ContentVault T: Methodology and Tools for Securing Training Objects and Records

With the need for learning objects to be shared, reused, referenced, and repurposed by a variety of geographically-dispersed stakeholders, it is imperative to provide access control, authentication and identify management services within Learning Management Systems (LMS) and Learning Content Management Systems (LCMS). In particular, these requirements need to be satisfied by the Navy's Integrated Learning Environment (ILE) which comprises both a LMS and a LCMS. The problem today is that introducing authentication and authorization approaches within a single LMS or LCMS product cannot produce a scalable solution that applies to distributed learning environments that typically contain products from multiple vendors. To this end, this project will develop a standard framework that would allow the enterprise authentication management infrastructure (AMI) to be deployed in an efficient fashion to protect training assets and records and facilitate their audit. Phase I of this effort will establish the feasibility of applying standardized tokens to SCORM-compliant training packages and determine the access control and security scripting techniques needed for legacy DoD training programs as well as for new distributed learning programs.