Information Systems Engineering Command (ISEC) personnel were briefed regarding several areas that were a concern to Task Force Mercury (TFM) personnel. ISEC is assisting TFM in ongoing Special Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF) projects for the Yongsan Relocation Program / Land Partnership Program (YRP/LPP). Areas of ISEC concern include security standards for SCIFs but also the obtainment of In Line Network Encryptors (INE)s. These items will be included in a future Augmentation to Table of Distributions and Allowances (AUGTDA) being prepared in support of new YRP/LPP requirements. ISEC personnel were also briefed on the future deployment of Common High Assurance Internet Protocol Encryptor (HAIPE) Interoperable Manager to Efficient Remote Administration (CHIMERA) in supporting the Secret Internet Protocol Router Network (SIPRNet) and the Combined Enterprise Regional Information Exchange System Korea (CENTRIXS-K) networks. They were also briefed on the possibility of the CHIMERA being used on the Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communications …show more content…
System (JWICs) network. Assisted in the preparation of slides by TFM personnel.
These slides were prepared to brief the 1st SIG BDE S-3 regarding the process of allowing CHIMERA on networks (SIPRNet and CENTRIXS-K) which 1st SIG BDE has the responsibility for supporting. The 1st SIG BDE was briefed and additional questions/concerns were questioned the requirement to obtain an Authority to Operate (ATO) or Authority to Connect (ATC) before allowing CHIMERA on these networks. In the teleconference these issues were addressed and it was stressed and reiterated by Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center (CERDEC) personnel that a Certificate of Networthiness (CoN) was all that was needed since CHIMERA is an application not a system. This was briefed to the Chief, Cyber Security Branch 41st SIG BN who in turn placed less stringent requirements for the deployment of CHIMERA on the SIPRNet and CENTRIXS-K
networks. A meeting was attended concerning the way ahead for 2nd Sustainment Brigade (2nd SBDE), CA 5DK007. Areas discussed included recent COMSEC Audit Failure, correcting noted discrepancies, submission of an accurate Reply by Endorsement (RBE) and necessary actions needed to ensure this is non-recurring. At the conclusion of this discussion a meeting was scheduled with the 2nd Infantry Division (2ND ID) G-6 to brief the proposed way ahead. A teleconference was held with 2nd ID G-6, 2nd ID CAM, 2nd SBDE S-6, and CIR discussing problems and proposed way ahead.
The purpose of the RM Plan will be to provide an updated RM plan of the Department of Defense Defense Logistics Agency Defense Logistics Information Service. The current RM Plan has become outdated due to advancements in technology, technology vulnerability and exploitation, government regulations, and data protection standards. The new RM Plan project will be designed to bring the plan up to date with all requirements and set a ready framework for further updates as required. The importance of the plan is stated as the necessity to proactively mitigate the risk to the DLIS and the information secure and the information the DLIS is accountable for.
This project must meet the requirements of DoD security policies and standards for delivery of the technology services. The first requirement we are to discuss is Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) which is a United States legislation that defines a comprehensive framework to protect government information, operations and assets against natural or man-made threats. FISMA assigned the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the responsibility of defining standards and security procedures to be followed and must be complied. There are nine processes NIST outlines to be in compliance with FISMA:
Physical and environmental security programs are generally considered to be a collection of mechanisms and controls put into place that help ensure the availability of information technology capabilities. These programs protect an organization from fire, flood, theft, power failure, intentional, and even unintentional damage through negligence. Implementation of these programs at the organizational level can take place in a number of ways but most organizations choose to follow the application of a body of standards, usually set forth by an organization such as the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC). Once such body of standards put forth by ISO/IEC is 27002, Information technology – Security techniques – Code of practice for information secur...
CIA triad guide provides an information security model that has three important components to identify gaps and issues as well as corresponding remedies to fill the gaps. The three components that are assessed and evaluated in the information are confidentiality, integrity and availability.
Security helps the organization meet its business objectives or mission by protecting its physical and financial resources, reputation, legal position, employees, and other tangible and intangible assets through the selection and application of appropriate safeguards. Businesses should establish roles and responsibilities of all personnel and staff members. However, a Chief Information Officer should be appointed to direct an organization’s day to day management of information assets. Supporting roles are performed by the service providers and include systems operations, whose personnel design and operate the computer systems. Each team member must be held accountable in ensuring all of the rules and policies are being followed, as well as, understanding their roles, responsibilities and functions. Organizations information processing systems are vulnerable to many threats that can inflict various types of damage that can result in significant losses (Harris, 2014). Losses can come from actions from trusted employees that defraud the system, outside hackers, or from careless data entry. The major threat to information protection is error and omissions that data entry personnel, users, system operators and programmers make. To better protect business information resources, organizations should conduct a risk analysis to see what
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Thus the performance of the system can be enhanced by achieving the CIA (Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability) properties. The research work also enhances the image of the organization by securing user credentials more effectively.
Nowadays, the information is the most treasured asset in an organization, due to it along with the experience represents the input necessary to take appropriate decisions and consequently to have success in the business. Almost all the information and knowledge related with the processes business, goods and services offered by a company, is processed, managed and stored through technology and information systems, thus the security of information has become increasingly important and plays a critical role in the enterprise government.
For thousands of years, cryptography and encryption have been used to secure communication. Military communication has been the leader in the use of cryptography and the advancements. From the start of the internet, there has been a greater need for the use of cryptography. The computer had been invented in the late 1960s but there was not a widespread market for the use of computers really until the late 1980s, where the World Wide Web was invented in 1989. This new method of communication has called for a large need for information security.
A critical part of network planning involves setting up of security mechanisms. Deploying the network with security configuration provides superior visibility, continuous control and advanced threat protection across the extended network. Additionally, security procedures define policies to monitor the network for securing critical data, obtain visibility, mitigate threats, identify and correlate discrepancies.
The first thing that we must consider about Information Security is that there is not a final destination at which we can arrive. IT Security is an ongoing set of processes and activities that requires attention and expertise on a daily basis. It is important to understand that systems are not secured by themselves and it is our responsibility to maintain and improve them periodically as required. It is of vital importance to establish the appropriate mechanisms and requirements in order to support the company’s CIA triad. The following report will provide you guidance about auditing and hardening techniques applied though the 7 Domains by utilizing IT Security Best Practices.
United States Executive Office of the President. (2009). Cyber space policy review: Assuring a Trusted and Resilient Information and Communications Infrastructure. (pp. 1-38). Retrieved from http://www.whitehouse.gov/assets/documents/Cyberspace_Policy_Review_final.pdf