MIRA: a support infrastructure for cyber command and control operations

In this paper we introduce MIRA (Mission-aware Infrastructure for Resilient Agents), an extensible and modular infrastructure designed for the support of coordinated cyber operations. MIRA was originally designed to provide the infrastructure for a cyber-command and control and cyber operations. MIRA provides a core set of services that can be extended to allow for operations in specialized or hybrid environments involving different service requirements or operational constraints. The framework was designed to support the easy integration of third party network components, support services, or communication protocols. After a brief motivation about the needs and requirements for command and control in cyber operations, we introduce and discuss the design and implementation of the MIRA framework. The paper follows the discussion with the description of a simple scenario used to illustrate MIRA.