Main Subcommittee Category: Training

How would you label your submission?: Industry

Abstract:

To create an integrated and ready warfighting force, we must be able to train with highly classified assets in live virtual constructive (LVC) simulation environments alongside our mission partners, where each US and partner participant sees the appropriate level of fidelity for their classification or caveat. Multilevel security (MLS) solutions that enable an LVC environment to simultaneously process multiple classification levels have been a challenging problem from both a technical and a policy perspective. This paper describes the implementation of successful MLS training environments, up to and including Special Access Program (SAP) data, with US and mission partner participants, allowing ground truth to be appropriately obfuscated in near real-time based on classification caveat and user need to know, resulting in real world-like situations where some participants do not have visibility into the use of classified assets. Intended for a technical audience, this paper describes a Resilient Multilevel Architecture (RMA) approach to MLS training which is in the process of accreditation. RMA enables the sharing of information across traditional security boundaries through the application Zero Trust principles, data centric frameworks, and active risk management. This paper also provides data and metrics from executed training environments and discusses lessons learned from the implementation team.

Keywords: DATA;LVC;SECURITY;TRAINING

Additional Keywords not in the list above: MLS