SUMMARY OF THE 1987 ISSD/STATE DEPARTMENT COMPUTER SECURITY CONFERENCE

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• Publication Date: April 6, 1987
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6 April 1987
SUBJECT: Summary of the 1987 ISSD/State Department
Computer Security Conference
1. The ISSD/State Department Computer Security Conference
was held at the Interagency Training Center (ITC), Fort
Washington, Maryland, on 3 April 1987. The attendees were:
ISSD
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Lynn McNulty
Jules Romagnoli
Bill Donovan
Betsy Markey
Steve Newberg
Pete Stella
Peter Winters
John Munson
Ed Roback
Eric Levine
Roger Joyner
Dick Condon
Scott Smith
Thomas Chace
Cecilia Sodhi
C/Information Systems Security Division (ISSD) CIA,
After opening remarks by Paul Yorkdale (ITC),
described the mission of ISSD's five branches and the purpose
of the conference - to exchange information.
3. Lynn McNulty, C/Office of Information Systems Security
(ISS)/State, discussed the critical nature of computer
security. He expressed concern that we may not be giving
computer security the proper attention now because of such
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distractions) ~ He
expressed the opinion that security disasters of the 1990's
will involve computer networks that will overshadow the
Embassy-type disasters of today.
4. Lynn also described his organization as one of three
offices under Security Technology (ST) which is, in turn, under
the Deputy Assistant Secretary, Director of Diplomatic Security
Services. ISS is divided into three branches: Policy and
Training Branch, Evaluations Program Branch, and Systems
Branch. Betsy Markey, Bill Donovan, and Jules Romagnoli are
their respective chiefs.
5. C/ISSD/Agency & Community Systems Branch
(A&CSB), iscusse Simpact's work with respect to the volume
overwrite and file overwrite for the Wang Alliance systems. He
indicated that Simpact had recently delivered the volume
overwrite program, and that they were currently working on the
file-~over program (i.e., messages, files, visual memory
cabinets). He also discussed work to obtain audit data.
6. Jules Romagnoli, C/ISS/Systems Branch, discussed the
Foreign Affairs Information System (FAIS). He said that the
FAIS was being developed to satisfy the information needs of
ambassadors and diplomats with a fourfold goal: integrate
office automation, meld data processing and telecommunications
technology into a unified system, develop an evolving systems
approach beginning with existing programs, and use information
technology to manage foreign affairs information resources and
provide security. Jules also discussed FAIS design objectives,
assumptions, constraints, and system architecture.
7. Of particular interest to ISSD was Jules' conviction
regarding the importance of "putting security into the system
initially, not as a retrofit." He said, in the case of FAIS,
they had this opportunity - security was a driving force in its
design: FAIS would be State's system for years to come. Jules
concluded with remarks about his first-hand investigation
related to the information system damage assessment evolving
from the Marine Guard security lapse at U.S. embassies.
8. C/ISSD/Technology Support Branch (TSB),
described~lan~rojects of TSB and their work in
providing technical security analysis
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McNulty indicated that such conferences as is are good for
exchanging information and pooling resources.
18. In the closing remarks, both
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