5/17/ SUPPORT THE WARFIGHTER DoD CIO 1 (U) FOUO DoD Transformation for Data and Information Sharing Version 1.0 DoD Net-Centric Data Strategy (DS) and Community of Interest (COI) Training

5/17/ SUPPORT THE WARFIGHTER DoD CIO 2 Purpose Describe key enablers for DoD transformation –DoD Net-Centric Data and Services Strategies –Community of Interest (COI) Approach Illustrate how use of these enablers can lead to DoD Transformation Solicit your help to achieve effective military and government operations through a Net- Centric approach

5/17/ SUPPORT THE WARFIGHTER DoD CIO 3 Outline Need for DoD Transformation –Call for Agility –Tenets of Net-Centric Operations DoD Net-Centric Strategies –Vision –Purpose –The Situation and Proposed Solution –Key Components What is a Community of Interest (COI)? COIs Enable DoD Transformation Conclusions

5/17/ SUPPORT THE WARFIGHTER DoD CIO 4 4 POTUS: “DoD Will Be Agile” “The United States is going to maintain our military superiority with armed forces that are agile, flexible and ready for the full range of contingencies and threats.” - President Obama “The US joint force will be smaller and leaner. But its great strength will be that it will be more agile, more flexible, ready to deploy quickly, innovative, and technologically advanced. That is the force for the future.” - Secretary Panetta Defense Security Review, 5 Jan 12

5/17/ SUPPORT THE WARFIGHTER DoD CIO 5 DoD Data Strategy Vision Pre-determined “point to point” connections within systems and applications on disparate networks Producer “pushes” information to pre-defined consumers TodayFuture Systems and applications are web- enabled to expose their information Authorized known & unanticipated consumers “pull” or “subscribe to” what they need regardless of who produced the information Information Not Easily Shared Information Ubiquitous on DoD “Web”

5/17/ SUPPORT THE WARFIGHTER DoD CIO 6 Net-Centric Data Sharing Benefits Manual Data + Interpretation and Context Data SharingInformation Effective Military and Government Operations Where we are today Value Added Services Operational Perspective: Increased accuracy, effectiveness and agility to respond to dynamic information sharing needs and changing enemy tactics Acquisition Perspective: Faster delivery, built-in interoperability, increased flexibility and lower costs Where DoD Net-Centric Strategies Get Us Net-CentricElectronic Net-Centric

5/17/ SUPPORT THE WARFIGHTER DoD CIO 7 DoD Net-Centric Data Strategy (9 May 2003) Purpose –Describes a vision for a net-centric environment and the data goals for achieving that vision –Defines approaches and actions that DoD personnel will have to take as users—whether in a role as consumers and producers of data or as system and application developers DoD Instruction (signed Aug 5, 2013) directs the implementation of the DoD Net- Centric Data and Services Strategies “The…DoD Net-Centric Data Strategy provides a key enabler of the Department’s Transformation by establishing the foundation for managing the Department’s data in a net-centric environment…. The strategy also introduces management of data within communities of interest (COIs) rather than standardizing data elements across the Department.” - John P. Stenbit (former DoD CIO)

5/17/ SUPPORT THE WARFIGHTER DoD CIO 8 DoD Net-Centric Services Strategy (4 May 2007) Purpose: –Describes the DoD’s vision for establishing a Net- Centric Environment that increasingly leverages shared services and Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) –Expands upon the DoD Net-Centric Data Strategy by connecting services to the Data Strategy goals “The Department of Defense (DoD) Net-Centric Services Strategy (NCSS) reflects the recognition by the DoD that this services oriented approach can result in an explosion of capabilities for our warfighters and decision makers, thereby increasing operational effectiveness.” - John G. Grimes (DOD CIO)

5/17/ SUPPORT THE WARFIGHTER DoD CIO 9 The Situation and Proposed Solution CURRENT INFORMATION SHARING CHALLENGES Accessible Web Enable Sources Provide assured access Remove Impediments — “Need to Share” Visible Advertise Information Holdings (“Tag” Data) NET-CENTRIC DATA STRATEGY TENETS (DoD Instruction ) IMPLEMENTATION APPROACHES Understandable Communities of Interest (COIs) — Shared Vocabularies User UNAWARE information exists User knows it exists, but CANNOT ACCESS IT User can access information, but cannot exploit it due to LACK OF UNDERSTANDING

5/17/ SUPPORT THE WARFIGHTER DoD CIO 10 Key Components of the DoD Net-Centric Data Strategy Enable Data to Be Trusted Enable Data to Be Trusted Make Data Interoperable Make Data Interoperable Be Responsive to User Needs Be Responsive to User Needs Make Data Accessible Make Data Accessible Make Data Understandable Make Data Understandable Make Data Visible Make Data Visible Is an information resource discoverable by end-users? Is it connected to the network(s), and are tools readily available to use and allow assured access to it? Can it be used intelligibly? Are the semantics well documented? Can it be easily combined or compared with other information and/or mediated? Is the authority (pedigree, security level, and access control level) known and available? Are users involved in COIs? Are robust, direct user feedback mechanisms in place to guide development? Make Data Governable Make Data Governable Are data processes governed with sustained leadership?

5/17/ SUPPORT THE WARFIGHTER DoD CIO 11 Key Components of the DoD Net-Centric Services Strategy Monitor and Manage Services Use Services Govern the Infrastructure and Services Provide Services Are information resources and functional capabilities available as services on the network? Are services visible, accessible, and understandable? Are existing services (including Core Enterprise Services) used to satisfy mission needs before creating duplicative capabilities? Are policies and processes established to govern how to provide, secure, use and operate services? Are services implemented in accordance with DoD’s GIG NetOps Strategy and concept of operations to ensure situational awareness of the net-centric information sharing environment? COIs Help To Define

5/17/ SUPPORT THE WARFIGHTER DoD CIO 12 What is a COI? Cross-Component Cross-Service Cross-Agency Multi-National “A collaborative group of users who exchange information in pursuit of their shared goals, interests, missions, or business processes, and who therefore must have shared vocabulary for the information they exchange.”— CNSSI 4009, 26 Apr 2010 “COIs … come together to address a specific information sharing mission or challenge that the COI can solve by exposing and sharing data. ”— DoD G, April 12, 2006

5/17/ SUPPORT THE WARFIGHTER DoD CIO 13 COIs Enable DoD Transformation Global Information Grid (GIG) Global Information Grid (GIG) TIME Program COI Data & Services tightly coupled to applications System specific vocabularies Services start to emerge N 2 integration problem Decouple data from applications Service enable data Create standards-based vocabularies (community & core) to enable interoperability Data and Services available on the GIG Composable services Programs provide services or value-added services Program Service Data Organization & processes tied to ITCOIs cut across organizations using existing processes Organization & processes independent of IT Deliver ServicesDeliver Systems

5/17/ SUPPORT THE WARFIGHTER DoD CIO 14 Conclusions Widely recognized need for Net-Centric Operations DoD Net-Centric Data and Services Strategies are key enablers for Enterprise transformation –COIs enable DoD Transformation –COIs provide an opportunity to address Joint, inter-agency, and coalition information sharing challenges But challenges remain – we are pioneering net-centric information sharing transformation and need your help to: –Implement the things we know how to do –Address the remaining challenges –Continue to innovate as technology changes and needs evolve Progress is being made but your help is needed to achieve effective military and government operations

5/17/ SUPPORT THE WARFIGHTER DoD CIO 15 (U) FOUO AOC Achieve net-centric operations where anything on the network can be dynamically integrated to support any mission. Get Connected Share Information Achieve Netcentric Ops No Warrior Fights Alone Courtesy of Fred Stein (COL, USA. ret), Net-Centric Warfare Senior Principal Engineer, MITRE