Services mission critical function consists of IT support services required to operate and maintain the classified and unclassified IT infrastructure in the National Capital Region including the MDA Headquarters Command Center at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, Aegis Program Office at Dahlgren, Virginia; several MDA locations in Huntsville, Alabama region; the Colorado Springs, Colorado region; Edwards and Los Angeles Air Force Bases, California; Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico; MDA`s enclave at Fort Greely and Elmendorf AFB, Alaska. This includes IT operations and maintenance, help desk services and hardware maintenance and software licensing in support of BMDS mission, research and test efforts as well as MDA business processes. Funding also supports coordination with the MDA Enterprise Network Operations Security Center (ENOSC) to implement Information Assurance Vulnerability Assessments (IAVAs) issued by the U.S. Cyber Command. This mission critical function also funds planning, programming, budget and execution support and Federal and DoD IT compliance reporting. The funding supports operations and maintenance of new facilities in Huntsville, Alabama; and Fort Belvoir and Dahlgren, Virginia. This function provides the infrastructure necessary for planning and coordination of the Director`s Research, Development, Test & Evaluation (RDT&E), operation and maintenance, and upgrade initiatives for the Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS). -Knowledge and Information Management (FY 2011 and FY 2012) In accordance with the Clinger Cohen Act and DoD directives, this mission critical function provides for the licensing and sustainment of DoD approved enterprise information applications. This function also provides management and storage of both the unclassified and classified MDA data to share information and knowledge throughout the Missile Defense community. Examples of DoD mandated and mission essential applications include Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) Asset Management System, BMDS Integrated Master Schedule, Electronic Records Management System, Electronic Tasking (E-Tasker), Integrated Acquisition Environment, data management tool, financial management tools, personnel tracking system, MDA Identify and Management Infrastructure application, Computer-Aided Facilities Management, the MDA Employee Development Center, the Program Resource Internet Database Environment (PRIDE), and the MDA Standard Procurement System (SPS). This function supports the operations and maintenance of the Visual Information Production Centers, state of-the-art, high capacity graphic and video production services for senior leadership and agency employees. This function provides the infrastructure necessary for planning and coordination of the Director`s RDT&E, operations and maintenance, and upgrade initiatives for the Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS). -Unified Communications (FY 2011 and FY 2012) The Unified Communications mission critical function supports leased communications (classified and unclassified wide area networks, metropolitan area networks, and local area networks), telecommunications (local and long distance telephone services and secure and non secure mobile and desktop telephony devices), management, engineering, systems integration, operations, and maintenance and technical support services. These services are provided at MDA locations including the National Capital Region; Huntsville, Alabama; Colorado Springs, Colorado and interceptor sites at Fort Greely and Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska; Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico and Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. This includes classified and unclassified voice and data circuits, video teleconferencing and sustainment of Video Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) capability to enhance resolution and control costs. Circuits and associated services are provided by the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) as well as the Defense Research and Engineering Network (DREN). These circuits provide access to over 80 government and industry partner locations to enable information sharing of BMD-related data throughout the global MDA Enterprise. Also included are planning efforts to ensure that the policies and budget are in place to support BMDS mission and to comply with statutory and DoD policies including: Clinger-Cohen Act, the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA), and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Information Technology (IT) budget reporting policies. This function provides the infrastructure necessary for planning and coordination of the Director`s Research, Development, Test & Evaluation (RDT&E), operations and maintenance, and upgrade initiatives for the BMDS. -Cyber Security and Information Assurance (IA) (FY 2011 and FY 2012) The Cyber Security and Information Assurance mission critical function supports the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) and is a key priority of the MDA Director. This vital program of the BMDS and MDA Enterprise consists of cyber security, information assurance, computer network defense, network situational awareness, and certification and accreditation activities to comply with the Global Information Grid Information Assurance Strategic Plan and Goals, DoD information assurance directives, instructions and guidelines. Additionally, the cyber security and information assurance program integrates human capital management initiatives to sustain and improve the continuity of workforce operations by providing information assurance workforce training and certification. The information assurance program provides system security engineering, development, and testing to ensure that command, control, communications, and computing systems are protected against malicious or accidental attacks and supports the transfer of missile defense capabilities between MDA and the Services. The MDA cyber security and information assurance program provides the network security operations center and supporting processes to protect and defend MDA knowledge stores and information systems against cyber warfare. The MDA Enterprise Network Operations Security Center manages network situational awareness and status reporting. The MDA Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) coordinates with the U.S. Cyber Command to identify and implement network vulnerability updates. This ensures the availability, integrity, authentication, confidentiality and non-repudiation of the MDA mission, test and administrative systems. This function ensures the Information Technology (IT) support structure is sustained at an appropriate level to meet the Director`s operational availability across multiple environments and locations. -Information Technology (IT) Sustainment Engineering (FY 2011 and FY 2012) This mission critical function provides project planning, sustainment engineering efforts, and Information Technology (IT) equipment and consumables for MDA general IT services and business systems to ensure compliance with Federal and DoD enterprise standards. Engineering efforts are essential to ensure the continuity of IT services necessary for the design, development, modeling, and testing of the Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS). Information Technology consumables consist of critical equipment sparing and test equipment necessary to sustain the general IT services to facilitate critical repairs within a 24 hour period. IT consumables also consist of items that require periodic replacement such as toner, keyboards, monitors, cabling, etc. This function provides the infrastructure necessary for planning and coordination of the Director`s RDT&E, operations and maintenance, and upgrade initiatives for the BMDS. The BMD Information Management Systems Project MD30 for FY 2013 consists of seven (IT) service strategies and the associated FY 2013 Base Plans. -End User Support (FY 2013) The End User Support service strategy includes IT operations and maintenance, help desk services, hardware maintenance and software licensing in support of BMDS mission, research and test efforts as well as MDA business processes. These services are provided at MDA locations including Huntsville, Alabama; Fort Greely and Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska; Vandenberg Air Force Base, California; Colorado Springs, Colorado; Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico; and Fort Belvoir and Dahlgren, Virginia. Information Technology consumables consist of critical equipment sparing and test equipment necessary to facilitate critical repairs within a 24 hour period that ensures compliance with Federal and DoD enterprise standards. IT consumables also consist of items that require periodic replacement such as toner, keyboards, monitors, cabling, etc. End User Support services also includes the sustainment of desktops, laptops, thin clients, and associated hardware, office productivity software licensing, email services, printing and copy services, file services, directory services, authentication services, helpdesk and tracking services, client support administration, employee moves, mission/test/engineer unique software applications and licenses, offsite contractor end user support, offsite events, conferences, summits, and mission/test events. -Unified Communications (FY 2013) The Unified Communications service strategy supports leased communications (classified and unclassified wide area networks, metropolitan area networks, and local area networks), telecommunications (local and long distance telephone services and secure and non secure mobile and desktop telephony devices), management, engineering, systems integration, operations, maintenance, and technical support services. These services are provided at MDA locations including Huntsville, Alabama; Fort Greely, Alaska; Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska; Vandenberg Air Force Base, California; Colorado Springs, Colorado; Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico; Dahlgren, Virginia; and Fort Belvoir, Virginia. This includes classified and unclassified voice and data circuits, video teleconferencing and sustainment of Voice/Video Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) capability to enhance resolution and control costs. Circuits and associated services are provided by the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) as well as the Defense Research and Engineering Network (DREN). These circuits provide access to over 80 government and industry partner locations to enable information sharing of BMD-related data throughout the global MDA Enterprise. Unified Communications includes sustainment of Video Teleconferencing (VTC) hardware/software, VTC and conference room scheduler application, BlackBerrys and wireless services, instant messaging and collaboration, secure and non-secure telephone equipment, private branch exchange switches maintenance, unclassified desktop/laptop integrated audio/video collaboration services, secure Telepresence suites and secure mobile cell phones. -Information Assurance/Computer Network Defense (IA/CND) (FY 2013) This Information Assurance/Computer Network Defense (IA/CND) service strategy provides protection of classified and unclassified infrastructure necessary for planning and coordination of the Director`s RDT&E, operations and maintenance, and upgrade initiatives for the BMDS. This service strategy provides compliance with Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) and includes implementation of the DoD Information Assurance Certification and Accreditation Process (DIACAP) to manage risk, conduct security assessments, and monitor compliance with applicable security controls. This vital program of the BMDS and MDA Enterprise consists of cyber security, information assurance, computer network defense, network situational awareness, and certification and accreditation activities to comply with the Global Information Grid Information Assurance Strategic Plan and Goals, DoD information assurance directives, instructions and guidelines. This strategy also supports coordination with the MDA Enterprise Network Operations Security Center (ENOSC) to implement Information Assurance Vulnerability Assessments (IAVAs) issued by the U.S. Cyber Command. Additionally, the IA/CND program integrates human capital management initiatives to sustain and improve the continuity of workforce operations by providing information assurance workforce training and certification in accordance with DoD Manual 8570.1. The information assurance program provides system security engineering, development, and testing to ensure that command, control, communications, and computing systems are protected against malicious or accidental attacks and supports the transfer of missile defense capabilities between MDA and the Services. The MDA information assurance program provides the network security operations center and supporting processes to protect and defend MDA knowledge stores and information systems against cyber warfare. The MDA ENOSC manages network situational awareness and status reporting. The MDA Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) coordinates with the U.S. Cyber Command to identify and implement network vulnerability updates. This ensures the availability, integrity, authentication, confidentiality and non-repudiation of the MDA mission, test and administrative systems. Information Assurance/Computer Network Defense (IA/CND) includes the sustainment of MDA CERT network oversight and coordination, MDA CERT hardware and software, general services IA monitoring and analysis, Information Assurance Vulnerability Assessment (IAVA) and Communication Tasking Order (CTO) remediation and patching, computer forensics and sanitizing, data-at-rest encryption, Incident Response system and Information Assurance Vulnerability Assessment (IAVA) compliance reporting, general service network certification testing and accreditation support, annual workforce training and reporting, BMDS/Test certification testing and accreditation support, BMDS/Test protection, detection, reaction and recovery, BMDS/Test monitoring and Analysis, classified message spills recovery, and Cross Domain Solutions. -Business Automation Services (FY 2013) In accordance with the Clinger Cohen Act and DoD directives, the Business Automation Services strategy provides for the licensing and sustainment of DoD approved enterprise information applications and business applications. Examples of DoD mandated and mission essential applications include Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) Asset Management System, BMDS Integrated Master Schedule, Electronic Records Management System, Electronic Tasking (E-Tasker), Integrated Acquisition Environment, data management tool, financial management tools, personnel tracking system, MDA Identify and Management Infrastructure application, Computer-Aided Facilities Management, the MDA Employee Development Center, the Program Resource Internet Database Environment (PRIDE), and the MDA Standard Procurement System (SPS), HR database DCPDS dashboard reporting upgrade, learning management system, Staff Action Control & Coordination Portal (SACCP) and e-tasker suspense and action tracking system hardware and software, server administration hosting licensing and management, integrated access and diamond II badge system, DoD Eligibility Enrollment Reporting System (DEERS), Real-time Automated Personnel Identification System (RAPIDS) stations and Common Access Card (CAC) card stock ) -Portal and Data Services (FY 2013) The Portal and Data Services strategy provides operations and maintenance of the Unclassified and Classified MDA Knowledge Online and storage of both the unclassified and classified MDA data to share information and knowledge throughout the Missile Defense community. This function is also responsible for executive dashboards, records management implementation and solutions, privacy and civil liberties compliance and reporting. Portal and Data Services includes classified and unclassified MDA Portal applications and SharePoint licenses, Portal infrastructure, Electronic Record Management System, MDA privacy and civil liberties compliance and reporting, publications, periodicals, and digitization services, data storage, data mining, and data management services. The MDA Portal provides the conduit to MDA business applications and is a knowledge sharing tool used throughout the BMDS community. -Network and Infrastructure Services (FY 2013) Network and Infrastructure Services enables user-friendly operations to client computers by providing for the operation and maintenance of the classified and unclassified IT network and shared resources in the MDA Enterprise. These services are provided at MDA locations including Huntsville, Alabama; Fort Greely and Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska; Vandenberg Air Force Base, California; Colorado Springs, Colorado; Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico; and Fort Belvoir and Dahlgren, Virginia. Network and Infrastructure Services provide operations and maintenance of data centers in Huntsville, Alabama and Colorado Springs, Colorado to include classified and unclassified servers, storage, switches, routers, and communication closets. Network and Infrastructure Services includes sustainment of Enterprise network operations and performance monitoring (hardware appliances), boundary management (routers, switches), internet access management and web filtering, global address and active directory management, communications distribution maintenance, communications security (COMSEC) operations and equipment, computing and data center management, Disaster Recovery and Continuity of Operations (DR/COOP) rehearsals, network hardware end-of-life replacement, cross domain solutions, circuits delivery services, agency-wide Defense Red Switch Network (DRSN), end user device support, and BMDS deployable COMSEC support. -Information Technology (IT) Planning and Solutions (FY 2013) The Information Technology (IT) Planning and Solutions service strategy provides IT project planning, IT life-cycle asset management, enterprise architecture planning and documentation, architecture change and configuration management licensing, Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and DoD IT compliance tracking and reporting, customer requirements and project management. This function also supports the MDA Command Group IT project planning and documentation such as Executive digital dashboard, Human Resource Tasking System, and Electronic Tasker to Staff Act Control & Coordination Portal (SACCP) Integration. Also included are planning efforts to ensure that the policies and budget are in place to support BMDS mission and to comply with Federal Laws and DoD policies, directives, regulations, including: Clinger-Cohen Act, the Federal Information Security Management Act, and OMB IT budget reporting policies.

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Document Type: Project
Publication Date: Oct 01, 2013
Source ID: MD30_0603890C_4_0400_PB_2013

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