Pacific Warfighting Center (PWC) Cloud Initiative UNCLASSIFIED Pacific Warfighting Center (PWC) Cloud Initiative Mr. Jerry Giles, USPACOM J322 11 August 2015 jerry.giles@pacom.mil This brief is: UNCLASSIFIED Mr. David Parker, USPACOM PWC Director, J32 David.b.parker1@pacom.mil

Agenda Pacific Warfighting Center (PWC) Mission & Vision PWC Cloud Initiative – APAN Cloud Migration More Than TECHNOLOGY! Emerging Joint Training Cloud Technologies Cloud Challenges PWC Cloud “Takeaways;” At least So far… 2

PWC Mission Enable Joint Live Virtual Constructive (JLVC) M&S events for PACOM staff; JTFs/CTFs; Component Commanders; Partners; & Service level activities. Integrate PACOM M&S technology and processes with regional U.S. & Partner Nation simulation centers to support existing and emerging joint exercises and training requirements Prototype & rapidly deliver new USPACOM Joint Exercise Program (JEP) capabilities & quickly transition them to joint training environments Coordinate & Implement PACOM’s Strategic Joint Model & Simulation (M&S) initiatives with a focus on the PACOM Joint Exercise Program (JEP) Create synthetic environments & tool sets that provide realistic & collaborative training conditions and global operations Represent & coord PACOM warfighter requirements at joint training events Provide oversight & coordination of joint training requirements across PACOM including individual, staff & collective training. training, enablers, & exercise support to our customers Model Joint Live Virtual Constructive (JLVC) 2020 M&S – Modeling and Simulations USPACOM – United States Pacific Command 3

PWC Vision Be Recognized as the Pacific Joint M&S Integrator, Technology Enabler, Innovator and Joint Training Center of the Pacific Leverage, integrate & collaborate with Partner Nations, Joint Staff and Component Simulation capabilities that enable joint training solutions to meet today’s technological challenges & joint training environments Innovate & experiment with new Joint M&S architecture, capabilities, technologies & collaborative environments in support of Joint Exercises Deliver Technology, Infrastructure, Networks, Engineers & SME’s to meet PACOMs evolving & dynamic Joint Exercise Program. Enable DoD organization opportunities to test emerging technologies and systems that will have a direct impact on joint exercise training programs. M&S Tools Joint Theater Level Simulation (JTLS) Joint Semi-Automated Forces (JSAF) Joint Deployment Logistics Model (JDLM) Distribution Environment Support System (DESS) Joint Conflict and Tactical Simulation (JCATS) Virtual Battlespace 3 (VBS3) Multiple Unified Simulation Environment (MUSE) / Air Force Synthetic Environment for Reconnaissance and Surveillance (AFCERS) Testbed for the Joint Training Enterprise Architecture (JTEA) and evaluation of Joint Live Virtual Constructive (JLVC) 2020 Integrate / Stimulate Command and Control systems Global Command and Control System – Joint (GCCS- J) Others dependent on event requirements 4 UNCLASSIFIED

Cloud Fever – Expectation Management Visibility Time You are here Technology Trigger Peak of Inflated Expectations Trough of Disillusionment Slope of Enlightenment Plateau of Productivity 5

PWC Cloud Initiative – APAN Background: DISA DECC Montgomery hosts APAN Production on physical hardware with a direct ISP connection to the Internet for user traffic and a NIPR connection for CND functions. PACOM PWC Hawaii hosts APAN Development, Test, Lab & COOP environments on virtual servers with some physical appliances with a direct ISP connection to the Internet. DISA MNIS is planning on transitioning the APAN Production and COOP environments into the UISS-MPE Cloud Gateway. PACOM PWC is planning on transition the APAN Lab, Development and Testing environments into the PWC-APAN Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud Infrastructure Warner Robbins, Georgia APAN traffic that is feed via NIPR to CND providers. IA Analyst at Columbus Ohio is the CNDSA Overall 43% of all cloud transition projects either failed or stalled. Overall 70% of enterprise migration cloud projects changed their cloud design during migration. More than half made adjustments within the first six months of the operation Close to half required an increase in budget within six months of deployment 6

PWC Cloud Initiative – APAN Objectives: Migrate PWC APAN infrastructure into a commercial cloud instead of refreshing EOL legacy hardware at the PWC (also reduce PWC physical infrastructure footprint). Better alignment of PWC-APAN environments & cloud infrastructure with DISA MNIS transition of APAN Production & COOP environments into UISS-MPE Cloud Gateway. Increase skill sets & practical knowledge of cloud application management in APAN development, test and lab environments (applications, DB, interfaces) Ability to physically set up applications in the target cloud & do trial runs while keeping current PWC environment in place. 7

PWC APAN Migration Strategy APAN Lab apanlabs.org APAN COOP apan-info.net APAN Production apan.org DISA DECC Montgomery (DISA AO ATO) Pacific Warfighting Center (PWC) Hawaii (PACOM AO ATO) APAN Development APAN Test / Staging RPA Data Replication RPO - Minutes EMC Recovery Point Appliance (RPA) DISA UISS-MPE Cloud Gateway PWC-APAN AWS Cloud pacomweb.net NOTE: We have no detailed or technical information concerning DISA MNIS PMO project to transition APAN Production & COOP into the DISA UISS MPE Cloud Gateway. 8

Cloud Migration - MORE Than Technology As we began to drink more and more of the “Cloud Kool-Aide” we quickly realized the technical aspect of our cloud migration strategy was going to be only a part of the plan. We had to slow down our tech plan & look at our internal business processes to determine if we needed to make some changes. Cloud is really more of a change in your business strategy than strictly an IT function or engineering problem Need to start with conducting an analysis of how your existing infrastructure is being used by your internal customers; software developer / product teams, engineers, system administrators, security engineers and application managers. Ensure technical staff gets the proper training on the new cloud technology so they better understand how to change current business processes to meet new cloud procedures. 10

Cloud Migration - MORE Than Technology Whomever develops the organizations Cloud strategy MUST understand the organizations unique business & industry business processes and governances: Code Deployment Process (how software is deployed); Testing Maintenance Procedures; Change Management; Troubleshooting Information Assurance & Compliance Guides; Cyber Response Application Management Tools Conduct an analysis of migration paths for all current applications and appliances All key drivers must be mapped out, associated business cases, expected outcomes broken down by milestones & with a phased migration plan 11

Emerging Joint Training Cloud Technologies The PWC facility provides DoD the opportunity to use SME’s, infrastructure & cloud migration engineering experience to test emerging technologies & systems that directly impact joint exercise training programs in the Joint Force (JF) 2020 Training Environment. Specifically: Joint Training Enterprise Architecture (JTEA). A cloud-based, service-based platform that provides joint force development capabilities to the warfighter where and when they need them. Joint, Live, Virtual, Constructive (JLVC). Manage infrastructure and associated JLVC 2020 connections and M&S enablers for USPACOM events and to add joint context for service tactical training activities 12

Cloud Challenges Balancing the technical requirements against the business or procedural side of managing and system administration Codifying PWC and APAN policies. On demand cost hard to budget or program into your business portfolio. How do you budget for services that are operationally driven? Lack of synergy with other DoD cloud implementation strategies, plans and / or lessons learned. We know that other DoD organizations are working on implementing a cloud infrastructure, but don’t know of a single source to share information amongst managers and technical staffs. Use existing APAN & PWC resources (contractors) are being leveraged to install, configure, and STIG the APAN Lab environment in AWS. Lack of practical experience administrators and cloud managers. We are learning as we go along. 13

APAN Cloud Initiative “Takeaways” Integration of IT & Business Deployment Strategy is absolutely essential. Develop a phased cloud migration approach. Start with an analysis of how existing infrastructure is being used by its customers and identify a natural migration path for all existing applications Build cross-functional team (developers / engineers) to identify services you do / don’t need View your cloud migration as a “data center migration” with all its complexities that go along with transitioning a data center Don’t eliminate your physical infrastructure until the cloud migration is completed, tested and managers feel comfortable with new processes and procedures. Treating cloud deployment like a physical data center deployment 14

Questions? Mr. Jerry Giles, USPACOM J322 U.S. Pacific Command (USPACOM) Pacific Warfighting Center Building 510 - Ford Island 150 Lexington Boulevard Pearl Harbor, HI 96860 https://community.apan.org/pwc/default.aspx Mr. Jerry Giles, USPACOM J322 APAN Application Service Provider Technical Director (808) 472-7732 jerry.giles@pacom.mil jerry.giles@pacom.smil.mil 15