Approach for Business Case Analysis of Using PKI on Smart Cards for Governmentwide Applications

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Abstract:

Booz Allen Hamilton, under contract to the General Services Administration, was tasked to document a business case approach that can be utilized by Federal agencies considering an investment in Public Key Infrastructure PKI on smart cards for governmentwide applications. The Chief Information Officer CIO Enterprise Interoperability Emerging IT Committee plans to use the methodology presented herein to help these agencies build business cases that examine using smart cards in concert with the emerging Federal PKI to provide Government employees with a standard identification card to be used for authentication, access control, and electronic commerce e-commerce. The intended audience of this report is investment decision makers of Federal agencies that are seeking information assurance solutions for their agencies and those practitioners charged with developing business cases.

Author(s):
No Author(s) Identified
Author Organization(s):
BOOZ-ALLEN AND HAMILTON INC MCLEAN VA
Descriptive Note:
Final rept.
Supplementary Note:
--Original contains color plates: All DTIC reproductions will be in black and white.
Pagination:
0087

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DOCUMENT & CONTEXTUAL SUMMARY

Distribution:
Approved For Public Release

RECORD

Collection: TR
Identifying Numbers
Contract/Grant Number(s):
GS00T-97-NSD-0023
Monitor Series:
XD
 Subject Terms
Joint Capability Areas:
JCA_5_Command and Control; JCA_6_Net Centric; JCA_5.3_Planning; JCA_6.1.3_Switching and Routing; JCA_6.1_Information Transport; JCA_6.4.1_Secure Information Exchange; JCA_7_Protection; JCA_4.5_Operational Contract Support; JCA_6.4.2_Protect Data and Networks; JCA_6.4_Information Assurance; JCA_4.6_Engineering; JCA_4.6.1_General Engineering; JCA_7.1.2_Prevent Non-kinetic Attack; JCA_7.1_Prevent; JCA_4.5.1_Contract Support Integration; JCA_5.3.4_Develop Courses of Action; JCA_5.3.5_Analyze Courses of Action; JCA_7.2_Mitigate; JCA_4.5.2_Contractor Management; JCA_5.5_Direct; JCA_7.2.1_Mitigate Lethal Effects
Modernization Areas:
Cyber
Communities of Interest:
Cyber
Descriptor(s):
*CRYPTOGRAPHY, *SMART TECHNOLOGY, *INFORMATION SECURITY, IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS, DATA STORAGE SYSTEMS, ACCESS, ELECTRONIC SECURITY, CONFIDENCE LEVEL, COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS, RISK ANALYSIS, ELECTRONIC COMMERCE
Field(s)/Group(s):
Computer Systems Management and Standards
Keyword(s):
IATAC COLLECTION, SMARTCARDS, PKI(PUBLIC KEY INFRASTRUCTURE), INFORMATION ASSURANCE, NONREPUDIATION, AUTHENTICATION, DATA INTEGRITY, CONFIDENTIALITY
Report Date:
2001 Apr 18
Creation Date:
2002 Apr 03