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Author Porche, Isaac, 1968- author.

Title Rapid acquisition and fielding for information assurance and cyber security in the Navy / Isaac R. Porche III, Shawn McKay, Megan McKernan, Robert W. Button, Bob Murphy, Kate Giglio, Elliot Axelband
Published Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation, 2012
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Description 1 online resource (xxiii, 78 pages) : color illustrations
Series Technical report ; TR-1294-NAVY
Technical report (Rand Corporation) ; TR-1294-NAVY.
Contents Introduction -- Testing (certification and accreditation) : challenges, best practices, and recommendations -- The Navy modernization process : challenges, best practices, and recommendations -- Budgeting, funding, and contracts : challenges, best practices, and recommendations -- Governance, integration and training, and emerging needs : challenges, best practices, and recommendations -- Summary and conclusions
Summary Identifying an agile and adaptable acquisition process that can field new information technology capabilities and services in relatively short and responsive time frames is a pressing issue for the U.S. Navy. Damaging malware can mutate within hours or days, requiring a defense that is sufficiently responsive to mitigate each variant. The Navy's Program Manager, Warfare (PMW) 130, an office in the Navy's Program Executive Office for Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence, is focused on rapidly and proactively fielding innovative capabilities to stay ahead of cyber threats. It requires an acquisition and fielding cycle that can deliver hardware security products within 12-18 months, software security products within six to 12 months, and incremental development for both hardware and software every three months. These time frames are far shorter than the Navy's traditional acquisition cycle time, which can be 36 months from concept approval to initial operational capability or eight to ten years for full operational capability. With a focus on these goals, a RAND study sought to identify ways to accelerate or bypass the traditional acquisition process in response to the unique demands of PMW 130 information technology and cyber programs, with lessons derived from and recommendations applicable to programs across the U.S. Department of Defense
Notes "Prepared for the United States Navy."
"National Defense Research Institute."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 73-78)
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (RAND, viewed January 4, 2013)
Subject United States. Navy -- Procurement.
United States. Navy -- Information technology
United States. Navy -- Planning
SUBJECT United States. Navy fast
Subject Computers -- Purchasing -- United States
Computer software -- Purchasing -- United States
Computer security -- United States
Cyberterrorism -- United States -- Prevention
Government purchasing -- Law and legislation -- United States
Defense contracts -- United States
Electronic digital computers -- Purchasing -- United States
COMPUTERS -- Internet -- Security.
Armed Forces -- Procurement
Computer security
Computer software -- Purchasing
Computers -- Purchasing
Cyberterrorism -- Prevention
Defense contracts
Government purchasing -- Law and legislation
Armed Forces -- Planning
Military & Naval Science.
Law, Politics & Government.
Naval Science - General.
United States
Form Electronic book
Author McKay, Shawn, author.
McKernan, Megan, author.
Button, Robert, author.
Giglio, Kate, author.
National Defense Research Institute (U.S.)
Rand Corporation.
ISBN 9780833083487
0833083481