Mr. Eric Markland

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NGEN and the Future of Navy Network Command and
Control

• Mr. Eric Markland
• Deputy Director, NGEN Fleet Implementation
• and Transition Team (FITT)
• 10 March 2009

UNCLAS
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Did You Know
Established in 2002, mission has evolved to
include many different Echelons

• Our portfolio
• IO
• Intel
• Cyber
• Networks
• Communications
• Space
• Fleet C4 and Mod
• COMSEC
• Spectrum Management

Information is the Ammo
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NETWARCOMs Role
Readiness
Operations

• Man, Train, and Equip for
• Information Technology
• Networks
• Cryptology
• Information Operations
• Space
• Intelligence
• Lead Network Warfare FORCEnet Enterprise (NNFE)
• Community Leadership Management
• FFC N6

• Operate, Maintain, and Defend Networks
• Operational Authority for Info Ops (EW, CNO,
  PSYOP, MILDEC, OPSEC IAW NWP 3-13)
• Conduct Space Operations
• Serve as Functional Component Commander to
  USSTRATCOM for Space, Info Ops NetOps

13,604 personnel with 35 worldwide
Commands/Detachments
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NNE Alignment with GIG 2.0
NNE
Today
GIG 2.0 Top 5
NMCI
NCES DKO Enterprise Portal
Global Authentication Access Control
Global Naval INTRANET Attribute
based Access Strong Authentication Single DoD
Portal DISN Core TELEPORT Backbone Central
NNE Governance under JTF-GNO C2 Tactical Agility
NGEN
ONE-Net BLII
Joint Enterprise Data Strategy
Common Policies Standards
Excepted Networks
Joint Infrastructure
ISNS
DISA DECCS Navy DECCS (DECC-N) DoD DMZ NNE SOA
Unity of Command
CENTRIXS-M
CANES
Services From the Edge
SCI Networks
Enterprise networks are key to GIG 2.0
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Next Generation Enterprise Network
The Next Generation Enterprise Network (NGEN)
baseline will include the services currently
offered on NMCI. NGEN will be an enterprise
network that will provide secure, net-centric
data and services to Navy and Marine Corps
personnel. NGEN forms the foundation for the
DONs future Naval Network Environment (NNE) that
will be interoperable with other Department of
Defense (DoD) provided Net-Centric Enterprise
Services.
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NGEN Tenets

• Navy owned and managed network enables
  improvements in
• Security
• Compliance with National Security Agency IA
  Standards
• Ability to combat SIPRNet threats
• Warfighting Capability
• Warfighter C2
• Ease of transition to new capability/application
  requirements
• Governance
• Increased accountability for performance
• Standardized business rules, infrastructure and
  architecture
• Adaptability
• Enhanced responsiveness to increasingly dynamic
  requirements
• Incorporates new technologies when and as
  required
• Reliability
• Contingency/Disaster Recovery, Path Diversity,
  Data Storage

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Why Change?

• Gain Government C2 of the network
• Initially provides continuity of NMCI-like
  services
• Employs common DON Enterprise Governance,
  Standards and Architecture
• Increases responsiveness to changes in DON
  business rules and operational warfighting
  requirements
• Re-aligns network capabilities to ensure joint
  requirements are met
• Enables industry proven, responsive, leading edge
  network security improvements
• Leverages industry expertise and proven standards
  (ITSM)

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What is Network C2?NetOps Framework
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Unified C2Exerting Control over IT Services

• IT Service Management
• NetOps functions are mapped to a framework for IT
  Service Management. The advantage of mapping the
  NetOps mission essential tasks into this
  framework is that processes, functions, and
  terminology are clearly defined and provide a
  common lexicon to describe NetOps processes and
  functions to vendors/contractors.
• IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL). ITIL will be
  used for individual certifications and to
  describe NetOps processes.
• ISO 20000. ISO 20000 compliance check sheet will
  be used to certify a command. ISO 20000 is fully
  consistent with the ITIL framework.

• Network Control
• NetOps requires the ability to direct and manage
  available resources, or allocate them to specific
  missions. The ability to exert control over
  these resources enables command functions, which
  is the ability to direct changes to resources as
  necessary to achieve a desired result within a
  specified timeframe.
• Network control is achieved with the ability to
• Prioritize responses to events/incidents/problems
  using event/incident/problem management processes
• Closure of events and incidents using event and
  incident management processes
• Establish policies and direct changes in response
  to cyber threats or attacks using information
  security management processes
• Direct move, add, changes (MACs) using change
  management processes
• Grant/revoke access to IT services using access
  management processes
• Establish criteria for and/or direct the
  implementation of continuity of operations
  activities using IT service continuity
  management processes

Objective Define critical NetOps control
functions within an IT service management
framework
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Shared Situational Awareness
Network Common Operational Picture
(NETCOP) synthesizes current performance of IT
services, operations, and threats into an
integrated picture that supports both NetOps
commanders as well as operational commanders by
reporting the status, threat, vulnerability, and
mission impact of degradation in a manner
tailored to their areas of responsibility/interest
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• Shared situational awareness
• Near real time information on the status of IT
  services and supported commands improves the
  quality and timeliness of collaborative
  decision-making regarding the employment,
  protection and defense of the network
• Situational Awareness is achieved with
• Service level status from service level
  management processes
• Threat reporting from information security
  management processes
• Vulnerability assessment from information
  security management processes
• Event/Incident/Problem status from
  event/incident/problem management processes
• GIG/Service network status

Objective A common set of reporting procedures,
tools, and standards to share situational
awareness information in near real-time with
relevant decision-makers.
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NETWARCOM Role During TransitionNGEN Fleet
Implementation and Transition Team (FITT)

• Mission Statement
• The NGEN FITT exists to develop, maintain and
  promulgate a coordinated executable strategy to
  ensure effective transition from NMCI to NGEN
• Purpose
• Support the short- and long-term goals and
  objectives of the Naval Networking Environment
  (NNE) 2016 Strategy
• Provide guidance and assistance to transition
  from NMCI to NGEN
• Act as the NGEN Stakeholder Communications Lead
  for the Fleet
• Persistent NNWC LNO physically located at the SPO
  
• Objectives
• Define detailed Command and Control (C2)
  functions through Early Transition Activities
  (ETA)
• Prevent network disruptions during roll-out
• Develop operational and user processes and
  coordinate training
• Minimize impact on DON warfighter mission and
  users

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NETWARCOM Role During TransitionNGEN Fleet
Implementation and Transition Team (FITT)

• Stand-up Global Network C2 structure for NGEN
• Developing the personnel, processes and tools
  needed to support NGEN NetOps requirements and
  capabilities
• Visibility into the health and status of NGEN
  operations
• Ability to associate performance issues with
  specific NGEN segment
• Focus on network defense activities
• Development of tools and processes to exercise C2
  over NGEN
• Implement global, regional, and local NetOps
  authorities under NGEN as documented in the
  signed NGEN NetOps CONOPS

NetOps CONOPS signed by VADM Starling
(NETWARCOM), VADM Edwards (OPNAV N6), and BGEN
Allen (HQMC C4)
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Summary

• Starting with NGEN, DON is working towards
  implementing the NNE
• NETWARCOMs FITT is leading operational
  transition from NMCI to NGEN
• Three major pre-Transition efforts will effect
  NETWARCOM and its Commanders
• Stand-up of the Global NetOps C2 structure for
  NGEN
• Development of People, Processes and Tools for
  operational control
• Implementation of Open Standards for IT Service
  Management (ITSM) and employment of
  industry-proven ITIL framework

NETWARCOM and its Commanders will retain
Operational C2 of the network under NGEN.
Preparation starts now.
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