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DoD Transformation to Net-Centric Operations via

Net-Centric Strategies

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DoD Net-Centric Data Strategy (DS) and Community of Interest (COI) Training

2-Day Training

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Purpose

• Describe key enablers for DoD transformation to Network Centric Operations– DoD Net-Centric Data and Services Strategies– Community of Interest (COI) Approach

• Illustrate how use of these enablers can lead to DoD Transformation

• Solicit your help to achieve effective military and government operations through a Network-Centric approach

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Outline

• Need for Net-Centric Operations– Call for Enterprise Transformation & Net-Centric Operations– Tenets of Net-Centric Operations

• DoD Net-Centric Strategies– Vision– Purpose– The Situation and Proposed Solution– Key Components

• What is a Community of Interest (COI)?• COIs Enable DoD Transformation• Conclusions

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National Strategies Call For Enterprise Transformation & Network-Centric Operations

NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY

Transform America’s national security institutions to meetthe challenges and opportunities of the twenty-first century.

NATIONAL DEFENSE STRATEGYWe will conduct network-centric operations with compatible information and communications systems, usable data, and flexible operational constructs.

Beyond battlefield applications, a network-centric force can increase efficiency and effectiveness across defense operations, intelligence functions, and business processes...Transforming to a network-centric force requires fundamental changes in process, policy, and culture.

President George W. Bush

Secretary of DefenseRobert M. Gates

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Tenets of Net-Centric Operations

DoDDoDNet-CentricNet-Centric

Data StrategyData StrategyInformationInformationAssuranceAssurance

StrategyStrategy

Global ConnectivityGlobal Connectivity(Transformational(TransformationalCommunications)Communications)

Core EnterpriseCore EnterpriseServicesServices

(NCES)(NCES)

Global connectivity, real-time collaboration, and rapid and continuous information exchange

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Modified From: NCES Overview, Dec 2006 – available at: http://www.disa.mil/nces/

COIs Exercise& Evolve

Training FocusToday

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DoD Data Strategy Vision

• Pre-determined “point to point” connections within systems and applications on disparate networks

• Producer “pushes” information to pre-defined consumers

TodayToday FutureFuture• Systems and applications are web-

enabled to expose their information• Authorized known & unanticipated

consumers “pull” or “subscribe to” what they need regardless of who produced the information

36Information Not Easily SharedInformation Not Easily Shared Information Ubiquitous on DoD “Web”Information Ubiquitous on DoD “Web”

Source: Mr. Mike Krieger, OASD(NII)I/DoD CIO

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Net-Centric Data Sharing Benefits

Manual Data+

Interpretationand Context

Data Sharing Information

EffectiveMilitary

andGovernmentOperations

Where we are today

Value AddedServices

Operational Perspective: Increased accuracy, effectiveness and agility to respondto dynamic information sharing needs and changing enemy tactics

Acquisition Perspective: Faster delivery, built-in interoperability, increasedflexibility and lower costs

Where DoD Net-Centric Strategies Get Us

Net-CentricElectronic Net-Centric

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DoD Net-Centric Data Strategy (9 May 2003)

• Purpose– Describes a vision for a net-centric information sharing

environment and the data goals for achieving that vision– Defines approaches and actions that DoD personnel will have to

take as users—whether in a role as consumers and producers of data or as system and application developers

• DoD Directive 8320.02 (signed Dec 2, 2004) directs the implementation of the DoD Net Centric Data Strategy

“The…DoD Net-Centric Data Strategy provides a key enabler of the Department’s Transformation by establishing the foundation for managing the Department’s data in a net-centric environment…. The strategy also introduces management of data within communities of interest (COIs) rather than standardizing data elements across the Department.” - John P. Stenbit (former DoD CIO)

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DoD Net-Centric Services Strategy (May 2007)

• Purpose– Describes the DoD’s vision for establishing a net-centric

information sharing environment that increasingly leverages shared services and Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)

– Expands upon the DoD Net-Centric Data Strategy by connecting services to the Data Strategy goals

• DoD and Intelligence Community (IC) are partnering to create a DoD and IC Net Centric Services Strategy

“The Department of Defense (DoD) Net-Centric Services Strategy (NCSS) reflects the recognition by the DoD that this services oriented approach can result in an explosion of capabilities for our warfighters and decision makers, thereby increasing operational effectiveness.” - John G. Grimes (DOD CIO)

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The Situation and Proposed Solution

CURRENT INFORMATION SHARING CHALLENGES

AccessibleWeb Enable Sources

Provide assured accessRemove Impediments —

“Need to Share”

Visible Advertise Information Holdings (“Tag”

Data)

NET-CENTRIC DATA STRATEGY TENETS(DoD Directive 8320.02)

IMPLEMENTATION APPROACHES

Understandable

Communitiesof Interest (COIs) —

Shared Vocabularies

User UNAWARE information exists

User knows it exists, but CANNOT ACCESS

IT“#$^@!” User can access

information, butcannot exploit itdue to LACK OF

UNDERSTANDING

Source: Mr. Mike Krieger, OASD(NII)I/DoD CIO

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Key Components of the DOD Net-Centric Data Strategy

Enable Data to Be Trusted

Enable Data to Be Trusted

Make Data InteroperableMake Data

Interoperable

Be Responsive toUser Needs

Be Responsive toUser Needs

Make Data Accessible

Make Data Accessible

Make Data Understandable

Make Data Understandable

Make Data Visible

Make Data Visible

Is an information resource discoverable by end-users?

Is it connected to the network(s), and are tools readily available to use and allow assured access to it?

Can it be used intelligibly? Are the semantics well documented?

Can it be easily combined or compared with other information and/or mediated?

Is the authority (pedigree, security level, and access control level) known and available?

Are users involved in COIs? Are robust, direct user feedback mechanisms in place to guide development?

Make Data GovernableMake Data Governable

Are data processes governed with sustained leadership?

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Key Components of the DOD Net-Centric Services Strategy

Monitor and Manage Services via GIG NetOps

Monitor and Manage Services via GIG NetOps

Use ServicesUse Services

Govern the Infrastructure and

Services

Govern the Infrastructure and

Services

Provide ServicesProvide Services

Are information resources and functional capabilities available as services on the network? Are services visible, accessible, and understandable?

Are existing services (including Core Enterprise Services) used to satisfy mission needs before creating duplicative capabilities?

Are policies and processes established to govern how to provide, secure, use and operate services?

Are services implemented in accordance with DoD’s GIG NetOps Strategy and concept of operations to ensure situational awareness of the net-centric information sharing environment?

COIs Help

To Define

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What is a COI?

Cross-Component

Cross-Service

Cross-Agency

Multi-National

“A collaborative group of users that must exchange information in pursuit of its shared goals, interests, missions, or business

processes and therefore must have shared vocabulary for the information exchanges.”—DoD 8320.02, December 2, 2004

“A collaborative group of users that must exchange information in pursuit of its shared goals, interests, missions, or business

processes and therefore must have shared vocabulary for the information exchanges.”—DoD 8320.02, December 2, 2004

“COIs … come together to address a specific

information sharing mission or challenge that

the COI can solve by exposing and sharing

data.”—DoD 8320.02G, April 12, 2006

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COIs Enable DoD Transformation

Global InformationGrid (GIG)

Global InformationGrid (GIG)

TIME

ProgramProgram

ProgramProgram

ProgramProgram

ProgramProgram

COICOI

COICOICOICOI

Data & Services tightly coupledto applicationsSystem specific vocabulariesServices start to emergeN2 integration problem

Decouple data from applicationsService enable dataCreate standards-based vocabularies (community & core) to enable interoperability

Data and Services available on the GIGComposable servicesPrograms provide services or value-added services

ProgramProgram

ProgramProgram

ServiceData

Organization & processes tied to IT COIs cut across organizations usingexisting processes

Organization & processesindependent of IT

Deliver ServicesDeliver Systems

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Conclusions

• Widely recognized need for Net-Centric Operations

• DoD Net-Centric Data and Services Strategies are key enablers for Enterprise transformation– COIs enable DoD Transformation– COIs provide an opportunity to address Joint, inter-agency, and

coalition information sharing challenges

• But challenges remain – we are pioneering net-centric information sharing transformation and need your help to:– Implement the things we know how to do– Address the remaining challenges– Continue to innovate as technology changes and needs evolve

Progress is being made but your help is needed to achieve effective military and government operations

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