FINAL Command Brief

A Combat Support Agency

Command Overview Mission, Vision, Capabilities, and Impact of the Joint Interoperability Certifier

Overview JITC’s Value Added: 6 Warfighter Vignettes

Mission and Vision

Organizational Structure

Major Transformational Initiatives

JITC: Ensures Public Safety through Interoperable Alerts National Infrastructure: Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS)

in every corner of the globe

JITC’s extensive experience and support capabilities

secure voice problems for CENTCOM Provided extensive support to theater tactical data link networks Supported White House and Department of Justice emergent secure communication requirements

Quick Fixes: Hotline Support Supporting the Nation’s Defense JITC: Applies Extensive Experience Around the Clock and Around the Globe

in the lab and across the globe

help those who need it RIGHT NOW!

JITC maintains a 24/7 Interoperability Hot Line that provides support to all of DoD. We leverage JITC’s experience base by linking the unit requiring support with the Division or Portfolio with the requisite expertise needed to resolve their problem. We receive between around 300 Hotline calls each year.

The JITC has several methods for promulgating the existence of the JITC Hotline. The primary method is word of mouth, examples are as follows:

The Warfighter can request support through several methods:

All phone and unclass message request directly to a Blackberry and pager carried 24/7 by one of the Warfighter Support Personnel. Who then marries up the appropriate Division/Portfolio to take action on the issue. If JITC cannot solve the problem we work with the customer to identify who can and we hand off the problem to the appropriate agency. (It is important to note: we do not release the problem until the appropriate agency has accepted the issue).

If the problem is considered a critical issue (coming from theater and an active exercise) JITC will work nights and weekends to resolve.

Improved Capability: HBSS QRT

JITC: Expanding Cyber Defense at Minimal Extra Cost

Who (customer): USJFCOM, USPACOM/J8/J6, USSTRATCOM J8/J6/J3 CYBERCOM (to include the former JTF GNO, JFCC-NW) DISA

What: Sponsored by the Joint Test and Evaluation (JT&E) Program, the HBSS Quick Reaction Test (QRT) project represents one of the largest organized information assurance team efforts in the DoD as a whole. This project is taking a joint approach (as well as assessment practices, principles, and strategies from exercise BULWARK DEFENDER) to test formal and informal HBSS configuration policies from organizations across the GIG and to develop DoD-specific protection level baselines to address the required level of security needed by the Department.

Where: COCOMs involved are USSTRATCOM and USPACOM.

Why: To build configuration baselines that will provide GIG network defenders with documented Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures and Concepts of Operations for the employment, implementation, and operation of the HBSS throughout DoD, enhancing their ability and capabilities to protect, monitor, detect, analyze and diagnose, and respond to cyber threats.

SO WHAT: DoD was not utilizing, nor were they aware of, the full capacity and limitations of the HBSS. USSTRATCOM and DISA’s PEO-MA asked JITC to put together a proposal to fix the short falls of a basic CONOPS, configuration issues and Tactics, Techniques and Procedures (TTPs) for the HBSS. JITC put the plan and team together and gained approval from the JT&E PMO for this Quick Reaction Test (QRT). This plan resulted in JITC receiving almost 1M dollars to effect this QRT and provide the deliverables, resulting in a significant expansion of DISAs cyber defense capabilities.

Accelerated Acquisition:

Joint Strike Fighter (JSF)

reducing risk to IOCs for each Service

Joint Strike capability Early involvement led to optimal network architecture to fully support JSF capabilities

F-35 Lightning II JITC: Ensuring On-time IOC through Early Engagement

analyzed and reported findings Conducted capabilities and limitations assessments

Force C4ISR Verified JITC JIT/CIT results under operational conditions (feedback that systems are employed as tested) Other benefits included: individual / group training, TTP vetting, and fostering Coalition relationships

Multi-Forces, Multi-Links, One Team!

Improved Capability:

COCOM Exercise Support JITC: Tightening the Coalition’s C4ISR “Seams”

Support to assessing capabilities during Combatant Commander exercises such as RIMPAC, based on live systems, using extended RF communications links, the actual operators, etc. allows validation of systems tested previously under lab conditions.

The advantage of these venues is these events are more operationally realistic, and allow JITC evaluators to produce detailed Capabilities and Limitations (CAPS/LIMS) reports to COCOMs for use in building future networks for exercises or real-world ops.

Caps and Lims identify if the system is:

Fully mission capable Partially mission capable Not mission capable

2) Caps and Lims are based on:

Identified missions in the theater operation plan Roles defined in the OPTASK LINK Bit-level implementation data provided to JITC

3) Coalition testing during exercises supports laboratory test results.

4) In addition to being delivered to the COCOMs, Caps and Lims are also provided various Services' Caps and Lims repositories.

JITC recently deployed a Coalition Interoperability Test Team Leader for the Rim of the Pacific 2010 (RIMPAC 2010) Exercise in support of U.S. Pacific Command (USPACOM). This exercise evaluated the impact of Coalition tactical data systems (Australia, Korean, Canada, United Kingdom, Singapore, Thailand, Taiwan, etc. on multi-national tactical data networks in the USPACOM Area of Responsibility (AOR)).

During this evolution, the individual spent a total of three weeks deployed at sea in direct exercise support. As a result of this exercise, JITC was able to identify to USPACOM more than 150 issues associated with Coalition tactical data systems that will impact multi-national tactical data networks in the USPACOM AOR. These issues not only included problems associated with system capabilities and limitations, but also issues concerning inefficient network design architectures and practices.

By identifying these issues, JITC directly helped our Services' network managers to plan and design systems better able to support the requirements of both US and Coalition forces.

Improved Capability: Afghan Mission Network (AMN) Interoperability

lead for AMN

and results

(currently underway) Identified specific limitations to warfighter

JITC: Providing Daily Improvements to Live Operational Capabilities

CENTRIXS

ISAF

US

LCSS

Canada

ISAF

SECRET

Caesar (Italy) Overtask

(UK)

nations

JITC’s Value Added

IMPROVED CAPABILITY

ACCELERATED ACQUISITION

Distributed Testing

IMPROVED EFFICIENCY/ EFFECTIVENESS

REDUCED RISK

Enterprise Assessments

Integrated Public Alert and Warning System

Key Management

NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE

Hotline Support

Global Hawk and AFRICOM

QUICK FIXES

Mission & Vision Providing Joint Test, Evaluation, and Certification in Support of the Warfighter

MISSION: JITC professionally tests, operationally evaluates, and certifies IT capabilities for joint interoperability, enabling information dominance and increasing warfighter effectiveness for the Nation.

VISION: Experts in testing and certification, accelerating the Nation’s IT dominance.

JITC’s Roles Major Range and Test Facility Base (MRTFB)

Test and Evaluation is essential to reduce the risks faced by warfighters in the field, and we are constantly reviewing our processes to ensure we are performing tests as efficiently as possible in today’s austere environment. Our ability to provide outstanding support to DISA and the warfighter is characterized by several unique features. Although each Service has its own test organizations, JITC is the only organization authorized to certify IT and NSS for joint use.

We are the Operational Test Agency for DISA-managed programs. We also serve as the OTA for other DoD agencies such as Defense Logistics Agency, Defense Finance and Accounting Service, and Defense Commissary Agency.

JITC is also very responsive to the warfighter! We work with the warfighting Combatant Commanders during exercises, contingencies, and operations, providing them on-the-spot evaluations of problem areas and viable mission-oriented solutions.

As the only non-Service element of the Major Range and Test Facility Base (MRTFB), JITC’s global reach extends to the entire spectrum of DoD, Federal government, private industry, and Allies in support of command and control, intelligence, and defense reform initiative. As an MRTFB, JITC can deal directly with vendors to obtain critical pre-acquisition test results. This early involvement in development results in better systems at lower cost.

Note to Briefer: As national assets, MRTFB facilities are designed to enhance the Department's warfighting capability. This is done by looking at both current/legacy T&E requirements as well as future T&E requirements. As a national asset we have a national-level stage to advocate the criticality of the DISA & JITC mission of providing verified interoperable material solutions to further advance the Department's joint warfighting capabilities.

MRTFB governance:

DoD Directive 3200.11, "Major Range and Test Facility Base," 27 December 2007--governs what constitutes the MRTFB and how MRTFBs are reimbursed for support provided to their customers.

JITC Uniqueness: End-to-End Joint Interoperability Ensuring End-to-End Technical and Operational Effectiveness of Information Exchanges

This figure, depicting a relatively simple legacy, point-to-point interface, illustrates some of the levels at which interoperability must be evaluated. In this example, the 'operator to operator' is clearly the critical link, but a full evaluation of the capability, possible shortcomings, and potential operational impact, will often necessitate analysis at one or more of the additional levels depicted.

OPTIONAL BRIEFER NOTE: Evaluation of more complex links, or those using more recently evolved technologies, will be similarly layered from the standpoint of data collection and analysis. They will, however, in general be somewhat more difficult to depict in a simple format. There are usually more connection and transport options, and may be multiple encoding and message format options, as well as more variation in protocols used.

Mission Support Structure JITC Mission Supported by Engineers, Computer Scientists, as well as Technical and Operational Experts

CFE

MPS

DISA Matrixed Support

DITCO

Facilities

Commander Command Staff Divisions Portfolios Operational Test Evaluation Business Management Warfighter Support Strategic Planning Engineering Testbed Operations Enterprise Services Focused Logistics/Business C2 and Battlespace Awareness Force Application Force Protection Battlespace Communications National Intelligence Homeland Security/ Information Assurance

Personnel and Facilities 1,150 Personnel at 3 JITC Locations 65 Military Personnel at 3 JITC Locations 1 Canadian Officer

FH-15, IH-1, FGGM-1

FH-7, IH-0, FGGM-1

FH-6, IH-20, FGGM-0

FH-12, IH-2, FGGM-0

USA

USMC

USN

USAF

FORT HUACHUCA, ARIZONA

CIVILIAN MILITARY CONTRACTOR TOTAL

176 40 640 856

Lab Space 213,104 sq. ft.

INDIAN HEAD, MARYLAND

CIVILIAN MILITARY CONTRACTOR TOTAL

63 23 97 183

Lab Space 108,868 sq. ft.

FORT MEADE, MARYLAND

CIVILIAN MILITARY CONTRACTOR TOTAL

58 2 51 111

**Gov’t civilian & contractor personnel are funded with a mix of mission and reimbursable funding.

Locations: Arizona; Maryland; Virginia

FY10 Customer Profile

*Dollar Values are in Millions Total Reimbursable Funding for Divisions and Portfolios: $104.4 Million

This chart represents FY10 funding that is received by JITC from customers both internal & external to DISA. All of the funding is for JITC services with the majority being specifically for testing.

Other DoD Programs: Includes funds from the Services from other than their primary appropriation and from DoD customers not broken out separately on the chart, including but not limited to: DHRA (Defense Human Resources Activity), DSCA (Defense Security Cooperative Agency), and SPAWARSYSCEN (Space Warfare System Center).

Other US Gov’t Includes: FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency), DOE (Department of Energy), GSA (General Services Administration).

Note: Data as of 12/2/2010 Acronyms:

BTA: Business Transformation Agency NSA: National Security Agency DoD WHS: Dept of Defense Washington HQ Service MHS: Military Health System DLA: Defense Logistics Agency DIA: Defense Intelligence Agency USJFCOM: United States Joint Forces Command USCENTCOM: United States Central Command USSOCOM: United States Special Operations Command NGA: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency TRMC: Test Resource Management Center

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DoD Enterprise Capabilities

Air Force

Navy

Army

Other DoD Programs

TRMC

NGA

Commercial

USSOCOM

USCENTCOM

USJFCOM

Other US Gov't

DIA

DLA

MHS

DoD WHS

NSA

BTA

Sales

USCENTCOM, 4.1

Other US Gov't, 2.4

DIA,

1.5

DLA,

1.8

24.9

10.3

7.6

7.4

7.4

4.6

3.6

3.1

3.4

4.1

1.7

2.4

1.5

1.8

1.5

0.9

9.3

8.9

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Customers Sales

DoD Enterprise Capabilities 24.9

Air Force 10.3

Navy 7.6

Army 7.4

Other DoD Programs 7.4

TRMC 4.6

NGA 3.6

Commercial 3.1

USSOCOM 3.4

USCENTCOM 4.1

USJFCOM 1.7

Other US Gov't 2.4

DIA 1.5

DLA 1.8

MHS 1.5

DoD WHS 0.9

NSA 9.3

BTA 8.9

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Testing Transformation IT Acquisition Reform

* Sprint is used here as a name for smallest increment of deployable software Acquisition Reform Supported by Agile Test, Evaluation, and Certification

Section 804 of the FY2010 National Defense Authorization Act directed the DoD to develop and implement a new acquisition process for information technology systems based on commercial agile practices. Agile software development is a high optempo process that focuses short development iterations on priority needs of the user to deliver working software at “speed of need.” As the Department’s IT programs become more agile, all testing and certification processes, including Joint Interoperability Test and Certification, must become equally agile.

Agile methods compel stakeholders to set requirements for an increment/sprint, prevent changes to the requirements during the increment/sprint, and enable teams to develop and work to the established requirements. Stakeholders conduct an after action review of the increment, place identified outstanding requirements or fixes into a product backlog, prioritize the backlog, and plan and execute the next increment. The combination of rigidity during the sprint and flexibility for the next sprint allows the team to complete their tasks without interference yet provide an opportunity to make adjustments as the program progresses and matures. This methodology is extremely flexible, allowing endless possibilities for customization, regardless of the product or program. Agile is a structured method of developing, testing, and delivering projects in a fluid, integrated, and incremental way.

Moving DoD IT Acquisition Forward Architecture Development

ICD

CBA

CDD

Initial ISP Business Analysis Solution Architecture DoDI 3200.11 - Major Range and Test Facility Base DoD 5000 Series – Defense Acquisition System

CJCSI 3170.01G – JCIDS

CJCSI 6212.01E - I&S Process JMTs

MDD

Requirements Sprint

Backlog

Updates GIG Services, Networks, Instrumentation, M&S and other T&E Infrastructure

MS

MS

Infrastructure Improvement and Provisioning

JMT / ICD

Validation

CDD / ISP

Helpdesk Architecture Helpdesk Updates Agile Test and Evaluation Provisioning integrated services across acquisition processes and life-cycle Decision Making Acquisition Processes and Infrastructure Responsive to the Warfighter

DISA T&E

COCOMs

USMC

Army Navy Air Force

DIA

OSD (NII)

OSD (PA&E)

FCB

Responsive Requirements Process Responsive & Representative Infrastructure

In order to support the use of agile methods for test, evaluation and certification, the environment in which we design, develop and test must also be agile. Current policies limit the ability to dynamically update and prioritize requirements based on Warfighter needs. In addition, the Acquisition process developed to support long-range development efforts such as ships and airplanes, does not adequately support the needs of rapid IT development and fielding. Finally, in order to support these agile methods for acquisition and requirements development, the infrastructure must be in place to allow for on-demand testing with live, virtual and constructive assets. Rapid development, and acquisition must have a corresponding rapid test process if we are to realize the vision of IT transformation as described in the Section 804 efforts.

Federation Expertise Testing and Certification Executed in Joint Distributed Mission Environments

JITC is a leader in building Joint mission environments. This expertise has evolved through supporting a variety of programs including legacy Joint Tactical Data Links to net-centric programs such as NCES.

In working these programs, JITC has been a pathfinder. Leveraging our 20+ years of experience and lessons learned, we developed proven expertise in testing and certifying in joint distributed mission environments.

Federation Expertise: Evolving operationally realistic Joint Mission Environments for SE and T&E are extremely important to the success of net-centric and agile development programs. JITC intends to leverage its unique experience with these types of programs, such as NECC (now JC2) in establishing Joint test environments in support of future rapid IT acquisition efforts.

In the past four years, JITC has supported over 35 events with more than 50 CONUS / OCONUS sites in support several functional areas/programs. Some of the major functional areas supported include:

Joint Tactical Data Link Testing Integrated Air and Missile Defense NCES DT and OT tests Distributed Common Ground System

Future Test & Evaluation Environment DISA MRTFB Capability Provisioning and World Wide Connectivity

Operational Community Service Ranges & Facilities Capability Areas System Commands Industry

Joint Tactical Data Link

(JTDL)

Test Services Space Communications Test Services Integrated GIG Network and Test Operations Net-Centric Enterprise Services (NCES) Test Services DISN Converged IP &

DSN/DRSN

Test Services DISN Core (OTN) Test Services Operational Faster Certification Standardized Fully Instrumented Non-Operational Non-Standardized Higher Cost Partially Instrumented Adhoc Persistent Reduced Cost

Live and Simulated Capabilities Warfighters Architectures, Scenarios, Metrics Component IT Services Capability Developers Coalition Coalition Partners

Multiple Stand Alone Test Environments One DoD T&E Environment

The slide depicts the evolution from current disjointed and duplicative T&E networks to an integrated and operationally realistic future T&E network. By establishing a VPN on the GIG, testers can access live, virtual and constructive assets in an environment with an operationally realistic IA posture. In addition, as the Departments moves more and more to a net-centric architecture, access to operational enterprise services will be critical to conducting T&E. Establishing this future T&E environment will not only increase operational realism, but will also save the Department money by reducing duplication. Finally, this “always-on” environment will better support rapid acquisition by providing an on-demand test environment in a short timeframe.

The BATTLEGROUND should never be the

TESTING GROUND

JITC

Unparalleled Value-Added to the WARFIGHTER