Virginia Local Government IT Executives (VALGITE) April 26, 2010 Bruce Sturk & Leslie Fuentes – City of Hampton

Overview What What Why & How Why & How Challenges Challenges Next Steps Next Steps Virginia’s Operational Integration Cyber Center of Excellence “VOICCE”

What Virginia’s Operational Integration Cyber Center of Excellence (VOICCE) environment An environment that: - Simulates a city or community (municipality) - Tests cyber related events or impacts - Evaluates and assess current cyber processes and procedures - Supports National level organizations cyber capabilities development operational facility An operational facility that: - Hosts systems - Hosts technical expertise - Creates scenarios training facility A training facility to facilitate: - Experimentation - Structured evaluations - User workshops A “Municipal” Cyber Test Bed

Grant Background National Cyber Leap Year Objectives of Nation Cyber Leap Year: construction of a national research & technology agenda to ID the most promising ideas and brings them to fruition jumpstarting game- changing, multi-disciplinary development efforts Comprehensive National Cyber Initiative (CNCI) within Homeland Security Presidential Directive (HSPD)-23, developed by the Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) Program Senior Steering Group (SSG) for Cybersecurity.

Synergize Satellites of Excellence to Capture Core Competencies

Not an all inclusive list but… Why… Create World-Class “Municipal Cyber Lab” supporting the Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative “When it comes to cyber security, government and the private sector need to recognize that an individual vulnerability is a common weakness.” Melissa Hathaway, : Support State & Federal Initiatives: Plan: “To train the way we’ll respond, training scenarios must capture the benefits of information sharing & risks of Cyber incidents.” How… Leverage: Surrounding communities of interest (Local Gov’t., Cyber Industry, State & Federal) Deep understanding of local government operations Experienced work force who understand the challenges and create workable, timely solutions Leading edge Modeling & Simulation labs

VOICCE 1 st Year Grant Activities Pilot Project & Proof of Concept activities Pilot Project & Proof of Concept activities Develop initial cyberspace data collection / research & study baseline informationDevelop initial cyberspace data collection / research & study baseline information Define a VOICCE cyberspace experimentation set of processes, procedures and responsesDefine a VOICCE cyberspace experimentation set of processes, procedures and responses Develop cyberspace municipal event scenarios Develop VOICCE architectural design with typical(s) of local IT department tools & resources Execute and assess initial VOICCE construct / scenarios Distribute VOICCE Proof of Concept Report

Focus On Local Government Roll of VALGITE and localities Localities identify most pressing local risks & needs Incident response Training Tools & resources Risk assessment others Localities identify proof of concepts, scenarios & requirements with VOICCE collaborators VOICCE resources build scenarios and assist in scenario utilization VOICCE reports on progress and research

Established 501-3c (VOICCE Inc.) – Feb 2010 Established 501-3c (VOICCE Inc.) – Feb 2010 Participated in Virtual Crisis Response Experiment with Army Research Laboratory, Joint Future Laboratory, Suffolk, VA to learn about virtual collaboration tools and human factors of working in a virtual environment – Feb 2010 Participated in Virtual Crisis Response Experiment with Army Research Laboratory, Joint Future Laboratory, Suffolk, VA to learn about virtual collaboration tools and human factors of working in a virtual environment – Feb 2010 VOICCE presentation to MuniGov2.0– Mar 2010 VOICCE presentation to MuniGov2.0– Mar 2010 Temporary collaboration space through OpenVCE (in a Virtual Collaboration Environment)* managed by the University of Edinburgh includes virtual office and collaboration tools (website and other collaborative tools) – Mar 2010 Temporary collaboration space through OpenVCE (in a Virtual Collaboration Environment)* managed by the University of Edinburgh includes virtual office and collaboration tools (website and other collaborative tools) – Mar 2010 VALGITE presentation – Feedback from VA Local Governments on the VOICCE project – Apr 2010 VALGITE presentation – Feedback from VA Local Governments on the VOICCE project – Apr 2010 Department of Homeland Security – meeting to get feedback on our approach and plans – May 2010 Department of Homeland Security – meeting to get feedback on our approach and plans – May 2010 VOICCE Progress To Date * OpenVCE I-Room awarded second place in the collaboration category in Federal Virtual World Challenge

The Commonwealth Has a “VOICCE” Bruce Sturk Director of Federal Facilities Support City of Hampton