George William Muncaster

An enterprise view of defensive information assurance

Real-world network-centric military and commercial systems which operate within the global mixed wireless and wireline infrastructure require practical enterprise-wide defensive information assurance (DIA). The increasing reliance on common, open standards and intrinsic complexity make such systems attractive and vulnerable to information warfare attack. A proactive, enterprise-wide DIA program is prudent, given the nature of information attack threats, and is beneficial to enterprises and their global customers.

Advanced wide-area emergency/incident notification systems

Future operational IVHS services and networks promise to transform the implementation of emergency/incident response and management/notification systems. Properly structured systems should improve highway safety, accident morbidity/mortality and incident mitigation with positive impacts on traffic congestion and the environment. Emergency/incident response management support systems should be developed from a systems perspective. This implies an iterative process from fundamental needs, to requirements/specifications to alternative systems architectures and evaluation of operation and functional characteristics with respect to the requirements. The methodology may be extended to other IVHS realms, including MAYDAY (9-1-1) communications, ATIS, etc.