Security Infrastructure for Service Oriented Architectures at the Tactical Edge

Abstract

Abstract. The requirement for enabling network centric warfare through the accommodation of network-enabled capabilities, promoted the use of service oriented architectures (SOA) within military networks. The initial response of the academic and industrial communities was to utilize standard enterprise SOA. The developed solutions were well adjusted to the strategic domain, where node and network constraints were minimal. Yet, experience gained from the battlefields of the last decade, has proven that the tactical domain imposes a set of unique constraints, that render such solutions inefficient for the tactical edge. The project TACTICS, supported by the European Defense Agency, focuses on the study and development of a SOA dedicated to tactical networks. In this paper we present the designed security service architecture, as developed in accordance to the requirements identified in our earlier studies. Each service is presented as an architectural element within the TACTICS TSI (Tactical Service Infrastructure), aiming to highlight the distinct functionalities of the security infrastructure towards the efficient enforcement of security controls at the tactical edge.

Revisión De La Incorporación De La Arquitectura Orientada a Servicios en Las Organizaciones.

“…Sin embargo, la experiencia adquirida en los campos de batalla de la última década, ha demostrado que el dominio táctico impone un conjunto de limitaciones únicas, que hacen que tales soluciones sean ineficientes para la ventaja táctica. El proyecto TACTICS, con el apoyo de la Agencia Europea de Defensa, se centra en el estudio y desarrollo de una SOA dedicado a redes tácticas; con el objetivo de resaltar las distintas funcionalidades de la infraestructura de seguridad hacia la aplicación eficiente de los controles de seguridad en el borde táctico (Gkioulos & Wolthusen, 2017).…”