Multi-Level Information Assurance and Cyber Security

Multi-Level (cross domain) Information Assurance (IA) and Cyber Security (CS) are high priorities for commercial and military sectors. Formerly data security meant marking, filing, and tracking classified information. Today voice, chat, twitter, emails, and video media are added to the mix of information that must be protected. The DoD has mandated that information stored in media or transmitted via networks be appropriately classified and protected to TS, S, FOUO, and U domains. On the commercial side, personal medical data covered by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and financial transactions must be encrypted to protect the owner from harm. Providing IA and CS is a daunting task potentially costing the Air Force billions of dollars each year. MSI has teamed with General Dynamics Mission Systems to propose extensions of MSI’s Multi-Level Security Partition Module developed for information assurance and cyber security of medical information to create a provide an open source Trusted Air Force Information Assurance (TAIA) product for USAF operational and tactical data and information. TAIA will facilitate secure data storage and enable communication between devices and SIPRNet resources by utilizing existing NIPRNet and commercial satellite radio links while also securing devices used by USAF personnel.