Mission Assurance: Issues and Challenges
Michael R. Grimaila, Robert F. Mills, Michael Haas, Douglas J. Kelly · Security and Management · 2010
Abstract : Virtually all organizations have embedded information and communication technologies into their core organizational processes as a means to increase operational efficiency, improve decision making quality, reduce delays,and/or maximize profit. However, this dependence can place the organization's mission at risk when an event causing the loss, corruption, or degradation of, or access to, a critical information resource occurs. The ability to identify, quantify, document, and manage information dependent risk is of paramount importance to reduce uncertainty in the belief that an organization can attain its mission objectives. In this paper, we discuss the concept of mission assurance with respect to information technology dependence and identify issues and challenges to attaining mission assurance. We propose that mission assurance in federated environments is best achieved through a combination of standardized risk management practices and shared situational awareness among entities involved in concurrently executing the mission.