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<p>The Department of Defense (DoD) current strategic vision is to ensure that
information superiority is maintained across the full spectrum of operations. Hence, one
of the greatest challenges facing this vision is to secure the information infrastructure.
Protection of the infrastructure entails the standoff of a myriad of attacks and malicious
activity such as denial-of-service, viruses and Trojan horses. A daunting challenge in
itself, protection of the infrastructure succeeds only with a strong policy, process, and
standard. The current process used to ensure protection is the DoD Information
Technology Security Certification and Accreditation Process (DITSCAP). It is currently
being revised to the DoD Information Assurance Certification and Accreditation Process
(DIACAP).
This thesis analyzes current and past applications of the DITSCAP to evaluate
successes and failures. Due to the large number of personnel who use the process and the
astronomical cost associated with traveling to each of their commands, the method
selected to obtain data for analysis was a survey and phone interviews. The survey was
web-based and the link was emailed to personnel who use the process.
The objective of this thesis is to provide recommendations for improving the
process that should be considered in developing the DIACAP.
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<br>Subjects: DITSCAP; DIACAP; Certification and Accreditation</div>
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LeCounte, James A.</div>
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