Joint Information EnvironmentThe Way Ahead

Joint Information EnvironmentWhat is it, anyways!?

• Joint information environment• Shared IT infrastructure• Enterprise services• Single Security Architecture

• JIE is NOT a Program of Record• JIE is NOT a turn-key solution• JIE is NOT an independent “way of doing

things” –Uses existing architectures and services

JIE Core Principles – the BIG Rocks

• Joint Governance– “IT Task Force”

• Network Normalization– Standardization

• Data Center Consolidation– Reduced IT Footprint

• Identity and Access Management– Trusted authentication

• Enterprise Services– Email, collaboration, file storage,

etc.

JIE – What are we trying to achieve?• Improved Mission Effectiveness/Operational Flexibility

– AGILE– Includes mobile, deployed– Works in Disconnected, Intermittent and Low Bandwidth

• Increased Cyber Security– Confidentiality, integrity and availability– Works with ALL Mission Partners

• IT Efficiencies/Joint Information Services– Interoperable– Maximum performance, reliability and extensibility

JIE’s Three Lines of Operation1. Governance2. Operations3. Technical Synchronization

JIE Relationships

JIE Increment IEUCOM

– Builds on existing network consolidation efforts– Heavily reliant on cloud architectures– Move Massive Application Silo’s to more flexible,

responsive infrastructure

Enterprise Operations CenterStuttgart, Germany

JIE Increment 2 - PACOM

JIE Increment 2 - PACOM• Coalition capability “built-in” and not “added-on” • Common Mission Network Transport must support network

security enclaves to accommodate many communities-of-interest to support user-to-user coalition connectivity

• A wide-area neutral network is needed to connect the networks of sovereign nations

• Robust identity authentication and authorization management for each nation to maintain trust in the system

http://www.afcea.org/events/asiapacific/13/documents/JIE-Coalition-CIESLAK-131205Bv2.

pdf

• Discretionary Information Sharing

• Trusted personnel Identification and authorization service

• Agile virtual enclaves• Information

conditioning• Strength of separation

required

http://www.referentia.com/ace/index.html

JIE Challenges

• Multiple Enterprises– Military Services, Intelligence Community, Agencies, CCDRS

Multiple Partners, Allies, Coalitions, States, NGAs, OGAs, PVOs, etc.

• Multiple Data Types– Public, Releasable, Private, Controlled, and Classified Information

• Austere Connectivity Over Very Large Distances– Not just robust high-capacity public infrastructure

• Mobile Forces & People • Huge Populations & Communities • Partners with varying levels of trust

Upcoming JIE Event

• JIE Mission Partner Symposium 2014 at the Baltimore Convention Center, Baltimore, Maryland from May 12 to May 14, 2014.

Jesse AdamsChief Architect – US NAVY NGEN/NMCI, HP

Enterprise Services

• Jesse has been with HP (EDS) since 2007. • Jesse started as a Solutions Architect on the

NMCI account, then became HP’s Chief Architect for the account in early 2010.

• Responsible for working with the Echelon II commands to understand their objectives and help shape strategies.

• He joins us from the Dallas Fort Worth area.

JIE Challenges under NGEN

• Not a Program – perceived as an “unfunded mandate”– Program Office may pick-and-choose elements of JIE to be

adopted• LPTA Limits Innovation– Technology Refresh and Insertion Program will be largely

responsible for moving existing designs into compliance with JIE, extending timeline for adoption over several years.

• “Not Designed Here” Syndrome– Must minimize the “drift” likely to occur from differing

opinions on how to apply JIE

JIE Opportunities under NGEN

• Adoption of SSA will help mitigate ever-increasing circuit strains– The introduction of the SSA at primary site boundaries

will enable NMCI to stand down their Boundary 1’s, which are overloaded today largely due to media-rich Internet traffic.• On average, up to 90% of Internet traffic crossing the NMCI

Boundary 1’s is MWR-related.

– By facilitating Internet access closer to the users, the volume of traffic can be distributed across more points, reducing its impact on any individual WAN circuit.

JIE Opportunities under NGEN

• Server Farm Consolidation revisited– Move from a simple fork-lift approach to a modernization /

transformation strategy• Consolidate to standardized platforms• Maximize virtualization for greatest service density

– Move to a common reference architecture – potentially enable seamless migration of services between various data centers to meet evolving mission requirements.• Introduction of “XaaS”

– Technologies reviewed/revised to better enable “confederation” of services and data, in order to better position them to best support the users.

Jerry BassCustomer Solutions Architect – CISCO Federal

• Jerry has been with CISCO since 1999. • Primary focus is Air Force. • He is an expert in network security and

information assurance.• He joins us from the Boston area.