This document summarizes the adoption of cloud computing across the US Department of Defense (DoD) and intelligence community in 2009. It discusses early cloud computing projects at agencies like the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), Joint Forces Command (JFCOM), National Security Agency (NSA), National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA), US Army, US Air Force, US Navy, and others. It also outlines the DoD's policy direction around cloud computing and notes that cloud adoption has been rapid as benefits are seen to outweigh security concerns. Federal policies are being developed to enable interoperability and standardization.

1. Cloud Computing for DoD
Kevin L. Jackson
Engineering Fellow Founder & Editor
NJVC, LLC Government Cloud Computing

2. DISCLAIMER
The comments contained in this
presentation are the personal views of Kevin
L. Jackson and do not represent the views
or policy of NJVC or the United States
Government.

3. Agenda
 DoD Cloud Computing 2009
 DoD Policy and Direction
 DoD Use of Cloud Computing
 What does this mean?

4. Government Cloud Computing
2009

5. DoD Cloud Computing 2009
DoD DISA RACE
•Garing, CIO of the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), believes cloud
computing will be a driving force in the Department of Defense (DoD). In fact, Garing
says that although he shares some of the concerns espoused by the IT media (such
as the danger of hosting multiple applications on a single platform), he, personally, is
more than optimistic, calling cloud computing „something we absolutely have to do.‟”
•CollabNet, Appistry, Apptis
DoD JFCOM Valiant Angel
•Dr. James Heath (Senior Science Advisor to DIRNSA) intends to integrate Valiant
Angel capabilityy into NSA‟s “Cloud Architecture” and subsequent buildout of P23 at
Camp Slayer.
•SAIC, LGS
Intelligence Community
•“Develop a common “cloud” based on a single backbone network and clusters of
servers in scalable, distributed centers where data is stored, processed and managed
•NGA using Appistry with Geoeye for imagery processing
• Appistry, L-3

6. MR. ROBERT F. LENTZ DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE,
FOR CYBER, IDENTITY AND INFORMATION ASSURANCE BEFORE THE
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE
SUBCOMMITTEE ON TERRORISM, UNCONVENTIONAL THREATS &
CAPABILITIES
May 5, 2009
Cloud computing builds on these ideas to offer a virtual
computing fabric with almost limitless and infinitely definable
processing and storage capacity. In the future, many enterprises
will choose not to invest in their own IT departments, but will pay
as they go, relying on ability to access commercial computing
services in the cloud. For many DoD applications, the
commercial cloud will be too risky, but a private cloud could
bring us many benefits. Besides the obvious economic benefits
of scalable, on-demand computing, a private cloud also gives us
the ideal platform with which to provide the virtual monitoring
and provisioning described earlier. A cloud is also an ideal place
from which to make capabilities available to the whole
enterprise. While, in the DoD, we have encountered challenges
moving towards a service-oriented architecture (SOA), in the
private sector, companies like Google and Salesforce are
basing their business models on an insatiable public hunger for
software and applications as a service. Emulating their delivery
mechanisms within our own private cloud may be key to how we
realize the true potential of net-centricity.

7. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for
Cyber, Identity, and Information Assurance
Strategy
Capability 7. Mission-based Architecture
Networks, services, and data organized and optimized for
mission availability
Current GIG network segmentation (e.g., NIPRNet, SIPRNet) is
driven by information confidentiality needs, not by mission
needs. The primary mission drivers are availability and integrity.
As reliance on network segmentation for confidentiality
diminishes through realization of the strategic capabilities
described above, missions and information enterprise need to
be co-designed to reduce the mission consequences of adverse
cyber events. This includes the ability to:
•Securely realize the promise of platforms, software, and
infrastructure as services (i.e., “cloud computing”) and evolving
software development and design methods (i.e. “Web 2.0/3.0”)
•…

8. Intelligence Community Requirements
Imperatives for Change – Discover and access information
required to support our analysis and
ICD 501
collection missions “on-demand.”
– Meet our objectives for information
sharing.
IC Information – Migrate to the Shared Services
Sharing Strategy framework that we envision for our
Intelligence Community Enterprise &
Integrated Information
Joint Vison
Environments.
2015/I2M – Reduce costs and improve
efficiencies while maintaining an
agile and resilient enterprise.

9. US Transportation
Command
– Amazon.com as a model for implementation of Distribution Process
Owner (DPO) mission
– http://www.transcom.mil/pa/body.cfm?relnumber=090218-1

10. National Security Agency
– National Security Agency is taking a cloud computing approach in
developing a new collaborative intelligence gathering system that will
link disparate The intelligence agency is using the Hadoop file
system, an implementation of Google‟s MapReduce parallel
processing system, to make it easier to “rapidly reconfigure data” and
for Hadoop‟s ability to scale.MapReduce to address enterprise large
data problems
– http://www.darkgovernment.com/news/nsa-embraces-cloud-computing/

11. US Army
– Through a simulated deployment of the 18th Fires Brigade out of Fort
Bragg, N.C., the NSC seamlessly transferred all of the 18th's data,
information and services from their home station into a virtual deployed
environment. Once they hit the ground and plugged into the network,
they were able to immediately enter the fight with the same systems and
information that they had trained on at their home base. In the past, units
would enter a deployed environment and have to operate on a different
network with different applications, which caused a learning curve and
delay in that unit's effectiveness.
– fcw.com/Articles/2009/07/08/Army-PEO-EIS-Gary-Winkler.aspx
Austere Challenge - Global Network Enterprise
Construct (GNEC)

12. National Geospatial
Intelligence Agency
– The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency envisions establishing a
GEOINT distributed computing cloud, contained within a larger, high-
performance cloud, to achieve many of the architectural objectives in
the Department of Defense and intelligence community missions.
– http://www.geospatial-intelligence-forum.com/mgt-archives/94-mgt-
2009-volume-7-issue-1/716-computing-clouds-cast-geospatial-
vision.html

13. US Air Force
– The 10-month project will introduce cybersecurity and analytics
technologies developed by IBM Research into a cloud computing
architecture. "Our goal is to demonstrate how cloud computing can be a
tool to enable our Air Force to manage, monitor and secure the
information flowing through our network," said Lt. Gen. William Lord, chief
information officer and chief of warfighting integration for the Air Force.
– http://www.defensesystems.com/Articles/2010/02/04/Air-Force-IBM-
Cloud-Computing.aspx

14. US Navy / DISA RACE
HADR in Haiti
– INrelief is a US Navy effort that is managed by San
Diego State University (Registered NGO) to promote
better interactions and results when disasters strike.
INrelief is a based primarily on Google technologies.
– https://sites.google.com/a/inrelief.org/about/Home
– http://www.inrelief.org/

15. Federal Cloud Computing
Certification
" [C]loud customers must be able to easily store,
access, and process data across multiple clouds;
weave together a mesh of different services to
meet their needs; and have a way to collaborate
with business partners around the globe.
Federated clouds – networks of interoperable
clouds that work together – will give rise to service
grids which can harmonize technologies, business
processes and policies to provide support across
multiple businesses, industries, and levels of
government. Through such a "network of
networks" the true potential of cloud computing
will be realized.
This is why National Institute of Standards and
Technology (NIST) is charged with leading our
efforts on standards for data portability, cloud
interoperability, and security."
- Vivek Kundra, April 8, 2010

16. What Does This All Mean?
 Cloud computing in the DoD and the Intelligence
Community is REAL !!
 Federal policies and processes to enable rapid
adoption of cloud computing are being put in place
 Applicable use cases and proof points that extend into
the operational domain exist.
 System integrators are rapidly building their skills and
offerings in the area.
 Benefits appear to outweigh security concerns so
adoption has been relatively rapid.

17. Thank You !!
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