The document outlines IBM's cloud solutions tailored for military applications, emphasizing improved agility, cost efficiency, and security. It details specific use cases for the U.S. Air Force and Army logistics, showcasing advancements in data management and cybersecurity. Additionally, it highlights the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's use of cloud technology to enhance weather data accessibility and analysis.

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Cloud for the military . .
. . projects & promise
V2, 8 Jun 15
John Palfreyman, IBM

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1. Cloud Clarified
2. US Air Force Mission Oriented Cloud Architecture
3. US Army Logistics Activity
4. National Oceanographic & Atmospheric Administration
5. Looking Forward
Agenda

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Cloud Clarified
Baselining Terminology

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NIST Definition of Cloud

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. . . as a Service
Networking
Storage
Servers
Virtualization
O/S
Middleware
Runtime
Data
Applications
Traditional
Networking
Storage
Servers
Virtualization
O/S
Middleware
Runtime
Data
Applications
Platform
as a Service
Networking
Storage
Servers
Virtualization
O/S
Middleware
Runtime
Data
Applications
Software
as a Service
Networking
Storage
Servers
Virtualization
Middleware
Runtime
Data
Applications
Infrastructure
as a Service
O/S
Vendor Manages in CloudClient Manages

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Where & Who?
On Premises Off Premises
Client Operates
Most Secure
Highest Cost
(Unlikely)
Contractor Operates
Secure (with
cleared staff)
Lower Cost
Less Secure
Lowest Cost

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Public, Private or Both (Hybrid)?
Most sensitive
workloads behind
firewall
Everything
connected to you,
but remote
Optimised
economics &
agility
Seamless experience,
regardless of choice /
combination

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Military promise of Cloud . . .
Mission System provisioning Weeks Minutes
Event-based Scalability Fixed Elastic
Workload Runtime Location Static Movable
Service access Administered Self-service
Standardization Complex Reuse/share
Metering/billing Fixed cost Variable cost
Server/storage utilization 10–20% 70–90%
Return of Investment Years Months
Increasing
Mission Agility
Reducing
costs
On-demand, event-based access to mission services
that can react to changing events

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USAF Mission Oriented Cloud Architecture
Tackling SECURITY head on

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Why?
"Our goal is to demonstrate how cloud
computing can be a tool to enable our
Air Force to manage, monitor and
secure the information flowing through
our network. We examined the
expertise of IBM's commercial
performance in cloud computing and
asked them to develop an architecture
that could lead to improved performance
within the Air Force environment to
improve all operational, analytical and
security capabilities.”
Lieutenant General William Lord, Chief
Information Officer and Chief,
Warfighting Integration, for the U.S. Air
Force.
! Advanced cyber security and analytics
capable of protecting sensitive data
! Designed with real time processing of
sensors, monitors and devices
! Cloud architecture to reduce response
time to cyber threats
! Mission prioritized workload & capacity
management

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How?
Dash-boarding,
Visualizing and Reporting
Stored Data &
Threat ProfilesStreaming Threats
Real-time
Security Software
+
10-40-100
Gb/S
100% packet Inspection
Real-time
Analytics
Massive (pbyte)
Scale Analytics Engine
! Advanced Analytics - detecting and reacting
to abnormal patterns
! Deep Packet Inspection - analyze data flows
within the cloud
! Resilience - reconfigure cloud networks and
resources
! Virtual server protection - situational
awareness of vulnerabilities and attacks
! Autonomic Defense – at machine speed with
chip level responsiveness

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What (benefit)?
! Security Intelligence approach (Analytics on
masses of data)
! Enhanced security, policy management and
compliance management
! Real collaboration (IBM – USAF)
! Cloud security possible using standard
commercial software

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US Army Logistics Activity (LOGSA)
Hybrid cloud for the military

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Why?
Logistics Support Activity (LOGSA)
! Acquire, Manage, Equip & Sustain US Army materiel
! Data Collection, Organising, Storing Delivering
! Logistics Information Warehouse
Drivers
! Save Money
! Interoperate
! Broaden Analytics Capability

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How?
! Started as Data Centre Consolidation
! Comprehensive Pre-Transition Audit
! Three Phases
1. On boarding
2. Transition to Managed Services
3. Solution Modernisation
! Analytics & Optimisation

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[1] Discovering “Real” As-Is
Firewall
Solaris
Servers
Trusted
User
EMC SAN
Other LOGSA
Customers
IETM
Customers
Basic
Services
IETM
Servers
Fiber Channel
Network
USPV
SAN
Tape NASNon-VM
Servers
Network
V-Block
Incomplete
ETL
Fiber Channel
Non-ERP
Databases
Non-ERP
Files
ERP
Databases
• Poor VM processes & mgmt
• Data Warehouse in disarray
• Excessive applications
• Disjointed SAN architecture
• Maxed-out SAN frames
• Thousands of patches not
applied over previous decadePortal
Databases
OldOSVMs
Active
Directory
• Numerous access mechanisms
• Badly outdated
equipment
SFTP &
Custom
Interfaces
Multiple
DB
Interfaces
Web Portal SSO, E-mail
Server Minimal SOA
Multiple
Client
Interfaces

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[2] . . . to Managed Services
• Migrate to Unified SAN
• Massive upgrade/patch fix
• Modernize equipment• Improve VM processes/mgmt
• Resolve License/Lease issues
• Reduce number of databases
• Modeled, doctrine-aligned Business Processes
Firewall
Solaris
Servers
Trusted
User
EMC SAN
LOGSA
Customers
IETM
Customers
SVCIETM
Servers
Fiber Channel
USPV
Non-VM
Servers
ILDP
Server
Network
V-Block
InfoSphere
ETL&ISD
Fiber Channel
Non-ERP
Databases
Non-ERP
Files
ERP
Databases
Portal
Unify
Databases
Solaris
VMS
LinuxVMs
SFTP /
LOGFERS
LOGTRANS,
LOGETL,
ILAP, LIW-F
Web
Portal,
E-mail
Server
Client SOA
Interfaces
Tape
Network
Active
Directory
XIV SAN
Substantial repairs
New/major updates
LIW-1
Forward
ALEG
Business
Glossary
NAS

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What (benefit)?
! Half the Cost of the previous unmanaged solution
! Transitioned to Managed Services in 181 days
! Applied over 10,000 patches
! Demonstrated Rapid Recovery from unplanned outages
! Building scalable, Cloud-ready Army Logistics SOA

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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Open Innovation in Action!

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NOAA Why?
! Collects 20TB data / day
– Doppler radars
– weather satellites
– buoy networks and stations,
– real-time weather stations
– ships and aircraft
! Demand for quality weather information
! New business model - “Drive economic growth and business
innovation” Secretary Pritzker

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How?
! Open up weather data to IBM & Partners
! Creates NOAA “data lake” in Cloud
! Applies analytics, offers service to Consumer
! Leveraging Open Standards based BlueMix
Platform – Partner Interoperability
! Cooperative Research & Development
(CRADA)

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What (benefit)?
! More VALUE to consumer
! From delayed, summary information . .
! . . to full data, low latency
! Efficiencies through scale up / down
! Iterative, exploratory approach

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Looking Forward
Cloud – Promising Future!

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! Emerging high value cloud workloads generate business insights by linking
data from Systems of Record and Systems of Engagement at cloud scale
! “Flat” data centers can efficiently host such workloads with varying memory,
network and storage requirements
! As sensitive workloads and data migrate to the cloud, security and
compliance are becoming paramount
Industry
Transformation
DevOps,
Agility
Capex
Reduction
Cloud Evolution
Cloud 1.0 Cloud 2.0
Cloud 3.0
Data originates in Cloud

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IBM BlueMix Overview
! Open Standards based Cloud Platform
! Mobile & application developers access to software [1]
– Integration
– Security
– Business functions
– Advanced, exploratory elements
! EASE of application development
! Immediate use of Web Service
! Ideal vehicle for Open Innovation
[1] from IBM & partners

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Adaptive,
Contextual
Security
Reactive,
Defense in
Depth
Static,
Perimeter
Controls
Cloud 1.0 Cloud 2.0
Cloud evolution – security point of view
Challenge 1 Challenge 2 Challenge 3
Fragmented and
complex security
controls
Sophisticated threats
and attackers
Increased attack
surface due to agile
and composable
systems
Attackers exploit platform
shifts to launch new
attacks on high value
workloads and data
Cloud 3.0

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Monitor
and Distill
Correlate
and Predict
Adapt and
Pre-empt
Correlate events
Predict risk
Business impact
Defense strategies
Risk Prediction and
Defense Planning
From forensic to predictive security
by building contextual models of
access to value at risk
Active
In-device
Near Field
Passive
Multi-level monitoring and
big data analytics
360 view of device, user, data,
application and process
Adapt network architecture, access
protocols, and privileges in a way
that increases attacker workload
Controls Management Agents Active
Adaptive and
optimized response
Less intrusive More controls
LessintrusiveMorevisibility
IBM is uniquely positioned to provide the most secure Systems of Insight
with adaptive, contextual security
Security
3.0

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1. Cloud (economy, agility, interoperability) ideal for military
2. Security is HARD but commercial software can solve
3. Projects may be complex, incremental – but huge savings accrue
4. Open Innovation – releasing value from data - happening
5. Open Standards Cloud platforms underpin real innovation
6. Security must evolve with Cloud usage
Summary

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Questions?
John Palfreyman, IBM
2dsegma@uk.ibm.com

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