The Capability Maturity Model (CMM) is a development model created in 1986 after a study of data collected from organizations that contracted with the U.S. Department of Defense,who funded the research. The term "maturity" relates to the degree of formality and optimization of processes,from ad hoc practices,to formally defined steps,to managed result metrics,to active optimization of the processes.
The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is an American family of single-seat,single-engine,all-weather stealth multirole combat aircraft that is intended to perform both air superiority and strike missions. It is also able to provide electronic warfare and intelligence,surveillance,and reconnaissance capabilities. Lockheed Martin is the prime F-35 contractor,with principal partners Northrop Grumman and BAE Systems. The aircraft has three main variants:the conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL) F-35A,the short take-off and vertical-landing (STOVL) F-35B,and the carrier-based (CV/CATOBAR) F-35C.
The Software Engineering Institute (SEI) is an American research and development center headquartered in Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania. Its activities cover cybersecurity,software assurance,software engineering and acquisition,and component capabilities critical to the United States Department of Defense.
Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) is a private research university based in Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania. Founded in 1900,the university is the result of a merger of the Carnegie Institute of Technology and the Mellon Institute of Industrial Research. Established by Andrew Carnegie as the Carnegie Technical Schools,the university became the Carnegie Institute of Technology in 1912 and began granting four-year degrees. In 1967,the Carnegie Institute of Technology merged with the Mellon Institute of Industrial Research,formerly a part of the University of Pittsburgh. Since then,the university has operated as a single institution.
The Mark 54 Lightweight Torpedo is a standard 12.75-inch (324 mm) anti-submarine warfare (ASW) torpedo used by the United States Navy.
The AN/APG-79 Active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar is a new development for the United States Navy's Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and Boeing EA-18G Growler aircraft,providing a high level of aircrew situational awareness. The beam of the AESA radar provides nearly instantaneous track updates and multi-target tracking capability. The APG-79 AESA uses transmit/receive (TR) modules populated with Gallium arsenide Monolithic microwave integrated circuits. In the F/A-18E/F,the radar is installed in a slide-out nose rack to facilitate maintenance. It is also currently being tested on the F/A-18 C/D.
The Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) is a type of aircraft launching system developed by General Atomics for the United States Navy. The system launches carrier-based aircraft by means of a catapult employing a linear induction motor rather than the conventional steam piston. EMALS was first installed on the United States Navy's Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier,USS Gerald R. Ford.
Dr. Dale W. Meyerrose, Major General (Retired) was the first President-appointed,Senate-confirmed Associate Director of National Intelligence/Intelligence Community Chief Information Officer (CIO) and Information Sharing Executive for the Director of National Intelligence (DNI).
Located at Kirtland Air Force Base,New Mexico,the Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center is a direct reporting unit of Headquarters,United States Air Force. It is the Air Force independent test agency responsible for testing,under operationally realistic conditions,new systems being developed for Air Force and multi-service use.
Howard Anthony Schmidt was a partner with Tom Ridge in Ridge Schmidt Cyber LLC,a consultancy company in the field of cybersecurity. He was the Cyber-Security Coordinator of the Obama Administration,operating in the Executive Office of the President of the United States. He announced his retirement from that position on May 17,2012,effective at the end of the month.
The Operational Test and Evaluation Force (OPTEVFOR) serves as an independent and objective agency within the United States Navy for the operational testing and evaluation (OT&E) of naval aviation,surface warfare,submarine warfare,C4I,cryptologic,and space systems in support Navy and U.S. Department of Defense acquisition programs.
The Director,Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E) is the principal staff assistant and adviser to the US Secretary of Defense on operational and live fire test and evaluation activities involving U.S. Department of Defense weapons systems.
Thomas Philip Christie is an American defense analyst who worked for the U.S. government.
Stephen Edward Cross is the executive vice president for research (EVPR) at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech),a position to which he was appointed in 2010. As EVPR,Cross coordinates research efforts among Georgia Tech's colleges,research units and faculty;and provides central administration for all research,economic development and related support units at Georgia Tech. This includes direct oversight of Georgia Tech's interdisciplinary research institutes,the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI),the Enterprise Innovation Institute (EI2) and the Georgia Tech Research Corporation (GTRC).
Subra Suresh is an Indian-American biological engineer,materials scientist,and academic administrator. On 1 January 2018,he was inaugurated as the fourth President of Singapore's Nanyang Technological University (NTU),where he is also the inaugural Distinguished University Professor. He was the Vannevar Bush Professor of Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT),and Dean of the School of Engineering at MIT from 2007 to 2010 before being appointed as Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) by Barack Obama,where he served from 2010 to 2013. He was the president of Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) from 2013 to 2017.
James Michael Gilmore is a former Director of the Operational Test and Evaluation Directorate of the United States Department of Defense. Gilmore served as Assistant Director for National Security of the Congressional Budget Office and Deputy Director of General Purpose Programs in the Office of the Director,Program Analysis and Evaluation of the Department of Defense. He was served as the Director of the Operational Test and Evaluation Directorate from 2009 to 2017.
Kiron Kanina Skinner is a former Director of Policy Planning at the United States Department of State in the Trump administration. Prior to that,she was the Taube Professor of International Relations and Politics at Carnegie Mellon University,and the founding director of the Institute for Politics and Strategy and associated centers at the university. She is also the W. Glenn Campbell Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution. Since leaving the Department of State,she has returned to her position at Carnegie Mellon University.
The Cyber Resilience Review (CRR) is an assessment method developed by the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS). It is a voluntary examination of operational resilience and cyber security practices offered at no cost by DHS to the operators of critical infrastructure and state,local,tribal,and territorial governments. The CRR has a service-oriented approach,meaning that one of the foundational principles of the CRR is that an organization deploys its assets to support specific operational missions. The CRR is offered in a facilitated workshop format and as a self-assessment package. The workshop version of the CRR is led by a DHS facilitator at a critical infrastructure facility. The workshop typically takes 6–8 hours to complete and draws on a cross section of personnel from the critical infrastructure organization. All information collected in a facilitated CRR is protected from disclosure by the Protected Critical Infrastructure Information Act of 2002. This information cannot be disclosed through a Freedom of Information Act request,used in civil litigation,or be used for regulatory purposes. The CRR Self-Assessment Package allows an organization to conduct an assessment without the need for direct DHS assistance. It is available for download from the DHS Critical Infrastructure Cyber Community Voluntary Program website. The package includes an automated data answer capture and report generation tool,a facilitation guide,comprehensive explanation of each question,and a crosswalk of CRR practices to the criteria of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Cybersecurity Framework. The questions asked in the CRR and the resulting report are the same in both versions of the assessment. DHS partnered with the CERT Division of the Software Engineering Institute at Carnegie Mellon University to design and deploy the CRR. The goals and practices found in the assessment are derived from the CERT Resilience Management Model (CERT-RMM) Version 1.0. The CRR was introduced in 2009 and received a significant revision in 2014.
Larry E. Druffel is an American engineer,Director Emeritus and Visiting Scientist at the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) at Carnegie Mellon University. He has published over 40 professional papers/reports and authored a textbook. He is best known for leadership in:(1) bringing engineering discipline and supporting technology to software design and development,and (2) addressing network and software security risks.
Brigadier General Gregory (Greg) J. Touhill is president of AppGate Federal Group . He was previously appointed by President Barack Obama as the first Federal Chief Information Security Officer of the United States,stepping down in January,2017. He was previously the Deputy Assistant Secretary,Office of Cybersecurity and Communications,National Programs and Protection Directorate,Department of Homeland Security. While at DHS he concurrently served as Director of the National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center (NCCIC) during 2014–2015.
