Combined Enterprise Regional Information Exchange System Introduction CENTRIXS

Combined Enterprise Regional Information Exchange System ØIntroduction

CENTRIXS Ø Background Ø Enclaves Ø Replication Ø Summary 2

Background We operate in a multi-national coalition environment 24 X 7. It is incumbent upon us to ensure we can communicate as efficiently and seamlessly as possible. CENTRIXS was designed for that purpose. 3

Background Ø Incremental advances: RIMPAC 98 – e-mail to coalition ships via dial- up to NCTAMSPAC Ø RIMPAC 2000 – RIMPAC web site established, coalition ships received data via Secure Mail Guard (SMG) and web pages Ø Tandem Thrust 2001 – e-mail, CAS, Common Operational Picture (COP) & chat services Ø 2003 – CENTRIXS becomes predominant real world coalition communications network Ø 4

Enclaves Ø There are two Coalition CENTRIXS enclaves: CFE CENTRIXS FOUR EYES ENCLAVE A GCTF GLOBAL COUNTER-TERROR FORCE ENCLAVE C Ø VPN Communities of Interest (COI) such as CNFC and CMFP “tunnel” through existing enclaves. These COI connections can be established as needed in support of regional or global situations ØCENTRIXS operates at the SECRET HIGH level within each enclave 5

Replication Ø Replication is the key to element of CENTRIXS information management and sharing capability Ø A copy of the entire SG web site resides on local servers Ø Users locally access and modify information via CENTRIXS workstations ØOnly changes are replicated from the local server to the master hub server ØThe master hub server then replicates with all other enclave servers 6

Replication Ø Master hub server replicates via the WAN Ø Benefits include: Reduced bandwidth usage Ø Only changes are replicated Ø Changes are made locally, not via access to a remote server Ø Continuous access to local data, even when off ship connectivity is unavailable Ø 7

Summary Ø History Ø Enclaves Ø Replication Ø Summary 8

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