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Subject: RE: [emergency] CAP and Signatures/Encryption
I agree. I am talking about simulation to ensure
that the systems being procured today and tomorrow
will talk as designed and under stress. The NIMS
doctrine of local control matches the reality of
the majority of emergency management situations
under normal circumstances. The NRP is not
designed for these. It is designed for extraordinary
circumstances when Federal systems must come online
quickly to engage these local systems. That is why
it emphasizes Incidents of National Significance.
Worst Case Scenarios for chemical spills are far
less complex than a coordinated attack on multiple
facilities designed to drive responders and resources
into a particular path of most destruction. That is
war, Art. It is the careful allocation of limited
resources to events designed to make the enemy do
as much damage to himself as possible. The
President doesn't become a principal whem a
tanker truck turns over. His Assistants are notified
when one is stolen, yes. Think the unthinkable.
Analyze 911. It was a failure of performance based
on inadequate planning AND communication, not a failure
of available assets or local analysis of events.
All I am saying is pare it down to a set of requirements
ALL systems that play a part MUST meet to ensure
interoperability. To do less is bad engineering and
won't meet the hard requirements coming out of the
Beltway. KISS. We have to put this stuff online
in a short time.
len