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United States Military Information Security

United States Military Information Security. Overview. Overview The Importance of Military Information Security US Defense Information Systems Agency United States Cyber Command Future Military Security Outlook Summary. Information Security.

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United States Military Information Security

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  1. United States Military Information Security

  2. Overview • Overview • The Importance of Military Information Security • US Defense Information Systems Agency • United States Cyber Command • Future Military Security Outlook • Summary

  3. Information Security • Information Security – protecting information and information systems from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, or destruction in order to provide – • Integrity – guarding against improper modification or destruction and ensures authenticity. • Confidentiality – preserving authorized restrictions on access, including protecting personal privacy. • Availability – ensuring timely and reliable access.

  4. Information Security

  5. Military Importance • In the beginning – written correspondence. • Developing - Wireless Radio and Telegraph coding • Current – Total System Information Security

  6. US Defense Information Security Agency (DISA) • 12 May 1960 - Defense Communications Agency (DCA) established by Secretary of Defense Thomas S. Gates. • 25 June 1991 – became the DISA and the Global Information Grid was designed. • 16,000 employees that support all US Military branches. • SIPRNET – Secret Internet Protocol Router Network • Forge.mil – fashioned after sourceforge.net

  7. Global Information Grid

  8. United States Cyber Command • 23 June 2009 – established under the U.S. Strategic Command by Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates • Assumed responsibility for the DISA • Headquartered in Ft. Meade, Maryland

  9. United States Cyber Command 5 Strategic Pillars • Treat Cyber as a domain • Employ more active defenses • Support the Department of Homeland Security in protecting critical infrastructure networks • Practice collective defense with allies • Reduce the advantages attackers have

  10. Military Information Security Future • Defining international cyberspace domain legalities • Similar to international nuclear situation? • Russians and Chinese interested in cyber weapons such as destructive viruses • Beginnings of Terrorist Involvement • Overall Internet Security Development

  11. Summary • Overview • The Importance of Military Information Security • US Defense Information Systems Agency • United States Cyber Command • Future Military Security Outlook • Summary

  12. Questions?

  13. References • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_security • http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/44/3542 • http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=64682 • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Cyber_Command • http://www.fas.org/irp/threat/cyber/docs/infosec.htm

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