Strategic National Security Challenges
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Iraq has transformed the Army in ways that Donald Rumsfield never envisioned. Technology by itself would never have done it. Without Senior Leadership who understood what the mission really was really about, and took action to change and transform how a war was being fought, the Transformation we see today would never have [...]

IT is the cornerstone of what enables the U.S. Military to get inside the decision cycle of our adversaries. However, to keep this edge, the Military Acqusition Process has to change also to be more like the most nimble Commercial Companies.
The World Has Changed!
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There have been many studies on how to streamline the DOD procurement process. While this study was done in 2008, it is still a good primer on the background and the challenges to have an Effective National Security Industrial Base. We would be interested in any comments you have.
Effective National Security Industrial Base
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Summary: This paper describes the Navy Roadmap to Decision Superiority through the Enterprise Approach to Information Dominance.
Information Dominance in the United States Navy
Background: It would be an understatement to say that there has been increased emphasis on the need for Cyber Awareness within DoD as well as the rest of the U.S. Government. But, this [...]

After attending several conferences on the state of enterprise security, including Symantec’s Federal Summit and AFCEA’s Cyber Security Symposium.  My conclusion:  The most important thing enterprise leaders can do right now to enhance security and functionality is to implement the Common Audit Guidelines (CAG).
The CAG was created by a Consortium of US Federal Cybersecurity Experts [...]

This year is going to be a good one, as we eventually get to see the results of smart companies solving the Cross Domain Solution problem in preparation for CANES.  So many efforts in DoD and the USN are waiting for a solid Cross Domain Solution that will allow them to collapse their networks securely.  [...]

Working on the Defense Science Board Taskforce for Network-Centric Interoperability has been a very enlightening experience. Our particular contribution was mainly in the applicability of Service Oriented Architectures for DoD. The benefits of SOA are immediately apparent in the ability to scale rapidly in support of contingencies, exercises, and operations. Additionally, the [...]