Multi-Level Security Applications

BlueSpace is an enterprise software company, based in Austin, Texas, which creates multi-level secure (MLS) end user applications that can span multiple networks at different classification levels. BlueSpace's middleware strategy facilitates rapid application development, infrastructure consolidation and infrastructure neutrality. The continuing growth in the number of networks in the defense and intelligence communities has led to an increasing requirement for strategies that consolidate physical networks into logical networks running on consolidated infrastructure. This poster paper will survey Multi-Level Secure (MLS) applications that can be deployed on trusted desktops. MLS applications allow trusted desktop systems to go beyond infrastructure cost savings, delivering compelling capabilities for warfighters. Examples include an MLS email client that can provide a single inbox and calendar spanning multiple domains, an MLS search client that spans multiple networks, and an MLS C2 system that can provide a Unified Operating Picture, which consolidates separate Common Operating Pictures into a single view of the battle theater for joint and coalition operations. Multi level end-user applications will catalyse mission transformation in both communities, facilitating 'all-source' intelligence analysis, providing improved C2 awareness and orchestration, and ultimately reducing user frustration by enabling users to work seamlessly across network domains.