Classified Program Panels
Technical Committee Points of Contact
Panel Program Chairman
Patrick J. Talbot
Northrop Grumman Corp.
(719) 570-8264
Patrick.Talbot@ngc.com |
Classified Program Chairman
Frank Driscoll
The MITRE Corp.
(703) 983-1066
Milcom2006@mitre.org |
Please note: All attendees attending the classified program must have a US Government DoD Secret security clearance and be a U.S. Citizen. MILCOM Clearance form F must be sent to the address on the form prior to the conference to ensure that the clearance can be verified prior to the scheduled shut down of the Government’s security verification database on October 22 and 23, 2006. All prohibited items must be checked into the Bag and Tag booth prior to boarding the bus to the Ronald Reagan International Trade Center. All attendees arriving at the Ronald Reagan Building by any other means will be turned away.
Schedule Subject to Change
Monday October 23
This panel will focus on Enterprise Communications architectures across the national security community. The panel moderator will introduce the topic through an overview of the recently completed version 2 of the Transformational Communications Architecture (TCA). The panel members will then discuss their overall architectures, all of which are currently under development and describe how they are tied to the TCA. Finally, the SIA will present their view of how commercial satellite services interact with the various elements of the TCA.
This panel is geared for Government and industry professionals who wish to have insight into a number of architectures currently under development within the national security arena. They will also get a better understanding of how these agencies envision these architectures being implemented over the next several years.
Panel Organizer: Mr. Steve Shively, Northrop Grumman Corporation
Panel Moderator: Mr. Robert Tarleton, Director, Communications Functional Integration Office, NSSO
Panel Members:
Mr. Mike Regan, Director, COMM Systems Engineering Group, National Reconnaissance Office
Mr Steve Selwyn, Deputy Associate Director of National Intelligence
for Intelligence Community Enterprise Architecture
Dr. Richard DalBello, Former President, Satellite Industry Association
Mr. Mike Kern, Senior Systems Engineer, DoD, OASD (NII)
The Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization (JIEDDO) in the Office of the Deputy Secretary of Defense is led by retired Army Gen. Montgomery Meigs. The mission of JIEDDO is to lead, advocate, and coordinate all Department of Defense actions to defeat improvised explosive devices as weapons of strategic influence. During this forum, an overview of the current operational landscape will be provided. This will be followed by a road map of actions being implemented to address current challenges. Finally, science and technology needs will be identified, and research and development opportunities will be discussed. JIEDDO is currently funding research to meet numerous science and technology needs from basic to applied research, and it has rapid acquisition capability to quickly test and field technologies that address existing needs. All information will be presented at the Classified/Secret level.
Panel Organizer/Moderator: COL Barry Shoop, Science Advisor for JIEDO
Panel Members:
COL Barry Shoop, Science Advisor, JIEDO
MAJ Dave Buffaloe, JIEDO Congressional Affairs, US Army
Mr. Loran Ambs, Science and Technology Advisor within the Technology Review Group, JIEDO
Tuesday October 24
In the end-to-end GIG IA Cornerstones, Assured Information Sharing provides the ability for the end-sure community to securely and dynamically share information based on their needs. It also includes the ability to share information across different security domains at multiple classification levels and between U.S., Allied, and multi-national forces. Access to GIG resources (information access or services) is based on mission need, information sensitivity, user’s identity, attributes, and privileges, and level of protection provided by a user’s environment. The key IA strategy in the Assured Information Sharing cornerstone is the depth, breadth, and robustness of the IA mechanisms to counter the high risk introduced by Internet and multi-national connectivity.
The SIPRNet is expected to evolve from a U.S. Only (i.e., NOFORN) network to a U.S./Allied network in order to improve U.S./Allied information sharing. SIPRNet enclaves will continue to be U.S. controlled but Allied users will have SIPRNet accounts within these enclaves. Thus, the information stored and exchanged via SIPRNet will be primarily Allied Releasable and U.S. NOFORN, as well as bilateral information, will still reside within SIPRNet and will require segregation from the Allied users. Strong identification and authentication, robust access controls, and auditing and misuse detection are all essential protection mechanisms for maintaining segregation and mutual trust.
However, to move towards a more robust integrated Secret to Top Secret Sensitive Compartmentalized Information (TS/SCI) environment, development of an integrated Unclassified to Secret environment, and development of a GIG wide integrated U.S., Allied, Coalition Multi-REL SECRET and disadvantaged NGOs will be necessary. There are varying issues associated with each alternative in a multi-level Classified U.S./Allied (i.e. integrated Secret to TS/SCI) environment.
This panel discussion will focus on the non-technical and technical challenges to provide the Warfighter the right information, at the right time, at the right place, and displayed the right way, while denying our adversaries access to that same information.
Panel Organizer: Mr. Gerald Hanson, Northrop Grumman Mission Systems
Panel Moderator: Mr. Bob Lentz, SES, Director of IA, OASD/NII
Panel Members:
Mr. Tony Montemarano, Agency Director, IA/NETOPS, Defense Information Systems Agency
Ms. Vanessa Halliham, GIG IA Portfolio Manager, NSA
Mr. Richard Hale, Chief Executive for Information Assurance, Defense Information Systems Agency
Col Gary McAlum, CISSP, JTF-GNO J3
The emerging Global Information Grid (GIG) transport system, widely referred to as the Black Core, is part of an internetworking capability that relies on network-layer encryption provided by the High-Assurance Internet Protocol Encryptor (HAIPE). Internetworking within the Black Core will be implemented through nondecrypting and decrypting gateways. The nondecrypting gateway, referred to as a ciphertext (CT) gateway, provides visibility of route advertisement, peer discovery controls, and other control and management elements. The decrypting gateways, referred to as “red” or plaintext (PT) gateways, provide visibility of the PT packet and then reencrypt the packet. The decrypting gateway provides PT visibility of the packets to support Information Assurance capabilities, including Computer Network Defense (CND), admission control for bandwidth limited networks, enterprise services proxies, and other functions. This session will address the issues associated with internetworking within the GIG through both CT and PT gateways.
Panel Organizer/Moderator: Hugh Thomas, Principle Scientist Infosec Engineering, MITRE Corporation
Panel Members:
COL. Barry Hensley, Director of Current Operations (J33), Joint Task Force - Global Network Operations, US Army
Mr. Sean O’Keefe, Technical Director for Security and Evaluation, Office of Network Solution Eng, C4, NSA/CSS Commercial Solutions Center
Ms. Julie Tarr, OASD NII, GIG Enterprise Engineer, Office of the Deputy to DoD CIO/ASD NII for Enterprise Wide Systems Engineering
Wednesday October 25
A critical need in fighting the Global War on Terror (GWOT) is the ability to track people, platforms (ground, air, and sea), and cargo over a sustained period of time, over vast geographic distances. This panel will discuss the application of technology to fuse dissimilar data sources to support persistent surveillance.
Panel Organizer/Moderator: Mr. Scott Kordella, Chief Engineer of National Space Programs, MITRE Corporation
Panel Members:
Mr. Gary Federici, Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Navy, PEO C4I & Space
RDML Joseph Nimmich, Assistant Commandant for Policy & Planning, US Coast Guard
CAPT Wayne Tunick, Office of the Deputy Director for Mission Support, NRO/DMSS
Global (Theater and CONUS) View of Network Operations. The panel is composed of individuals with responsibility for implementing and/or operating NetOps in real situations. The panelist will be asked to discuss progress toward implementing the GIG NetOps CONOPS. They will also be asked to provide lessons learned and provide insight into any theater or service unique issues.
Panel Organizer: Karl Pitt, Chief Engineer, Telecommunications Systems Engineering, MITRE Corporation
Panel Moderator: RDML Elizabeth Hight, DISA, Director of GIG Operations
Panel Members:
COL Ronald Stimeare, Director of Army GNOSC, US Army
Col Gary McAlum, CISSP, JTF-GNO J3
COL Winston Davis, DISA CENT/CC
CAPT Nancy Dillard, CENTCOM TNCC/CC.USN
COL Darryl Dean, DISA PAC/CC, USA
