Defense Info Infrastructure Engineering and Integration

Mission — Defense Info. Infrastructure Engineering and Integration source

The Defense Information Infrastructure Engineering and Integration effort encompasses two projects, the Modeling and Simulation End-to-End (E2) Architecture and the DoD Information Network (DoDIN) Systems Support. Within the Modeling and Simulation End-to-End Architecture project, there are two major activities: Modeling and Simulation and Enterprise Architecture. Modeling and Simulation: The Modeling and Simulation activity provides systems engineering and E2E analytical functions for DISA and its customers, ensuring integrated capabilities fulfill warfighter mission requirements. Ongoing beneficiaries of these network modeling, simulation, and analysis capabilities include: • Services and Regional Combatant Commands (COCOMs): Receive modeling analyses and recommendations for architecture changes such as circuit rerouting due to Military Construction and planning for additional sites and the increased capacity for the Pacific theater. • DoD CIO and Services: Receive modeling projections for the utilization of new classified desktop and mobility services to be migrated to cloud environments. • DoD Agencies: Receive training and support on the Joint Communications Simulation System, which is the system used to model network and applications. Additional activity resolves near term (one to three years) high-priority technical issues, as defined by DoD CIO and DISA, that impact operational capabilities, affecting DoDIN E2E interoperability and performance. For example, new DISN Resiliency (HyperCore) architecture, P router removal, Time Division Multiplexing (TDM) Elimination, resolution of poor M365 DoD365-SEC Teams performance or planning for new high bandwidth routers. Additional activities include development and testing of models to simulate planned changes to enterprise services, to include migrating DISA enterprise services to cloud architectures, adding capacity to support new Fourth Estate customers, and completing network changes to support enhanced security. End-to-End (E2E) Architecture: The E2E Architecture effort establishes Enterprise Architecture (EA) development standards, documents and generates needed IT architecture artifacts to provide E2E interoperability and performance analysis, and provides systems engineering support for architecture evolution across DISA. DISA works with its customers to ensure integrated capabilities can fulfill warfighter mission requirements and continuously revises these Enterprise Architectures to meets the needs of the department. Some of the ongoing EA activities and projects include the follow areas: • Create EA development framework, EA taxonomy and associated templates to support agency-wide DoD Architecture Framework (DoDAF)-based architecture development and model-based systems engineering (MBSE) requirements in a standardized, effective way to meet the program and agency mission needs. • Help the DISA develop enterprise level architectures to support its mission critical and high priority projects. Examples of work include the development of the DISA Zero Trust Reference Design (ZTRD) architecture; DISA enterprise Privileged Access Management (PAM) solution architecture development and AoA analysis; DOD 5G architecture documentation, DISA Robotics Process Automation (RPA) architecture; DISA DISN Out-of-band (OOB) Management Network architecture and AoA, and other emerging requirements from the agency senior leaders. • Develop capabilities and automated tools to support E2E architecture assessment and analysis in support of data-driven decisions. Examples of activities include developing automated cybersecurity assessments, architecture assessments for future architectures (e.g. SIPR 2.0), and DISA Common Enterprise Service (CES) analysis and recommendations study. DoD Information Network Systems Engineering Support: The DoDIN Systems Engineering and Support project performs research, development, and experimentation of emerging technologies to fill capability shortfalls and technology gaps. Through conducting Technical Exchange Meetings (TEM) with other DoD components, Program Management Offices, and Technical Directors, DISA identifies gaps and shortfalls, pursues innovative solutions, and engages industry for commercial best practices. The DoDIN Systems Engineering and Support project supports technical system engineering reviews for enterprise products and services and resolves gaps related to Machine Learning/Artificial Intelligence (AI), Classified and Unclassified mobile access, Quantum Resistant Cryptography (the cryptography used to authenticate and secure data-in-transit that is susceptible to attacks), Enterprise Architecture development, Cyber Defense, and other technologies.

Mission — Modeling and Simulation and Enterprise Architecture source

The Modeling and Simulation activity provides architecture, systems engineering, and E2E analytical functions for DISA and its customers, ensuring integrated capabilities fulfill warfighter mission requirements. Modeling and Simulation activities support the DoD communications planning and investment strategy, to include application performance assessments, contingency planning, network capacity planning and diagnostics, and systems-level modeling and simulation. Efforts provide information awareness for Combatant Commands through application solutions for integrated networks, including DoD’s missions and the Defense Information Systems Network (DISN), by: • Supporting the development and implementation of DoDIN EWSE processes essential to evolving the DoDIN, enabling interoperability, and improving E2E performance for critical DoDIN programs. • Developing standardized systems analyses and integration processes to improve integration across DISA for all DISA-developed communication systems and services to avoid interoperability issues. • Providing underlying modeling, simulation, and analytical support for E2E systems engineering and assessment. The Architecture effort provides interoperability, performance analysis, and systems engineering support for architecture evolution across DISA. DISA works with its customers to ensure integrated capabilities can fulfill warfighter mission requirements and continuously revise these Enterprise Architectures to meet the needs of the department.

Mission — DoD Information Network (DODIN) Systems Engineering and Support source

The DoD Information Network (DODIN) Systems Engineering and Support project identifies key technology areas that are essential to DISA including Machine Learning/Artificial Intelligence (AI), Mobility, Assured Identity, Rapid Transition, and Cyber Defense, among other technologies. It ensures DISA’s technical strategies align with the DoD IT Efficiency Strategy and the latest Department of Defense Chief Information Office (DoD CIO) Capabilities Planning Guidance (CPG). These strategies establish the foundation for DISA's technology investments and technical development. DISA leverages emerging technology to drive efficiencies and cost savings to the DoD, the Warfighter, and other Federal Agencies. DISA also provides decision-oriented information to the Secretary of Defense, Joint Staff, Military Services, Combatant Commands, and other mission partners. Key support areas include: Cyber Security and Cloud Computing: Cyber security and cloud computing present critical near-term challenges, especially the ability to securely leverage commercial cloud service offerings. DISA’s partnership with Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) will assess and transition relevant and mature solutions. Solutions included are applications that detect and mitigate cyberattacks, routing capabilities, embedded system defense capabilities, and resilient network capabilities. A major ongoing effort is Quantum Resistant Cryptography (QRC), which uses encryption algorithms to authenticate and secure data-in-transit and at rest that are susceptible to attacks from a computer. QRC is necessary to improve encryption on existing DoD systems, services and applications. DISA is working to measure the impacts of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) selected QRC algorithms on widely used applications and protocols. Technology Assessments: Through partnerships with industry, academia, and the Federal sectors, DISA produces requisite cyber measures and ensures optimal use of commercial cloud services. DISA will conduct technology assessments, process improvements, and analysis of potential technology to ensure consistency with DoDIN architecture and standards. Enabled by the Technology Assessment Framework (TAF) and the DISA Technology Information Repository (DTIR), DISA can perform “quick looks” and deeper evaluations of specific technologies to include: • Advanced cloud management capabilities • Physical containers (a stand-alone, executable unit of software) to enable mobile data • Emerging open-source and/or global standards for storage services • Analytic platform performance baselines of emerging commercial analytic platform products • Advanced approaches to Continuity of Operations (COOP) in a hybrid cloud environment • Next generation software defined networks for automating and virtualizing the DoDIN

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