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Security, Made Simple
The IBM System p5tm/AIX L5 Platform:
Combining Multilevel Security and Infrastructure Simplification

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“Organizations who use MLS systems tolerate no leakage at all. The defense community, which includes the military services, intelligence organizations, related government agencies and supporting enterprises, cannot easily recover from certain information leaks. Stealth systems aren't stealthy if the targets know what to look for, and surveillance systems don't see things if the targets know what camouflage to use. Such failures can't always be corrected just by spending more money. Even worse, a system's weakness might not be detected until after a diplomatic or military disaster reveals it.”

 

-- Dr. Rick Smith University of St. Thomas, Minnesota
 
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Report Abstract:

The purpose of this paper is to discuss infrastructure simplification (IS) and multi-level security (MLS), their importance in supporting government initiatives for sharing and securing data, and how the pSeries AIX 5L platform with Argus PitBull enhancements addresses these initiatives.

The paper is structured in two sections. The first section discusses the current context in which IS initiatives are being implemented and how the evolution of IT security in government has finally established MLS capability as a requirement for many government applications. The second section presents how the pSeries AIX 5L platform with the Argus PitBull Foundation enhancement provides a solution for government agencies seeking the financial and systems control advantage of IS, as well as the security and flexibility provided by MLS. This paper will not provide a complete assessment of MLS, which has already been completed in “Multi-Level Security Strategies for the Federal Government,” is downloadable from this site (http://www.larstan.net/ibmland/ibm_mls.htm)