Across the US Department of Defense (DoD), the goals of net-centricity are transforming the way in which Information Assurance (IA) must be achieved to facilitate assured information sharing, accelerate decision making, improve joint warfighting, and ensure the ability to dynamically exchange system-security credentials. Power to the Edge implies greatly enhanced peer-to-peer communications. Security to the Edge assumes the need to assure a system’s security status and to provide security assertions precisely where interoperability and communications must occur. DoD soon-to-be published Department of Defense Information Assurance Certification and Accreditation Process (DIACAP), combined with a suite of supporting capabilities, form an integrated program that proposes to address this emerging environment. DIACAP is generating increasing interest among its represented customers, DoD Components, and many other groups who are affiliated with developing the Global Information Grid (GIG).
Also Inside:
– IA/CND Enterprise-wide Solutions Steering Group or ESSG
– 6th Annual IEEE Information Assurance Workshop
– A Honeypot for the Exploration of Spammers’ Behavior
– Taxonomy Development Methodology
– DoD Cyber Crime Center (DC3)
– Quarterbacking Information Management – A Content Staging Overview
– CSIAC Spotlight on Research: Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT)
– CSIAC Spotlight on Subject Matter Expert (SME): Dr. Rusty Baldwin
