The curse of software: Pentagon telecommunications case
| Title | The curse of software: Pentagon telecommunications case |
| Publication Type | Conference Paper |
| Year of Publication | 2019 |
| Authors | Sneps-Sneppe, Manfred, Namiot, Dmitry |
| Conference Name | 2019 International Symposium on Systems Engineering (ISSE) |
| Date Published | Oct. 2019 |
| Publisher | IEEE |
| ISBN Number | 978-1-7281-1783-6 |
| Keywords | Advanced Intelligent Network, composability, cybersecurity, Defense Red Switched Network, Government Accountability Office, Information Enterprise Architecture, Internet protocol, Metrics, network accountability, pubcrawl, resilience, Resiliency, signaling protocol SS7 |
| Abstract | A main goal of the paper is to discuss the world telecommunications strategy in transition to the IP world. The paper discuss the shifting from circuit switching to packet switching in telecommunications and show the main obstacle is excessive software. As a case, we are passing through the three generations of American military communications: (1) implementation of signaling protocol SS7 and Advanced Intelligent Network, (2) transformation from SS7 to IP protocol and, finally, (3) the extremely ambitious cybersecurity issues. We use the newer unclassified open Defense Information Systems Agency documents, particularly: Department of Defense Information Enterprise Architecture; Unified Capabilities the Army. We discuss the newer US Government Accountability Office (2018) report on military equipment cyber vulnerabilities. |
| URL | https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8984557 |
| DOI | 10.1109/ISSE46696.2019.8984557 |
| Citation Key | sneps-sneppe_curse_2019 |