ASMG Ltd

CA

The trusted exchange of selected information is a significant factor in the delivery of information interoperability solutions in organizations where privacy and security considerations are of primary importance (e. g. Military, Crisis Response, Health Care, and Banking). This would include the traceability of policy doctrine and requirements, through system design to the operation of IT components, as described in the Common Criteria for IT Security Evaluation. The ability to audit both the design process and the operation of delivered solutions ensures that only approved information is released and that released information is semantically complete and assured of delivery. Given the appropriate levels of trust and information assurance, the countless benefits of interoperability can be more effectively realized in business and commerce, inter-government activities, manufacturing processes, crisis response management, emergency operations and military operations.

The ASMG process is based on the definition and design of executable business objects (artifacts) for application integration and information exchange. Delivering executable business objects to the Information Management (IM) domain delivers traceability and maximizes organizational flexibility and information control within the operational environment.

Adopting the ASMG approach provides a significant number of benefits, including:

Greater assurance and trust in the exchange mechanisms due to the selective exchange of information using guards and filters with agreed business object definitions;

Increased capability to integrate enterprise architecture, business re-engineering initiatives and system/software development projects;

Improved referential, semantic and operational completeness on all data exchanges;

An auditable design and development process created in accordance with ISO 9000, SEI CMM and Common Criteria standards;

and The ability to update exchange policies during operation in order to address changing operational conditions and communications services.

ASMG personnel have been responsible for the development of an array of Trusted Information Exchange solutions ranging from data warehouse loading to information exchange mechanisms for Command and Control. As a result of this extensive experience, the Common Object Interface Layer (COIL) was created. COIL was developed by adhering to open architecture standards such as those delivered through the Object Management Group, including CORBA, IIOP, MOF, UML and MDA.

The primary focus of the ASMG effort is the delivery of an object-oriented Model Driven Architecture (MDA) for Trusted Information Exchange. The result is a component-based design that integrates proprietary, legacy and commercial-off-the-shelf products and technologies.

COIL presents a uniform Application Programmable Interface to operational (persistent) data stores, user applications and the information exchange mechanisms. It enables the transfer, collection, storage and manipulation of shared information;

ensuring interoperability both within and across operational or business environments.

To support and facilitate the delivery of operational interoperability, ASMG has developed a policy development toolkit that includes an information exchange rules (policy) generator. The policy generator converts UML policy models (business rules) into operational meta-data (operational rules), which is executed to deliver the information exchange contracts specific to operational or business information requirements. The meta-data is loaded into the operational systems either before, or modified during, deployment. The separation of operational rules from the software implementation (applications and exchange mechanisms) provides:

Increased re-use of object definitions and semantics across the enterprise;

Greater collaboration between users and designers in defining the security requirements necessary for implementing, managing and maintaining information policies;

More effective integration of legacy capability;

Dynamic update of the operational environment(s);

Easier adoption and deployment of new capability; and Improved control of operations and maintenance costs.

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D309-Information and Data Broadcasting or Data Distribution Services, D314-ADP System Acquisition Support Services (Includes preparation of statement of work, benchmarks, specifications, etc.)