National SecurityEmergency Preparedness Telecom and Network Convergence Terrence K. Kelly, Ph.D. Sen

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National Security/Emergency Preparedness Telecom
and Network ConvergenceTerrence K. Kelly,
Ph.D.Senior National Security OfficerWhite
House OSTP
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Agenda

• Background
• Definitions
• Participants
• Findings
• Policy Issues
• Legal Issues
• Security Issues
• Technical Issues
• Recommendations
• Implementing Recommendations

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Background

• NSTAC Recommendation to the President
• Examine the potential impact of IP network-PSN
  Convergence on PSN-specific NS/EP priority
  services (e.g., GETS and TSP)
• 15 November 2000 White House Memo
• Directed CTF to identify the policy, legal,
  technical and security issues of convergence on
  the ability of the Government to assure NS/EP
  telecommunications for the President, and a
  process for resolving them

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Definition of Telecom

• Telecommunications is defined by OSTP and NSC
  regulations as
• Telecommunications (OSTP NSC Regulations)
  Any transmission, emission, or reception of
  signs, signals, writing, images, graphics, and
  sounds or intelligence of any nature by wire,
  radio, optical or other electromagnetic means."
  47 CFR 201.2 (k)

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Definitions, Continued

• NS/EP telecommunications services are also
  defined in OSTP and NSC regulations as
• NS/EP Telecommunications Services Those
  telecommunication services which are used to
  maintain a state of readiness or to respond to
  and manage any event or crisis (local, national,
  or international) which causes or could cause
  injury or harm to the population, damage to or
  loss of property, or degrades or threatens the
  NS/EP posture of the United States. 47 CFR 201.2
  (g)

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Participants
APPENDIX D   CONVERGENCE TASK FORCE
PARTICIPANTS   Dr. Gerald Epstein,
Co-Chair OSTP   Dr. Jeffrey Hunker,
Co-Chair NSC ...   Mr.
William Belote NTIA Mr. Carl Consumano
OSD(C3I) Dr. Peter Fonash OMNCS Mr. John
French OSD(Policy Support) Mr. William
Gunnels OSD(Policy Support) Dr. Stanley
Heady NSA Dr. Terry Kelly OSTP Mr. Paul
Kurtz NSC Mr. Donald Marks NIST Mr. John
McCarthy CIAO Ms. Sallie McDonald GSA Mr.
Vernon Mosley OMNCS Dr. George Mulligan NSC Ms.
Charmayne Parks GSA Dr. Robert Pepper FCC Mr.
Paul Schwedler OMNCS Mr. Carl Smith OMNCS Mr.
Edward Springer OMB Mr. Lee Zeichner CIAO

• OSTP
• NSC
• OMB
• NTIA
• OSD(C3I)
• OSD(Policy)
• OMNCS
• NSA
• NIST
• CIAO
• GSA
• FCC

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Report Organization
            Report of the Convergence Task
Force         December 29, 2000

• Executive Summary
• Introduction
• Recommendations
• Policy Issues
• Legal Issues
• Security Issues
• Technical Issues
• Appendices
• NS/EP Telecom Services Functional Requirements

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Policy Issues

• NS/EP Requirements
• Federal Policy for NS/EP Telecom
• Management Authorities
• Policy and Regulatory Instruments
• Policy and Enforcement Mechanisms
• Foreign Ownership
• High Profile Issues
• Consideration of Economic Issues
• Public Network vs. Private Network
• Steps to Mitigate Vulnerabilities

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Legal Issues

• Additional Legal Authorities
• Other Legal Authorities Over Information Services
• Potential Federal/State Jurisdictional Concerns
• Mechanisms to Facilitate NS/EP Telecom Services
• FCC Jurisdiction over Common Carriers
• Physical and Technical Security Risks

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Security Issues

• Impact on COG, COOP, ECG
• Potential Cyber Attack Vulnerability Mitigation
• Increasing Number of Service Providers
• Federal Mandate for Interconnection
• Mechanisms to Ensure Availability of Critical
  Systems and Services
• Security Prognosis
• Promoting Greater Information Sharing

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Technical Issues

• NS/EP Applications and Services
• Mechanisms to Identify NS/EP Traffic
• Means to Provide Priority Treatment
• Applicability of Existing Circuit-Switched NS/EP
  Functionality
• Role of Standards
• NS/EP Service Ubiquity

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Recommendations

• Form a Convergence Interagency Working Group
• Consult with State and Local Governments as well
  as Private Sector
• Make Programmatic Recommendations for
  Consideration in Presidents FY03 Budget Request
• Publish Findings and Recommendations by July 1,
  2001
• Update Issues, Policy, and Processes in January
  1, 2002 Report

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Implementing Recommendations

• NSC Memo, March 9, 2001, Established Follow-on
  Interagency Convergence Subgroup
• Establish Baseline for Requirements
• Understand Current and Future Technology
• Assign Issues to Lead Agencies
• Contract Support for Security and Technical
  Issues
• Issue Reports
• July 1, 2001 focus on items for Presidents FY
  03 Budget Submission
• January 1, 2002 focus on big picture items and
  long-term options