“Collaborating On Cyberspace
in San Diego”
CAPT Mark Kohlheim, Commanding Officer
06 OCT 09
Information.. a weapon and a target!
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What DoD Leadership is Saying
The United States is "under cyber attack virtually all the
time, every day….and that this is going to be an enduring
problem”
– Secretary of Defense Robert Gates
“The consequences of a cyber attack could, in fact, be
in the magnitude of a weapon of mass destruction.”
– VCJCS Gen. James Cartwright
And on Cyber Defense … “We are behind. We are reactive. We
are not proactive. We are making it too easy”.
– Gen. Kevin P. Chilton, Commander, USSTRATCOM
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What the Chief of Naval Operations is saying
"The opening rounds of the next war will likely be in cyberspace - the
Navy must be ready to prevent wars as well as win them; to do that, we must
understand how we will live, operate, and win in cyberspace.“ Navy Times,
October 2007
"To pace the complex and adaptive techniques of potential adversaries, we need
survivable and persistent network communications that enable secure and
robust means to command and control our assets, and to use, manage, and exploit
the information they provide… Cyberspace presents enormous challenges and
unprecedented opportunities to shape and control the battlespace." CNO
statement to the Senate Armed Services Committee - June 2009
"We are realigning our organizations to more effectively man, train, and
equip Navy forces for cyber and information operations by standing up
FLTCYBERCOM / TENTHFLT and reorganizing the OPNAV staff to achieve
the integration and innovation necessary for warfighting dominance across
the full spectrum of operations across the maritime, cyberspace and
information domains." Sept 2009, CNO Guidance for 2010
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SSC Pacific
• DoD Center of Excellence, and the
Nation’s only full spectrum C4ISR Lab…,
ranked # 1 in Development and
Acquisition, top tier Research, Test
and Evaluation
• ~ 4,200 staff (active duty military, federal
civil service) plus contractors…, award
winning, nationally and internationally
recognized experts
• $2.5B annual revenue, extensive
partnerships…, global presence,
global influence
• Cyber Support Contract – award JAN
2010
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• National asset - unique location,
unique facilities, unique business
model (Navy Working Capital Fund)
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DoD Cyber Definitions
Cyberspace: A global domain within the
information environment consisting of the
interdependent network of information technology
infrastructures, including the Internet,
telecommunications networks, computer systems,
and embedded processors and controllers.
Cyberspace Operations: employment of cyber
capabilities where the primary purpose is to
achieve military objectives or effects in or
through cyberspace. Such operations include
computer network operations and activities to
operate and defend the GIG.
Cyberspace
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All of the warfighting
domains intersect…
In relation to other mission
areas…
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The Situation
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Ubiquitous Presence …
1.5 billion people on the Internet;
much of Asia and Africa still to come
Upwards of 200B e-mails per day
Critical to commerce, government,
business processes, safety, etc.
Exponential demand; 8 hours of
YouTube uploaded every minute
Increasing connections; global
wireless and cellular usage
Cyberspace
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Salient Danger …
▼ Cyberspace intrusions and attacks
are a real and emerging threat
▼ U.S. faces a dangerous mixture of
vulnerabilities and adversaries
▼ Cyberspace situational awareness
is not mature
▼ Information and the information
infrastructure are targets
▼ Exploitation, disruption, or
destruction are adversary goals
▼ Malicious cyberspace activity is
increasing in regularity and
severity
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Cyber as a Global Commons
▼ Cyber domain is ubiquitous
 Cyber capabilities are changing the way the
world thinks.
 We expect to be there when we need it.
 We depend on it in ways that we can no
longer imaging doing without it.
 Part of national critical infrastructure
▼ It has become part of the Global
Commons, much like the maritime
domain and space domains.
▼ Our national interests require us to
preserve and advance our ability to
maneuver in this global commons
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Information Sharing Environment
2009 Report to Congress
Four Goals
▼ Create a culture of sharing
 Accountability through Performance
Appraisals
 Training
 Incentives and Awards
▼ Reduce Barriers to Sharing
 Integrated Security Framework
 Handling of Controlled Unclassified
Information
 Trusted Sharing Infrastructure
 Privacy Protection
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Information Sharing Environment
2009 Report to Congress (continued)
▼ Improving Sharing Practices with Federal, State, Local,
Tribal and Foreign Partners
 The Nationwide SAR Initiative
 State and Major Urban Area Fusion Centers
 Improved Production and Dissemination
 Sharing with Foreign Partners
▼ Institutional Sharing
 ISE Architecture Program
 Common Terrorism Information Sharing Standards Program
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Collaborating to Assure Our Missions
Network Maps:
▼ We share a Risk
What We think our networks looks like
 Government, DoD, industry,
consumers, academia and
private citizens
DoD
▼ Classic Information Assurance
 Confidentiality
− Share information smartly
 Availability
− Always connected
 Integrity
− The right information
Internet
US Navy
▼ Need to work together to
maximize use of scarce
resources
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Collaborating to Assure Our Missions
Reality of what our Networks Look like
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It’s not all about Security…
USS Laboon
conducts training
for Operation
Allied Protector,
NATO's counterpiracy operation.
July 2009
Afghan
presidential
election
workers count
and organize
election
ballots Aug
2009
Cyberspace
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6 OCT 09
Two CR-34
patrol boats
approach the
Al Basrah Oil
Terminal
(ABOT) after
performing
maritime
security
operations
Watchstanders
on the bridge
of USS Nimitz
It’s About Accomplishing the Mission…
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Autonomy in cyberspace
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Partnering For Success
Largest-ever DoD licensing agreement
Own more than 200 patents, 175 pending
SSC Pacific ranked 6th compared to
San Diego based corporate patent
recipients in 2008
Rank Company
10 U.S.C. §2563/§2539B
10 U.S.C. §2563/§2539B
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22 CRADAs at SSC Pacific in FY 08
15 CRADAs in pipeline
417 Active contract including grants
1,080 firms, including simplified acquisition
Work for Private Parties
 25 agreements > $25M
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Qualcomm (Wireless)
Callaway Golf (Sporting Goods)
SAIC (IT, Contractor, R&D)
Kyocera Wireless (Wireless)
Cymer (Laser, Semiconductors)
SSC Pacific (US Government)
AMCC (Semiconductors)
Isis Pharmaceuticals (Biotech)
Fallbrook Technologies (Automotive)
Gen-Probe (Biotech)
2008
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Source: http://www.xconomy.com/sandiego/2009/01/26/qualcomm-leads-san-diego-patentfilings-in-our-top-25-list/
SSC Pacific data added. (Does not include data from
local Universities)
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We’re More “Social” These Days!
http://facebook.com/SPAWARPacific
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http://twitter.com/SSCPacific
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