Command, Control and Coordination for Homeland Security

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Command, Control and Coordination for Homeland
Security

• DERIS
• Domestic Emergency Response Information Service

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Communications in National Emergencies
We need to develop a single-source, protected,
web-based integrated information systemand all
states need to consider a statewide interoperable
communications system. - Gilmore Commission,
Advisory Panel to Assess Domestic Response
Capabilities for Terrorism Involving Weapons of
Mass Destruction Indeed, an overall Homeland
Security strategy of preventing and deterring
future attacks, while simultaneously protecting
the American people and our critical
infrastructure, demands improved communication
and sharing of information across the
government. - Gen Peter Pace, USMC, VCJCS,
Homeland Defense testimony before the SASC, Oct
25, 2001 If there is a single item that we
could do it is make sure that police, fire, and
emergency responders can communicate with one
another. - Joe Allbaugh, Director, FEMA,
Testimony to U.S. Senate Committee on
Environmental and Public Works, Oct 16, 2001
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C3 for Homeland Security
The Big Issues
Turf (Sharing information between agencies and
states)Federated network infrastructureThe
right collaboration, coordination and decision
support tools
Photo by SFC Thomas R. Roberts / NGB-PASE
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DERIS Goals
Organization A
Organization B

• Network

Ensure timely and accurate information flow
vertically and horizontally Provide
interoperable, and assured communications with
high Quality of Service (QoS) among first
responders and HLS community Provide a
consistent and useful common operational picture
for C3 of HLS assets
LAN B
LAN A
Faster, More Informative than CNN!
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Phased Approach
Phase I 120 days, Concept Development and
Demonstration 90 day capability demonstration
3 major cities Phase II 12 months, Refined
Engineering and Production IOC of national DERIS
capability Phase III 24 months, Oper.
Implementation and Support FOC for DERISQuickly
leverage multi-billion dollar commercial
government infrastructures, and build advocacy
along the way
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Ph I Capability Demonstration(120 Days)

• Key Objectives
• Test the ability of open standard
  transmission (Internet) and applications to
  support accurate and timely information flow
  throughout the distributed HLS Community
• Assess multiple means of access to alerting and
  notification, as well as other automated
  Emergency Response tools
• Demonstrate measurable Quality of Service (QoS)
  for interoperable and assured communications
  among HLS responders
• Demonstrate feasibility of
• cross-jurisdictional Common
• Operational Picture (COP)
• Demonstrate secure sensitive
• but unclass information flow
• Collect workflow process data

PH I DEMONSTRATION SITES
I
X
V
II
Boston
VIII
Chicago
New York
San Francisco
VII
Washington
Denver
III
IX
Kansas City
Los Angeles
Atlanta
VI
IV
San Diego
Denton
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The Scenario
Phase I Establishing a Baseline
Capability Distributed tabletop capability
demonstration Single event, terrorist act one
day Affects multiple locations Hazmat railcar
explosion Chicago Chlorine gas Potential threat
to California San Diego Los Angeles
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DERIS Pillars

• The Network
• Federation of Networks
• GUARDNet
• MCI-WorldCom vBNS and UUNet infrastructure
• Internet (any carrier)
• Wireless for contingency comms
• The Portal
• Computer Associates CleverPath Portal development
  environment w/ Lotus Domino and Lotus SameTime
• Front end for access to applications

• The Applications
• Alerting and Notification
• Secure Collaboration
• Incident Management Tools
• Terrorism Early Warning Tools
• Video Teleconferencing (VTC)
• The HLS Community
• Many Interlocking Communities of Interest
• National Institute for Urban Search and Rescue
  (NIUSR)

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GUARDNet Backbone
GuardNet XXI (Hubs) and STARC (Spokes) Topology
500 M invested to date
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GUARDNet
GUARDNET XXI
STARC NODE
CISCO, 4500-M
ASX-200BX (NG), FORE
ROUTER
OC-3
PSTN
NET BLAZER,
OC-3
UP TO
TELEBIT (ITK)
8ea. T1's
3 COM, ATM
ACCESSBUILDER
OC-3
PBX VOICE
SWITCH
FVC 10626
RCAS/DMS
ISDN
ATM SWITCH
Multi-PC's
LEGACY
VIDEO
V - GATE , FVC
(ATM/ISDN GATEWAY)
V - CASTER, FVC
STATE
I-MUX
DIGITAL
(VIDEO MULTICAST)
NETWORK
LINK CORP.
SATELLITE DISH
2 ea. T1's
MMC
DMMC
DIGITAL
I-MUX
LINK CORP.
FVC 10625
ATM SWITCH
MULTI-STUDENT
PC's (18), H.P.
FVC 10626
ATM SWITCH
OC-3
SONY
CAMERA
OC-3
H.P.,
SERVER
25 Mbps
ETHERNET
ATM
V - CACHE, FVC
HUB, 3-COM
INSTRUCTORS
STATION (2), H.P.
ATM
25 Mbps
CODEC/AG
25 Mbps
ATM
ADMIN STATION,
SONY,
H.P.
VCR
NET TV
V - CASTER, FVC
POLYCOM,
(VIDEO MULTICAST)
ENET
SOUND
STATION
V - GATE, FVC
(ATM/ISDN
H.P.,
GATEWAY)
PRINTER
NET BLAZER,
CONVENER,
TELEBIT (ITK)
HARVARD
ELITE
PSTN
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vBNS Commercial Network Topology
Multi-Billion invested to date
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Plus the Domestic Backbone
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Federation of Networks GUARDNet vBNS Domestic
Backbone

• Key Features
• National high-speed extranet access
• Inter Intra-state Communications paths
• 100 backbone availability
• Virtual Private Networks
• Redundant and survivable network infrastructure
  and data centers
• High Quality of Service (QoS)
• Fast restoration
• Real-time Integrated voice, data, video
  conferencing/broadcast
• Access to wireless systems and services

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The Portal

• Key Features
• Centralized access to capabilities resident in
  distributed applications
• Created using Computer Associates CleverPath
  Portal development software
• Formerly Jasmine ii Portal
• Recently ranked 1 Portal development software
  solution by IDC
• Open systems/software based
• Accredited SBU over the internet
• Widely accessible across federation of networks,
  including the internet
• Interoperable with legacy databases and systems

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The Applications

• Alerting and Notification
• Based on organizational workflow process
• Automatically tracks and updates status of
  alerting
• Wireless/wired alerting on most devices
• One and two way pagers
• Cellular phones or landline telephones
• PDAs
• Pocket PCs
• Other devices
• Secure Collaboration
• Browser based
• Multiple accreditations for SBU over the internet
• Incident Management Tools
• Quick familiarization within existing web browser
• Maps and overlays (GIS tools)
• Messaging and workgroup tools
• Workflow management

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Multiple Security Features Phase I

• World-class private networking using
• Closed routing
• MD5 authentication
• Route filters
• Packet encryption devices
• New DoD Accredited Architecture
• Sensitive but unclassified (SBU) over the
  internet
• CMU Software Engineering Institute (SEI) approved
• Defense Intelligence Community (DICAST) approved
• HIPAA compliant
• Web Browser centric
• Application Service Provider model
• Security is transparent to end-user

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Summary

• DERIS uses existing commercial and government
  investments to create a boundariless government
  program that provides timely, accurate, emergency
  management information among first responders,
  local, state, and federal agencies
• DERIS includes four pillars
• The Network
• The Portal
• The Applications
• The Homeland Security Community
• DERIS includes three major phases
• Phase I 120 days, functional demo (3 cities)
• Phase II 12 months, national IOC
• Phase III 2 years, FOC, world-class emergency
  response and management command, control, and
  coordination capability