The original focus of this project was to investigate cryptographic protocols, and methods for formal design and analysis of those protocols. As time progressed, we found a need to broaden the scope of this work to include the foundational system architecture support needed for these protocols. In this report we provide a summary of the work we conducted during this study, the findings and a proposed path forward.
The concept of information classification is used by all nations to control information distribution and access. In the United States this is referred to as Multiple Levels of Security (MLS), which includes designations for unclassified, confidential, secret, and top secret information. The U.S. Department of Defense has traditionally implemented MLS separation via discrete physical devices, but with the transformation of military doctrine to net-centric warfare, the desire to have a ...