TACFIRE Secure Virtual Workspaces for Dynamic Security in Defense Support to Civilian Authorities
ABSTRACT
A mission of the Department of Defense involves support to civilian authorities in times of national crisis. Support often involves coordination with coalition partners. The collective of DoD, civilian, and coalition partners creates a need for the capability to rapidly provision online, virtual workspaces where security can be controlled both centrally and by users. A simulation is discussed in which 12 officers utilize TACFIRE – a comprehensive suite of XML web services that includes a personalized portal, email, chat, presence, instant messenger, and VoIP – with a secure virtual workspace capability that includes web conferences, threaded discussions, libraries, federated search, and task managers, for a Defense Support to Civilian Authorities (DSCA) scenario. The simulation was modelled after the Naval Network Warfare Command Trident Warrior 06 experiment and in preparation for Trident Warrior 07.
AUTHORS
Information Sciences Department, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California
Randy Maule is a research associate professor in the Information Sciences department at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California where he developed the FIRE and TACFIRE systems.
Information Sciences Department, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California
Shelley Gallup is research associate professor in the Information Sciences department at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California where he is analysis lead for Naval Network Warfare Command, Joint Forces Command, and other Department of Defense experimentation projects.
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Journal of Information Warfare
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