BMD Information Management Systems

Abstract

The Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) Information Management Systems Project funds the Information Technology (IT), Cybersecurity, Information Assurance (IA), and telecommunications infrastructure of the Agency. Information management systems are critical to the day-to-day functions of 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. MDA information management systems 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 management systems consist of MDA secure communication networks, IT 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. This project funds IT, mission critical functions, providing 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 on 29 May 2009, that "cyber threat is one of the most serious economic and national security challenges we face as a nation". Project MD30 was realigned into the following seven inter-agency mission critical IT services and the associated plans to align with the Federal Information Technology Shared Services Strategy. 1. End User Support This service strategy supports end user office productivity needs and covers the licensing and sustainment of desktops, laptops, and associated hardware and software. The support also covers printing and copy services, file and directory services, user authentication, and help desk support for break-fix actions. 2. Unified Communications This 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. Unified Communications also 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. 3. Information Assurance/Computer Network Defense (IA/CND) This 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 cybersecurity, 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. 4. Business Automation Services In accordance with the Clinger Cohen Act and Defense Business Systems Investment Management Process, the Business Automation Services strategy provides for the licensing and sustainment of DoD business enterprise architecture approved applications. This function ensures that MDA business applications meet the interoperable defense business solutions requirements for federal accounting, financial management, and reporting requirements 5. Portal and Data Services The Portal and Data Services strategy enables knowledge and information sharing across MDA. This service includes operations and maintenance of the Unclassified and Classified MDA Knowledge Online portals and associated storage. This function is also responsible for records management solutions, and privacy and civil liberties compliance and reporting. 6. Network and Infrastructure Services This strategy includes operations and sustainment of MDA classified and unclassified networks and data centers. This service ensures DoD compliant delivery, oversight and performance monitoring of IT systems that enable, secures IT systems access, server and storage capacity management, and communications security (COMSEC) status. This service also supports Disaster Recovery and Continuity of Operations (DR/COOP) rehearsals and network hardware break/fix and end-of-life replacement. 7. Information Technology (IT) Planning and Solutions This service strategy provides IT project planning and management, life-cycle asset management, enterprise architecture planning and documentation, architecture change and configuration management, Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and DoD IT compliance tracking and reporting.

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Document Details

Document Type
Project
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2016
Source ID
MD30_0603890C_4_0400_PB_2016

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Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Computer Networking
  • Cybersecurity.
  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.

Technology Areas

  • Cyber

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