Title :
An overview of the AMC WWMCCS CAT Guard
Author :
Vick, Ricki Andrew
fDate :
30 Nov-4 Dec 1992
Abstract :
The US Air Force Air Mobility Command (AMC) World Wide Military Command and Control System (WWMCCS) Crisis Action Team (CAT) Guard (WCG) system provides a multilevel secure electronic interface between AMC´s Top Secret System High Command and Control Information System and AMC´s Secret System High CAT Global Decision Support System. The functional capabilities of the AMC WCG are summarized. Its unique features are cited, and its current implementation status is described. A guard mediates and controls the flow of information between systems operating at different security levels
Keywords :
command and control systems; decision support systems; security of data; utility programs; AMC WWMCCS CAT Guard; Secret System High CAT Global Decision Support System; Top Secret System High Command and Control Information System; US Air Force; multilevel secure electronic interface between; security levels; Air gaps; Application software; Command and control systems; Computer security; Decision support systems; Information security; Information systems; Multilevel systems; Multiprocessor interconnection networks; Teleconferencing;
Conference_Titel :
Computer Security Applications Conference, 1992. Proceedings., Eighth Annual
Conference_Location :
San Antonio, TX
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-3115-5
DOI :
10.1109/CSAC.1992.228234
