CS-W-C
Network Security
William Sax
The Internet and Internet Protocol (IP) based technologies, offer opportunities for future military missions. The benefits of leveraging this technology for military communications are also accompanied by risks and challenges. A myriad of network-based technologies are required to protect the information which is vital to military operations and national security. This use of IP technology within the Global Information Grid (GIG) will continue to expand with the introduction and use of new encryption technologies. This classified MILCOM session will discuss the development and employment of (IPSec) and High Assurance Internet Protocol Encryption (HAIPE) technology within the GIG as well as the relationship between these two important standards. Session topics will include discussions on new Field Programmable Gate-Array (FPGA) technology, IPSec issues, HAIPE employment issues and techniques which offer cost effective information sharing in a multi-level environment. This Secret, US-Only session will describe employment of these technologies for IP which will continue to facilitate secure sharing of information within the Department of Defense networks, and beyond.
William Sax graduated from George Mason University with a Bachelor of Computer Science and recently completed a Master’s Degree in System Engineering from Johns Hopkins University. Mr. Sax is a Group Leader in the Network and Communication Engineering Department and has been with the MITRE Corporation for over 6 years with over ten years experience in the networking field. His experience includes support for developing and implementing WAN, LAN and SATCOM based tactical and strategic networks. Most recently, Mr. Sax hasbeenperforming independent research to evaluate and prototype tactical network architectures that leverage open source IPSec-based VPN gateways as well as implementing secure IP communications for strategic LAN/WAN applications. Mr. Sax supports the Intelligence Community and participates in a number of working groups which are defining architecture concepts and requirements for the future GIG.