NATO NNEC Core Enterprise Services December 2009 J. Busch, CAT 7, NC3A NATO/EAPC UNCLASSIFIED

NNEC: Background - Aims November 2002, NATO C3 Board (NC3B) recognized need to adapt concepts such as the U.S. NCW and U.K. NEC to the NATO context NATO transformational concept called NATO Network Enabled Capability (NNEC) Eighteen month, multi-nationally funded, NNEC Feasibility Study, commissioned in January 2004 Develop a Strategy and Roadmap for realization of a Networking and Information Infrastructure (NII) To ‘enable’ required C2ISR capabilities and to support the broader needs of the Alliance. Involves networking of national funded, NATO common funded and multi-national funded capabilities NATO/EAPC UNCLASSIFIED

This is the framework NNEC Capability Areas model, which is being used as the basis for planning NNEC elements. It identifies 6 ‘categories’ of services, as shown below. NNEC Capability Areas Information Assurance Users & Missions Service Management Control Community of Interest Information Integration Communications 3 NATO UNCLASSIFIED 3

The four ‘enabling’ pillars of Comms, IIS, IA and SM&C comprise what the NNEC Feasibility Study called the Networking and Information Infrastructure (NII) Scope of the NII Information Assurance Users & Missions Service Management Control Community of Interest Information Integration Communications 4 NATO UNCLASSIFIED 4

Today’s Focus: IIS Information and Integration Services (IIS) is the focus of CAT7, as it includes “Core Enterprise Services” and other IS-related enabling (core) technology Information Assurance Users & Missions Service Management Control Community of Interest Information Integration Communications 5 NATO UNCLASSIFIED 5

Information and Integration Services IIS can be further decomposed into two main sub-categories: Core Enterprise Services and Infrastructure Services Information and Integration Services Core Enterprise Services Infrastructure Services NATO/EAPC UNCLASSIFIED

Information and Integration Services The “Core Enterprise Services” are the foundational Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) elements which underpin the NNEC User/Functional/COI services: service discovery, SOA messaging, composition (orchestration), and so on. They are the NATO equivalent of the U.S. Net Centric Enterprise Services. Information and Integration Services Core Enterprise Services Infrastructure Services NATO/EAPC UNCLASSIFIED

Information and Integration Services Core Enterprise Services Infrastructure Services Core infrastructure also includes Bi-SC optimisation techniques, server and desktop operating systems, NU-NR-NS transition and Future Desktops. The “Infrastructure Services” are the other “core services” in the IT sense: processing and storage grids, virtualization, print services, etc. NATO/EAPC UNCLASSIFIED

The Core Enterprise Services Working Group (CESWG) was set up as a task group in 2007 under the NC3B ISSC (aka SC/5) to examine the NATO CES “today” – starting from the NNEC FS definitions – and come up with a new collection (and definitions) appropriate for the current NNEC thought processes. Today’s NNEC Core Enterprise Services: …CES Working Group (SC/5) Perspective Information Assurance Users & Missions Service Management Control Community of Interest Information Integration Based on the NNEC Feasibility Study. Communications

Service Enabled Infrastructure This “Service Enabled Infrastructure” is part of what is provided by the NII. This aspect is collectively called the “Core Enterprise Services”, and it’s what facilitates the enterprise SOA environment. Implementing SOA Request/Invoke Automated search of data services using metadata. Pulls data of interest. Based on producer registered format and definitions, translates into needed structure. Service Consumer Data and applications available for use accessible via services. Metadata added to services based on producer’s format. Service Producer Describes content using metadata Posts metadata in catalogs for discovery Exposes data and applications as services Searches metadata catalogs to find data services Analyzes metadata search results found Pulls selected data based on metadata understanding Service Enabled Infrastructure Messaging Services Monitoring Registry Security Transformation Data Publish Discover

Core Enterprise Services provide… …fundamental support to service-based frameworks both in the form of infrastructure and enabler services …a single set of reusable technical, generic (independent of business processes) enabling or foundation “minimum required” services …an environment for “higher level” services (COI, Common COI, User and Operational) to be integrated, distributed, and accessed across organizational, geographical, and technical platform boundaries …facilitated interoperability by ensuring a common core baseline – ideally in conjunction with Nations to provide a federated CES solution NATO/EAPC UNCLASSIFIED

NATO/EAPC UNCLASSIFIED The CES Framework Published by the NC3B SC/5 CESWG in Spring 2009 Approved by NC3B June 2009 Defines what CES are, and how they fit into NNEC Describes the NNEC Core Enterprise Services The “what” of CES Coordination with CESWG (NC3B SC/5) and NC3A CAT 7 NOSWG (NC3B SC/1) via NC3A CAT 1 DMSWG and XMLSWG (NC3B SC/5) SMI ADWG (NC3B SC/4) Future documents will describe the “how” Service Description Framework IIS RA Via coordination with other experts NATO/EAPC UNCLASSIFIED

NNEC Core Enterprise Services: Consolidating the Views

NNEC Core Enterprise Services The CES Framework – published in 2009 by SC/5 and approved by the NC3B – decomposed the Core Enterprise Services (CES) into 12+2 services. These were initially defined in the NNEC Feasibility Study (2005) but have been significantly refined since then. NNEC Core Enterprise Services COI-Specific Services Information Assurance SM&C Common COI Services Information and Integration Services (Core Enterprise Services) Discovery Repository Mediation Service Discovery Services Enterprise Directory Services Composition Services Information Discovery Services Metadata Registry Services Translation Services Information Assurance Services Service Management Services Infrastructure Interaction Application Services Messaging Services Transaction Services Storage Services Publish/ Subscribe Services Collaboration Services Network/Transport Services

CES Contributing to NNEC Maturity NNEC Maturity Levels Core Enterprise Services NATO/EAPC UNCLASSIFIED

NNEC Core Enterprise Services The expectation is that the Core Enterprise Services will be delivered in iterations, or Spirals. The initial implementation – what we have nicknamed Spiral 0 – is basic SOA functionality provided by e.g. a lightweight Enterprise Service Bus (ESB). On behalf of ACT, NC3A are working to identify a useful Spiral 0 capability by end 2009/early 2010. (Simultaneously, Spiral 0 may be deployed to ISAF through a C2 Interoperability Bus CUR.) NNEC Core Enterprise Services COI-Specific Services Information Assurance SM&C Common COI Services Information and Integration Services (Core Enterprise Services) Translation Services Service Management Services Messaging Services Publish/ Subscribe Services NATO/EAPC UNCLASSIFIED Network/Transport Services

NNEC Core Enterprise Services Spiral 1 will be the first iteration of the CES acquired through the formal NATO acquisition process (NSIP) – possibly via CP150. Spiral 1 will build upon Spiral 0, and will focus on a subset of the full roster of CES providing a Baseline SOA Infrastructure. NNEC Core Enterprise Services COI-Specific Services Information Assurance SM&C Common COI Services Information and Integration Services (Core Enterprise Services) Service Discovery Services Enterprise Directory Services Metadata Registry Services Translation Services Information Assurance Services Service Management Services Messaging Services Transaction Services Publish/ Subscribe Services Collaboration Services Network/Transport Services

NNEC Core Enterprise Services Spiral 2 will include the full set of defined CES, along with incremental improvements to the Spiral 1 iteration, providing the full coherent SOA infrastructure. NNEC Core Enterprise Services COI-Specific Services Information Assurance SM&C Common COI Services Information and Integration Services (Core Enterprise Services) Service Discovery Services Enterprise Directory Services Composition Services Information Discovery Services Metadata Registry Services Translation Services Information Assurance Services Service Management Services Application Services Messaging Services Transaction Services Storage Services Publish/ Subscribe Services Collaboration Services Network/Transport Services

NATO/EAPC UNCLASSIFIED NNEC CES Next Steps Development of Detailed Specifications (“how”, not just “what”) NNEC SOA Implementation Plan IIS Reference Architecture CESWG Service Description Framework Validation with Nations Shared Specification Cross-domain interoperability testing ISAF CUR CIS 355? NATO/EAPC UNCLASSIFIED

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Information and Integration Services Level 3 Detail Core Enterprise Services Infrastructure services Discovery services Repository services Interaction services Mediation services Physical Resource services Data Management services Application services (CESF) User Interaction services Information Discovery services Enterprise Directory services Collaboration Services Composition Services Storage Services (CESF) DB Management services Application Provisioning services User Input services Service Discovery services Metadata Registry services Messaging services Translation Services Infrastructure Compatibility services Document Management services Application Environment services User Presentation services Publish and Subscribe services Content Management services Application Integration services User Assistance services Transaction services File Sharing services 21