SSC Developmental IT Infrastructure

Project 646017, Space Systems Command (SSC) Developmental Information Technology Infrastructure (DITI) provides support to enterprise cybersecurity integration, cyber capability development, and vulnerability management across SSC program offices. The project provides program offices support through Authorizing Official (AO) and Risk Management Framework (RMF) cyber assessment team, Zero Trust (ZT), cryptography program alignment, data and information availability, Program Protection, supply chain risk management capabilities, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and secure software management. DITI develops and implements cybersecurity tools, processes and policies through multiple efforts. Key efforts include: Authorization to Operate (ATO), development of ZT strategies and architectures for legacy and future space systems; building a central repository to track cryptography requirements and associated risks; and synthesizing cybersecurity regulations and directives to improve standardization across mission sets. Project's efforts focus on developmental cybersecurity and support generation and alignment of cybersecurity policy and guidance, cyber resiliency capability development, vulnerability management, data accessibility with automation, and program protection. DITI helps assess technical risks that operational users experience in SSC program offices or encounter by understanding the System and Enterprise-level risks posed by threats based on deployment and gathered feedback across SSC. Cybersecurity regulation and directives are synthesized, deconstructed, and applied to best determine implementation and standardization across various functions and mission sets. Capability development efforts include implementation of DoW cybersecurity policies and guidance such as DoW's Cyber Strategy, ZT Strategy, and capabilities. This includes efforts for enabling ZT capabilities in Space Systems and implementation of SSC ZT Guidance and Policy via pilot programs for both legacy and future ground and space systems in accordance with Executive Order 14028, "Improving the Nation's Cybersecurity,”, which requires federal agencies to establish plans to drive adoption of ZT Architecture. The projects pursued for ZT keeps pace with increasing cyber threats to modernize existing infrastructure into SSC programs for mitigation against existing and future vulnerabilities.