NCES Pilot Consolidation SIPRnet

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Net-Centric Enterprise Services (NCES)
Dr. Edward M. Siomacco Vice Director, PEO GIG
Enterprise Services 9 November 2006
UNCLASSIFIED
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NCES Capabilities
ESM Confidence that enterprise services are
available and reliable
Service Discovery Ability to develop and reuse
capabilities regardless of platform increased
flexibility and agility
Machine-to-Machine Messaging Real-time update
and alert notification as information changes
Service Security Ability to operate in a secure
environment
NCES
Mediation Exchange data with unanticipated users
in unanticipated formats
Content Discovery Delivery Access to
shared/ stored data improved shared awareness
People and Device Discovery Locate people and
network resources
Metadata Registry Interoperability of data with
shared semantics
Collaboration Communicate in real-time using
voice, text, and video sessions
Portal Web-based source for information on NCES
and access to its services
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Federated Search Use Case
COI, POR, C/S/A Data Sources populated from
applications, databases, web content, etc.
Capabilities
Interfaces
COI (e.g. C2 Space Situational Awareness)
Enterprise Services DECC Columbus and San
Antonio
EC
Enterprise Catalog
POR (e.g. DCGS)
FS
Federated Search
DS
DS
DS
DS
External Applications, Services, and Data Sources
DS
DS
DS
Intermittently connected users may post metadata
to the Enterprise Catalog
Users
DS
Data Source
NCES Fed Search Aggregator
Enterprise Web Content is crawled and indexed
NCES Service Discovery
NCES Security Service
NCES Enterprise Catalog
DS (Web Enabled)
DS (Web Enabled)
NCES Enterprise Services Management
NCES enables information sharing within and
betweenPrograms of Record and COIs
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Federated Search Use Case
Capabilities
Interfaces
COI (e.g. C2 Space Situational Awareness)
Enterprise Services DECC Columbus and San
Antonio
EC
Enterprise Catalog
POR (e.g. DCGS)
FS
Federated Search
DS
DS
DS
DS
External Applications, Services, and Data Sources
DS
DS
DS
Query is federated and results returned.
Users
DS
Data Source
NCES Fed Search Aggregator
NCES Service Discovery
NCES Security Service
NCES Enterprise Catalog
User Authorized by NCES Security Services
Aggregated results returned
User Submits Search Query
DS (Web Enabled)
Fed Search Aggregator discovers data sources from
Service Discovery
DS (Web Enabled)
User Logs into Portal or COI Application
Results viewed by user
NCES Enterprise Services Management
Content is delivered to the nearest location (via
Content Delivery)
User request content
NCES enables information sharing within and
betweenPrograms of Record and COIs
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Federated Search Use Case
Capabilities
Interfaces
COI (e.g. C2 Space Situational Awareness)
Enterprise Services DECC Columbus and San
Antonio
EC
Enterprise Catalog
POR (e.g. DCGS)
FS
Federated Search
DS
DS
DS
DS
External Applications, Services, and Data Sources
DS
DS
Monitored by ESM
DS
Users
DS
Data Source
NCES Fed Search Aggregator
NCES Service Discovery
NCES Security Service
NCES Enterprise Catalog
DS (Web Enabled)
DS (Web Enabled)
NCES Enterprise Services Management
ESM monitors performance and usage across the
network
NetOpsNOC
ESM forwards results to NetOps
NCES enables information sharing within and
betweenPrograms of Record and COIs
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Messaging / Mediation Use Case
Interfaces
POR Application (e.g. NGA Gateway)
EC
Enterprise Catalog
Capabilities
NCES Security Service
FS
Federated Search
Enterprise Services DECC Columbus
POR Database
M
Messaging Interface
External Applications, Services, and Data Sources
Med
Mediation Interface
Metadata Registry Interface
MDR
Users
NCESMessaging
DECC Columbus San Antonio
NCESMediation
NCES ESM Service
Community schemas, data formats, and transforms
are populated in the Metadata Registry
NCESEnterprise Catalog
NCESFederated Search Aggregator
DoDMetadata Registry
COI User
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Messaging / Mediation Use Case
Interfaces
POR Application (e.g. NGA Gateway)
EC
Enterprise Catalog
Capabilities
NCES Security Service
FS
Federated Search
Enterprise Services DECC Columbus
POR Database
M
Messaging Interface
External Applications, Services, and Data Sources
User Authorized by NCES Security Services
Med
Mediation Interface
Metadata Registry Interface
MDR
Users
NCESMessaging
DECC Columbus San Antonio
NCESMediation
NCES ESM Service
User Subscribes to Channel
NCESEnterprise Catalog
NCESFederated Search Aggregator
DoDMetadata Registry
User Logs into Portal
COI User
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Messaging / Mediation Use Case
Interfaces
POR Application (e.g. NGA Gateway)
EC
Enterprise Catalog
Capabilities
NCES Security Service
POR Updates Database, triggering event
FS
Federated Search
Enterprise Services DECC Columbus
POR Database
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Messaging Interface
External Applications, Services, and Data Sources
User Authorized by NCES Security Services
Med
Mediation Interface
Update Published on Channel
Metadata Registry Interface
MDR
Users
NCESMessaging
DECC Columbus San Antonio
The message is indexed and posted to the
Enterprise Catalog for search via Federated Search
NCESMediation
NCES ESM Service
User Subscribes to Channel
NCES Mediation translates between POR and COI
message formatsusing schemas and transforms from
MDR
NCESEnterprise Catalog
NCESFederated Search Aggregator
DoDMetadata Registry
COI User
User Logs into Portal
Information Displayed on Portal
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Messaging / Mediation Use Case
Interfaces
EC
Enterprise Catalog
POR Application (e.g. NGA Gateway)
Capabilities
NCES Security Service
FS
Federated Search
Enterprise Services DECC Columbus
POR Database
M
Messaging Interface
External Applications, Services, and Data Sources
Med
Mediation Interface
Metadata Registry Interface
MDR
Users
NCESMessaging
ESM monitors performance and usage across the
network
DECC Columbus San Antonio
NCESMediation
NCES ESM Service
NCESEnterprise Catalog
NCESFederated Search Aggregator
DoDMetadata Registry
COI User
NetOps User(JTF-GNO)
ESM forwards results to NetOps
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Early Capabilities Baseline (ECB) Services
Available Today

• Published Specifications and Reference
  Implementations
• Content Discovery
• Ability to search and retrieve authoritative data
  structures, both structured and unstructured
• Ability to make data visible and accessible to
  the GIG
• Content Delivery
• Enhanced secure, protected content delivery
• Service Discovery
• Ability to register services
• Machine-to-Machine Messaging
• Ability to publish and subscribe content channels
  and generate user alerts
• Enterprise Service Management
• Ability to monitor health and welfare of NCES
  services

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Early Capabilities Baseline (continued)

• Service Security
• Enhanced throughput of the security service up to
  40
• Role-based access control
• Classification-based access control (Added as
  part of NCES/Horizontal Fusion Convergence)
• Mediation
• Runtime XML translation
• Portal (Defense Online migrate to DKO-S)
• User-defined Portal
• Metadata Registry
• Collaboration (NIPRNET) (SIPRNET Available Feb
  07)
• NCES Services Interface Laboratory

Services Hosted - DECC Columbus
Back-up - DECC- San Antonio
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NCES Current Users

• Programs of Record (PORs), COIs, and Portfolios
  currently integrated or integrating, including
• C2 Space Situational Awareness (C2 SSA) Pilot
  AFSPACE
• Strike COI STRATCOM
• Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) NORTHCOM/USCG
• Navy Medical Online (NMO) NMIMC
• Net-Enabled Command Capability (NECC)
• Joint Cross Domain Exchange (JCDX)
• Visualization/Information Dominance (VID)
• Tear Line Reporting (TLR)
• Joint Explosive Ordnance Disposal Decision
  Support System (JEOD DSS)
• Net-Centric Geospatial-Intelligence Service (NGS)
• Multi-sensor Aerospace-Ground Joint ISR
  Interoperability Coalition (MAJIIC) Intelligence
• The Environmental Visualization System (EVIS)
• Net-Centric Diplomacy Initiative (NCD)
• Fusion Net
• Defense Strategic Integrated Decision Environment
  (D-SIDE) STRATCOM

Users brought in through Horizontal Fusion
Convergence efforts
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Recent Accomplishments

• 27 Jun 2006 Defense Knowledge Online SIPRNet
  (DKO-S) capability under Army management
• 12 Jul 2006 - Awarded NCES Collaboration Service
  (First Button) - IBM Sametime Tool
• 21 Jul 2006 - NCES Milestone B Program Initiation
  and authorize entry into the Systems Development
  and Demonstration (SDD) Phase for
• Collaboration and Portal Product Lines
• 30 Sep 2006 Complete NCES/Horizontal Fusion
  Convergence

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Whats Ahead

• Planned NCES Milestone B Program Initiation for
• SOA Foundation (SOAF) and Content Discovery and
  Delivery (CDD)
• Request For Proposal (RFP) for SOAF services
  planned for Jan 07
• Request For Quote for Enterprise Collaboration
  (Second Button) Dec 06
• Intensify the NCES Outreach support with Programs
  of Record and Communities of Interest

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