Captain Christopher Page outlines the importance of information dominance for achieving operational advantage through assured command and control (C2), battlespace awareness, and integrated fires. Key initiatives include the implementation of a comprehensive end-to-end architecture and the need for agile policy responses to asymmetric threats in the cyber and space domains. The focus is on ensuring the availability, integrity, and confidentiality of data while addressing vulnerabilities within the naval command and control systems.

1. CAPT Christopher Page, USN
Deputy Director, Assured Command & Control Division
OPNAV N2/N6F1
Unclassified
20140507

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3. Information Dominance
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“Operational advantage gained from fully
integrating information functions, capabilities
and resources to optimize decision making
and maximize warfighting effects.”
Accomplished by 3 core capabilities:
 Assuring C2
 Maintaining Battlespace Awareness
 Integrating Fires
Delivering Warfighting Effects!
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Satellites and Tactical Datalinks
Correlate, decide, disseminate in all environments
Electromagnetic
Spectrum
C3 PlatformsTools
Afloat and Ashore Networks
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5.  Warfighter’s Assured C2 Perspective
– Data Availability
– Data Integrity
– Data Confidentiality
 Adversary’s Perspective
– The above present exploitable attack vectors
 Must identify attack vectors, map materiel solutions and develop
appropriate policy and Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTP)
 Must be addressed in a comprehensive, end-to-end architecture
– Individually addressing Availability, Integrity and/or Confidentiality
will not “Assure C2”
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Agile policy underpins a comprehensive end to end architecture

6.  Assured communications architecture despite the full range of
adversary actions, environment impacts, and EM Spectrum dynamics
 There is no Silver Bullet
– Asymmetric Space and Cyber threats require an architectural response
– Includes: Transport, Networks, Policy, Applications
 New Concept of Operations (CONOPS) and TTP
– Fleet will fight with significantly less network access
 Joint, Interagency, and Coalition interoperability are paramount
 Austere budget environment demands better decision-making, greater
agility, stronger partnerships with service providers
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Our greatest capabilities can become our greatest vulnerabilities

7.  Bolster Nuclear Command, Control, and Communications (NC3)
capabilities for Navy and the Nation
 Implement Joint Information Environment (JIE) and Intelligence
Community Information Technology Enterprise (IC ITE)
 Execute named Cyber Remediation campaign across Navy’s end-to-
end Information Dominance Enterprise Architecture (IDEA)
 Finalize Technology Transition Agreement (TTA) for integrating
Naval Tactical Cloud (NTC) into Agile Core Services (ACS)
 Mature Assured C2 Integrated Readiness Assessment (IRA) and IT
Baseline Assessment Memorandum (BAM)
 Manage Assured C2 Programs of Record across the ashore, afloat,
and aloft segments of the IDEA
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8. CANES – CONSOLIDATED AFLOAT NETWORKS AND ENTERPRISE SERVICE
 Consolidate multiple afloat networks:
– Provide secure, reliable common hosting for multiple C4I applications
– Provide integrated voice, video, data and system management
– Single, scalable IT platform that will enable Assured C2
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Today:
Tactical Data Link (TDL)
EM Spectrum Awareness
Tomorrow:

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Navy Marine
Corps Intranet Continuity of Service Contract
Next Generation
Enterprise Network
OCONUS Navy Enterprise Network
JIE = Joint Information Environment
Navy
Information
Environment
Sensitive Compartmented Information Networks
IC ITE = Intel Community IT Enterprise

10. CANES
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NGEN, CANES, DCC are keys to success -- aligned to JIE
Next Generation Enterprise
Network (NGEN)
Data Center Consolidation (DCC)
Consolidated Afloat
Networks and Enterprise
Services (CANES)

11.  Ensure commander’s ability to command assigned forces in any
environment
 Assured EM spectrum access in high-threat scenarios to
transport, share, store, protect and disseminate critical data
 “Operationalization” of the EM spectrum and cyberspace into a
warfighting domain
Enable use of the EM spectrum as maneuver space.
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Assured
C2
Battlespace
Awareness
Integrated
Fires
Assured EM Spectrum - Pathway to Navy Information Dominance

12.  Assured C2 sets conditions for Navy commanders to maintain the IT-
enabled ability to exercise C2 authorities across the sea, land, air, space,
and cyberspace domains in heavily contested or denied operating
conditions.
 Navy must continue to clearly define and manage capability-based Assured
C2 requirements and resources, and align those requirements and
resources with JIE/IC ITE through the IDEA
 The primary beneficiaries of the effort to deliver Assured C2 capabilities are
the requirements stakeholders: USFF, USPACFLT, and USFLTCYBERCOM
subordinate commanders who execute Navy’s warfighting mission in all
domains.
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Assuring C2 for Information Dominance