SSTC 2004 CD-ROM - Presentation Information


Implementing Multiple Levels of Security in the MILS Architecture	Tuesday Presentation

In order to meet the need for embedded real-time systems that satisfy both safety and security constraints, a development effort is underway to produce an architecture called Multiple Independent Levels of Security/Safety (MILS). A fundamental concept in the MILS architecture is the partitioning of security services into a hierarchy wherein each lower level offers a set of security services to all higher levels. In this presentation, we describe the current status of the MILS effort including the middle layers of the architecture, as defined through Common Criteria Protection Profiles with requirements for secure, end-to-end distributed communication, multi-level security, authentication services, and data integrity services. We show how the layers work with the underlying partitioning kernel and with each other to provide a total security environment. An example is presented that demonstrates how an application would implement its own security policy given the underlying support of the MILS architecture.

Tuesday - April 20, 2004 1:55 - 2:40	Track 1 Salon G

*Speakers:*
Carol S . Taylor
Bill Beckwith

*Presentation:* Implementing Multiple Levels of Security in the MILS Architecture - Carol S Taylor

Implementing Multiple Levels of Security in the MILS Architecture