IT architecture for homeland security

Author

Metz, Gerald S.

Author_Institution

Northrop Grumman Corp., Red Bank, NJ

fYear

2005

fDate

17-20 Oct. 2005

Firstpage

292

Abstract

A common theme in the 9/11 Commission Report is the need to improve how information is shared among the diverse public and private-sector agencies that play a role in our emergency services, public health and safety, law enforcement, transportation, intelligence and national defense. The report makes the case for a paradigm change from "need to know" to "need to share" in the interest of better serving public safety and the public good. This paper describes the problem and how a "network-centric" service oriented architecture like the one being developed for the military by the defense information systems agency (DISA) supports information sharing across the homeland security community as well as our nation 5 military branches

Keywords

information technology; military communication; telecommunication security; IT architecture; defense information systems agency; homeland security community; information sharing; law enforcement; network-centric service oriented architecture; public health; public safety; Emergency services; Health and safety; Information security; Information systems; Law enforcement; Protection; Public healthcare; Service oriented architecture; Terrorism; Transportation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Military Communications Conference, 2005. MILCOM 2005. IEEE

Conference_Location

Atlantic City, NJ

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9393-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MILCOM.2005.1605700

Filename

1605700