IEFRA2 — Adapting During Operations

"14.4 Suggestion
1.9.2 Adapting During Operations
The ability to dynamically adapt to changing operational conditions is a core principle of the IEF-RA, ensuring that policies and configurations can be modified in real time without disrupting mission execution. Each IEF component is governed by policies and configurations that are
managed and administered using a Policy Administration Point (PAP). The PAP enables authorized users to manage, schedule, and enforce policy and configuration changes during live operations via PAP-Command Messages (see Annex A).
As operational needs shift—whether due to evolving threats, changes in coalition partnerships, or new mission objectives—the PAP allows for:
● On-the-fly policy updates by requesting pre-developed or dynamically generated policy sets from a policy repository or an enterprise policy management system.
● Node-specific or network-wide updates, ensuring that security, access control, and data-sharing policies reflect current mission priorities.
● Automated adaptation, where operational triggers (e.g., a new coalition partner joining an operation) can invoke policy modifications without manual intervention.
Deployment Flexibility:
IEF services are designed to operate in enterprise infrastructure, cloud (private, public, hybrid, or multi-cloud), or mission networks. They can be deployed as:
● Containerized microservices,
● Virtualized cloud instances, or
● Traditional application suites.
Regardless of deployment, the policies and configurations can be continuously tailored to match user, operational, and security requirements, ensuring both agility and compliance within dynamic mission environments. (Figure 1.9-1: Adapting to Change) "