White Paper: Securing Next-Generation Internet Devices
Implementing New Hardware-Based Information Security Capabilities
The U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency offers a case study for achieving desktop virtualization utilizing Intel® vPro™ technology in year one of a multi-year deployment program.
Executive Summary
The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) is in the first year of a multi-year program to deploy and use Intel® vPro™ technology to support Multi-Level Security (MLS) capabilities on end-user PC desktops enabled with Intel vPro technology and Intel® Graphics. Going forward, DIA looks to build on this effort by implementing a Type 1, bare-metal hypervisor client virtualization solution using Citrix* XenClient.
The DIA effort is motivated by the need to deliver a secure, cost-effective client environment for defense analysts. Data exploitation and content leakage from IT infrastructure vulnerabilities are leading security concerns for both the private and public sectors. The rapid evolution of cyber‐threats requires a flexible technology framework that thwarts adversaries while promoting the organization’s ongoing operational efficiency. The burden is increased within the most sensitive portions of the U.S. Government, where the multiplying costs of compartmentalized data center infrastructures, separate network domains, and multiple client endpoints threaten to exceed the human and capital resources available to manage and evolve them. Without a trusted, end-to-end platform that leverages best-in-breed commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) products, U.S. Government agencies will be constrained in funding and sustaining the defense against the certainty of continued attack; they will also be hampered in fulfilling their mission objectives.
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White Paper: Securing Next-Generation Internet Devices
Implementing New Hardware-Based Information Security Capabilities
The U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency offers a case study for achieving desktop virtualization utilizing Intel® vPro™ technology in year one of a multi-year deployment program.
Executive Summary
The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) is in the first year of a multi-year program to deploy and use Intel® vPro™ technology to support Multi-Level Security (MLS) capabilities on end-user PC desktops enabled with Intel vPro technology and Intel® Graphics. Going forward, DIA looks to build on this effort by implementing a Type 1, bare-metal hypervisor client virtualization solution using Citrix* XenClient.
The DIA effort is motivated by the need to deliver a secure, cost-effective client environment for defense analysts. Data exploitation and content leakage from IT infrastructure vulnerabilities are leading security concerns for both the private and public sectors. The rapid evolution of cyber‐threats requires a flexible technology framework that thwarts adversaries while promoting the organization’s ongoing operational efficiency. The burden is increased within the most sensitive portions of the U.S. Government, where the multiplying costs of compartmentalized data center infrastructures, separate network domains, and multiple client endpoints threaten to exceed the human and capital resources available to manage and evolve them. Without a trusted, end-to-end platform that leverages best-in-breed commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) products, U.S. Government agencies will be constrained in funding and sustaining the defense against the certainty of continued attack; they will also be hampered in fulfilling their mission objectives.
Read the full Securing Next-Generation Internet Devices White Paper.
