Improving Information Assurance and Computer Network Defense Capabilities via COCOM Exercises

摘要

More than seven years ago, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) embarked on a path to demonstrate that advanced information technologies hold the greatest promise of delivering revolutionary advances in force effectiveness. The key to this effort is achieving information superiority via a network-enhanced common operating picture that demands information systems that are vertically and horizontally integrated from the strategic to the tactical level. Development and procurement of these systems continues at a rapid pace. However, new systems introduce new vulnerabilities; likewise, potential adversaries are becoming increasingly adept at discovering and exploiting vulnerabilities of fielded systems. Assuring the integrity of the information and the security of the systems has become increasingly more challenging.