DoD Standards Program DoD IT Standards Registry (DISR) prepared for OMG 16 September 2009

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DoD Standards ProgramDoD IT Standards Registry
(DISR)prepared for OMG 16 September 2009

• Walt Okon
• Senior Architect Engineer for Standards
• Architecture and Interoperability Directorate
• Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for
  Information Management, Integration, and
  Technology DoD Deputy Chief Information Officer
• (703) 607- 0502 . walt.okon_at_osd.mil

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Why Standards?DoD IT Standards Registry (DISR)
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Information Technology Standards

• DoD IT Standards Policy
• Executive Agency
• DoD IT Standards Registry (DISR)
• Definition
• DISRonline Tool
• Governance Process
• Configuration Management
• DoD IT Standards Policy Enforcement
• JCIDS

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Information Technology Standards Authority

• Clinger-Cohen Act
• Requires Performance Based Management Principles
  for Acquiring Information Technology (IT),
  Including National Security Systems (NSS)
• DoD Directive (DoDD) 5101.7
• DoD Executive Agent for Information Technology
  Standards
• Develop, Prescribe, and Implement IT and NSS
  Standards Throughout the DoD.

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DoD IT Standards Directives/Instructions

• DoD Directive (DoDD) 5000.1
• Provides Management Principles and Mandatory
  Policies and Procedures for Managing All
  Acquisition Programs.
• Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Manual
  (CJCSM) 3170.01C
• Guidelines and Procedures for Operation of the
  Joint Capabilities Integration and Development
  System (JCIDS) Regarding the Development and
  Staffing of JCIDS Documents (DISRonline TV-1 and
  TV-2).
• DoD Instruction (DoDI) 4630.8
• Implements a Capability-Focused Approach to IT
  and NSS Interoperability and Supportability
  Throughout DoD for Acquisitions and Procurements
  (Sites DISR, KIPs).
• Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Instruction
  (CJCSI) 6212.01D
• JCIDS requirement for DISRonline TV-1, TV-2 and
  KIPs.

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Commercial Standards Developmental Organizations
(SDO)
Customer
Standards Community
Drive
Reports
Standards
Technology Trends
Wireless
PKI
Optical Networks
VOIP
NCES
Web Services
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IT Standards Governance
Overarching Guidance Direction
Overarching Guidance Direction


CIO Executive Board

Policy

Policy
Chair DoD CIO
Strategic Planning
Strategic Planning


Final Arbiter
Final Arbiter


Tri-Chairs USD(ATL)
Planning

Issue Resolution
Planning

Issue Resolution
IT Standards

IT Standards

Enforcement
Enforcement



Priorities

Implementation
ASD(NII), DoD CIO, J6

Priorities

Implementation
Programmatic
Programmatic


Oversight Panel
Oversight Panel

• Approval

Direction
Direction


07/SES Level

Management Direction
Recommend


Issue Adjudication

Issue Adjudication
Coordination
Chair DISA GE33 Appointed as

IT Standards
IT Standards


Adoption
Periodic Review

Adoption
IT Standards Program
Priority Setting

Priority Setting


Committee
Committee
DoD EA for IT Standards
Promulgation
Project Oversight
Project Oversight


Cross Functional Integration

06/GS 15 Level
Technical Harmonization


Work Plan Proposal

Work Plan Proposal

Coordination
Technical Development


TWG Chairs Appointed by DoD EA to Monitor TWGs
IT Standards
Technical
IT Standards


Technical Interface

Technical Development Issues
Collaboration
Collaboration
Working Groups
Working Groups
Working Groups
Working Groups

Synchronization

Technical Collaboration
Implementation

• External Representation

Subject Matter Experts
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IT and NSS Interoperability and
SupportabilityPolicy and Process Overview
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DoD IT Standards Registry Architecture View
Voting Tool Software Collaboration Tool Software
Governance and General Information
Area ---------------- Policy FAQs CM
Procedures User Guides Links SOP POCs
Change Request Tool Software

• Objectives
• Champion DoDsRe-Engagement of the IT Standards
  Communities
• Online IT standards Registry
• Tri-Annual Update of IT Standards Registry
• Tied to JCIDS IT Standards Conformance and
  Compliance Process
• Intelligence Community Cross Coordination (ICSR)
• Improved DoD Visibility and Participation in IT
  Standards Development Organizations
• Develop and Register PM Standards Profiles (TV)
• Standing IT Standards Working Groups Aligned to
  GIG Portfolio Management

Profile Assistance Software
Future Enhancements
GIG Mission Area Management
DISR Profile Registry Area
Organization-Unique Bins - - - - - - - -
- - Information / Guidance (I/G) Informational
Standards Best Practices Procedures Policies Manua
ls Handbooks
PM System IT Standards Profiles TVs
Key Interface Profiles (KIPs)
Prescribed Technology Profiles (IPv6, PKI
etc.)
DISR Mandated Standards Emerging, Mandated, and
Sunset Net-Centric Mandated Sunset
Interoperability Standards
DoD IT Standards Registry (DISRonline) Lifecycle
Tagged Emerging and Retired Standards

• May Contain Standards from Lifecycle Categories
  other than Mandated

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Lifecycle of a Standard

• Emerging
• Upgradeability Should be a Concern
• May be Implemented but Not in Lieu of Mandated
  Standard
• Expected to be Mandated within Three Years
• Mandated
• Essential for Interoperability and Net-Centric
  Services in DoD
• Minimum Set of Essential Standards for the
  Acquisition of All DoD Systems that Produce, Use,
  or Exchange Info, and, When Implemented,
  Facilitates the Flow of Info in Support of
  Warfighter
• Sunset Tag Identifies an Event and Date to Retire
  a Standard
• Inactive / Retired
• New Standards / Technology Now Available and
  Implemented
• Require Waiver and Migration Plan
• Remain in the Registry

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IT Standards Governance Organizational Membership
Technical Working Groups
IC TWG
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Technical Working Groups (TWGs) Functions and
Responsibilities

• Subject Matter Experts from across the Department
  make up the membership
• Identify New Standards to Include in DISR
• Elevate Emerging Standards to Mandated Status
  Once the DISR Selection Criteria have been Met
• Update Existing Standards to Reflect Latest
  Release
• Retire Standards No Longer Essential to
  Interoperability
• Identify, Develop, and Maintain Standards
  Profiles that Facilitate a Net-Centric
  Environment
• Reconfirm a Standards Status

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IT Standards Committee (ITSC)Functions and
Responsibilities

• Recommends Standards and Profiles for ISOP
  Approval
• Manages the Review Process for Standards and
  Standards Profiles
• Refers Change Requests to TWGs with Subject
  Matter Experts (SMEs)
• Resolves Change Requests Raised from Technical
  WGs
• Forms TWGs to Address Technical or Non-Technical
  Issues

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IT Standards Oversight Panel (ISOP) Functions and
Responsibilities

• Tri-Chairs Promulgate Standards Recommended by
  ITSC
• Full ISOP Meets Only as Required to Resolve
  Substantive IT and NSS Standards Issues
• Prioritizes and Synchronizes IT Standards
  Direction in DoD
• Coordinates with MCEB and Defense Standardization
  Council
• Determines and Recommends Changes in Scope and
  Applicability of the DISR to the CIO EB
• Resolves Substantive Issues Raised by ISOP
  Members or ITSC Chair
• Substantive Objections to ISOP Decisions Can be
  Raised to DoD CIO by Executive Board Member or
  ISOP Tri-Chairs

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IT Standards Review, Approval, and Appeal Process
CIO EB ASD (NII)/DoD CIO
DAB USD(ATL)
Direction
ReviewedThree Times per Year
Acquisition Issues
IT Standards Profiles
DISRonline Approved IT Standards and
IT Standards Profiles
ITStandards
IT Standards Oversight Panel (ISOP) Tri-Chairs
USD(ATL) / ASD(NII) / JS-J6
Approve IT Standards
14 Days
Approve IT Standards Profiles
Consensus List
Resolve Substantive Issues
SubstantiveObjection
SubstantiveObjection
KIP Profiles
ScheduledReviews
IT Sub-Committee Chairs (ISCs) Technical
Working Groups (TWGs)
New IT Standards
New ITStandardsProfiles
Enterprise Information Environment, Business,
Warfighting, and DoD Intelligence
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Standards From Idea to DISR
Industry
DoD
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Defense-Industry Challenge Synchronization of
DoDAF-UPDM Lifecycles
Leverages Vendors Standards- Based Tools
Government Frameworks
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DISR Configuration Management Scheduled Review of
Standards

• Standards are Periodically Reviewed
• To Reconfirm Status in the Standards Lifecycle
• Investigate Alternative Technologies and
  Follow-Ons
• Emerging Standards
• Reviewed Annually
• Expected to be Mandated within Three Years -- or
  Replace with New Technology
• Mandated Standards
• Reconfirmd Every Three Years
• Still Support Interoperability and Net-Centric
  Services?
• Identify Replacement Standard?

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Standards Waiver Policy

• TV-1s are Required to Include All Applicable
  Mandated Standards
• Emerging and Non-Cited Standards will Either
• Require a Waiver
• OR
• For CPDs or Stage II ISPs
• A DISR Change Request Can Be Submitted to Mandate
  the Emerging or Non-Cited Standard (Note If the
  Standard is Not Mandated by the Next Milestone
  Update, then a Waiver Will be Required at that
  Time.)
• Retired Standards Require a Waiver
• Only the Component Acquisition Executive,
  Component CIO, or Cognizant Official Can Grant a
  Waiver For the Use of Emerging, Retired and
  Non-Cited Standards
• All Waivers Shall be Submitted to ASD(NII)/DoD
  CIO for Concurrence
• Mission Critical/Mission Essential ACAT also go
  to USD(ATL)

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DISROnline SIPRNET/NIPRNET Tools

• NIPRnet
• Configuration Management of the DISR
• Change Request Tool
• Collaboration Tool
• Profiling Import Export Capability
• SIPRnet
• Profiling System of Record
• Import Profiles Only (No Export Capability)
• Compare Up to Six Profiles
• Assign Classification Level (Unclass, FOUO,
  Confidential, Secret)
• JCPAT-E System Name Assigned to Each Profile
• Develop Profiles within Author-Defined Group
• Publish System Profiles for Assessments
• Published Profiles Shared by All Users
• Common
• Standards Registry, Search Function, Profiling
  and KIPs

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Standards Configuration Management
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Intelligence Community Standards Registry (ICSR)
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FY09 Initiatives IT STANDARDS

• Activity/Deliverable
• IC/DoD Standards Harmonization
• Delivered a copy of DISR to DNI for the IC on
  JWICS (now operational) ICSR
• Implementation of a Governance for IC Standards
• Implementation of a IC Standards integrated
  process for IC and DoD organizations
• Evolve Policy, Process, and System Engineering
  guidance into support mechanisms
• Integrate ICSR and DISR
• IC Data Standards Coordination Activity is a
  Technical Working Group of ITSC

Supporting the IM/IT Strategic Plan Goal 5
Return on Investment (OMB A-130, EA) Objective
5.4.1. Develop DoD Architecture Framework V2.0 to
support the Departments net-centric strategies
and satisfy the information requirements of major
decision processes.
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FY09 Initiatives IT STANDARDS

• Description IC and DoD IT Standards registries
  will
• Prescribe the Minimal Set of IT and NSS Standards
  needed to achieve Interoperable IT and NSS
  Net-Centric capabilities and decision superiority
  in support of Net-centricity and the warfighters.
  
• Developers and managers must find, reference, and
  incorporate large numbers of standards and
  specifications from multiple sources with complex
  applicability rules.
• Currently, IC and DoD users have a Standards
  registry on separate networks they use to search
  and discover standards by which they design and
  develop their Programs.
• To ensure interoperability, a integration of the
  ICSR and DISR must occur.
• Harmonization (synchronize) standards and
  profiles will occur in FY09
• Measures Users using Profiles and Standards.

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DRAFT IC/DoD Close Coordination on Standards

• Leadership participates in each others governance
  bodies
• Many shared TGWs

CIO EB
Chair ASD NII/DCIO
ADNI/CIO
USD (ATL)
IT Standards Oversight Panel
EA Governance (TBD)
Tri-Chairs USD(ATL), ASD(NII)/DCIO, J6
ATL
IT Standards Committee
IC Enterprise Standards Working Group
Chair DISA GE332
ASD(NII)/DCIO
ltService Area/CoIgtTechnical Working Group
ltService AreagtTechnical Working Group
Shared TWGs
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Summary

• Responsive and Agile Governance Structure
• Technical WGs Address Day-to-Day Standards Issues
• Organized by GIG Core Enterprise Services
• Intelligence Community Participates at All Levels
• Change Request Process for the DoD IT Standards
  Registry (DISR)
• Consensus Process
• Updated Every Four Months
• Delivering Interoperability for the Warfighters

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DoD Standards ProgramDoD IT Standards Registry
(DISR) 16 September 2009

• Walt Okon
• Senior Architect Engineer for Standards
• Architecture and Interoperability Directorate
• Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for
  Information Management, Integration, and
  Technology DoD Deputy Chief Information Officer
• (703) 607- 0502 . walt.okon_at_osd.mil