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21st Century Operations Using 21st Century Technologies

Session 19 Security and Architecture - v5

Slide 1

Security and the National ITS Architecture

Logo: Architecture Development Team

ITS America 2003

Session 19: The State of the Practice: ITS and Homeland Security

May 19, 2003

Minneapolis, MN

Slide 2

Security Update

  • Enhance Coverage of Security in the National ITS Architecture
    • Nine areas of functionality identified and presented to US DOT
    • Cut across multiple user service areas
    • Better reflect the opportunities for security applications in planning ITS
      • Regional and Project Architecture development
      • Standards development

Slide 3

ITS Security Areas

  • Using ITS to Enhance Surface Transportation Security
    • Transit Security
    • Rail Security
    • Freight and Commercial Vehicle Security
    • HAZMAT Security
    • Disaster Response and Evacuation
    • Wide Area Alert
    • Critical Infrastructure Security
      • Includes functions for Traveler Security
  • Securing ITS

Graphic: Securing ITS encompasses Transit Security, Rail Security, Freight and Commercial Vehicle Security, HAZMAT Security, Critical Infrastructure Security, Traveler Security, Disaster Response and Evacuation and ITS Wide Area Alert

Slide 4

Transit Security

Photo: A bus sitting at a bus stop

  • Use ITS to help secure passengers, facilities, and assets of
    • Bus transit systems
    • Rail transit systems
  • Many aspects of transit security already exist in Version 4.0
    • Video surveillance at stops/ stations
    • Response to emergencies
      • On board transit vehicle
      • At transit stop/ station
    • Transit traveler information

Slide 5

Transit Security

Photo: A bus sitting at a bus stop

  • Added Security functionality
    • Surveillance and Sensor Monitoring
      • On-Board Transit Vehicles
      • Stations
      • Facilities (e.g. yards, shops)
      • Infrastructure (Rail Track, Tunnel, Bridge, Guideway, etc.)
    • Remote Vehicle Disable
    • Vehicle Operator Authentication
    • Use of Transit to Support Disaster Response and Evacuation

Slide 6

Rail Security

Photo: A train passing over a bridge in an arid area

  • Full scope of Rail Security includes using ITS to address Freight Rail Security for
    • Trains
    • Rail Car
    • Fixed Assets (e.g. track, wayside equipment, highway/rail crossings)
    • Personnel
  • However, Version 5 architecture will add only
    • Rail Interface for Emergency Services
      • Update Incident Management User Service Requirements

Slide 7

Freight & Commercial Vehicle Security

Photo: A truck and its payload pass a factory

  • Use ITS to enhance security of Freight and Commercial Vehicle shipments
    • Tracking Commercial Vehicles and Freight shipments
    • Monitoring Freight Integrity
    • Monitoring Commercial Vehicle Integrity
    • Monitoring Assignment Integrity
      • CV Driver/Commercial Vehicle/Freight Equipment

Slide 8

HAZMAT Security

Photo: A rear view of a liquid-carrying cargo canister on a truck

  • Use ITS to Secure Commercial Vehicles carrying HAZMAT
    • Detect Diversions and Geofence Violations
      • Safely Disable Vehicle / Public Safety Traffic Stop
    • Roadside Remote Sensing of HAZMAT Cargo
      • Correlate with permitted activity
      • Pull-In/Public Safety Traffic Stop
    • Authenticate Drivers
      • Safely Disable Vehicle / Public Safety Traffic Stop

Slide 9

HAZMAT Security

Photo: A rear view of a liquid-carrying cargo canister on a truck

  • Institutional Elements
    • Deployments will likely limit service to Security Sensitive HAZMAT (e.g. gasoline, not nail polish)
    • CV Tracking and Driver Authentication
      • Monitored by CV Dispatch function
        • Private Fleet and Freight Management, NOT a Government Agency
      • Police (Emergency Management) notified when FMS detects/validates significant route deviation, geofence boundary violation, or apparent hijacking
    • Remote disabling of vehicle by Fleet and Freight Management

Slide 10

Disaster Response and Evacuation

Photo: A room full of emergency personnel working at desks

Photo: A firefighter spraying flames with water from atop a firetruck

Photo: Four lanes of cars in traffic during an evacuation

  • Use ITS to Enhance Response to All Disasters, Natural and Man-Made
  • Work Within Existing Emergency Response Framework
    • Existing Institutional Relationships, Roles, and Responsibilities
    • Define Scope to Focus on Transportation and Interface to Emergency Management/Public Safety
  • Existing Incident Management User Service/Architecture Support Provide Starting Point

Slide 11

Disaster Response and Evacuation

Photo: A room full of emergency personnel working at desks

Photo: A firefighter spraying flames with water from atop a firetruck

Photo: Four lanes of cars in traffic during an evacuation

  • Coordinate Response Plans
  • Monitor Alert Levels
  • Detect and Verify Emergency
  • Assess Infrastructure Status
  • Manage Area Transportation
  • Critical Service Restoration
  • Coordinate Response
  • Disaster Traveler Information
  • Evacuation Planning Support
  • Evacuation Traveler Information
  • Evacuation Traffic Management
  • Evacuation Resource Sharing

Slide 12

ITS Wide-Area Alert

Photo: An overhead electronic roadsign displaying details of an "Amber Alert" while traffic moves below

  • Use ITS to Notify Public in Emergency Situations
    • Inspired by Recent Use of ITS For "AMBER Alerts"
    • Significant institutional issues will remain
      • Public Safety and Emergency Management Agencies Control
      • Architecture Defines Potential ITS Interfaces
      • Plans, Policies, and Procedures for Use Established by Local Jurisdictions
    • Modify Existing "Emergency Notification and Personal Security" User Service

Slide 13

Critical Infrastructure Security

Photo: A view from underneath of a suspension bridge

Photo: A view from within a road tunnel

  • Use ITS to secure critical transportation infrastructure
    • Bridges
    • Tunnels
    • Interchanges
    • TMCs / Offices
    • Maintenance Facilities
  • Critical infrastructure will be locally determined
  • Modify existing "Emergency Notification and Personal Security" user service

Slide 14

Securing ITS

Photo: Picture of a key

  • Define Security Services necessary for securing ITS itself
    • Information Security
    • Operational Security
    • Personnel Security
    • Security Management
  • No change to the Architecture Functional Definition (i.e., no new or modified Flows or Subsystems)

Slide 15

Securing ITS

Photo: Picture of a key

  • Map Securing ITS Services to Physical Architecture
    • Information Security to Architecture Flows
    • Operational/Personnel Security to Subsystems
  • No User Service or User Service Requirement Changes
  • "Considerations" not "Requirements"
    • Securing ITS Services are Not Mandatory
    • Provide resource to deployers of ITS to understand need for providing security for their ITS

Slide 16

Security Summary

  • Physical Architecture high-level changes
    • New Subsystem
      • Security Monitoring
    • New Terminators
      • Alerting and Advisory Systems
      • Freight Container-Trailer
      • Shelter Providers
      • Telecommunications System for Traveler Information

Slide 17

Other Changes for Version 5.0

  • 511
    • Add new "Telecommunications System for Traveler Information" terminator to interface with the ISP
  • Hyperlinked Architecture
    • Theory of Operations and Market Package documents text, tables, and diagrams
  • Standards Mapping Updates
  • Stakeholder feedback changes

Logo: Logo reads "511" surrounded by a stylized telephone and cord

Slide 18

Version 5.0 Subsystem Diagram

Diagram: The diagram illustrates the Version 5.0 Subsystem. There are four forms of communication being illustrated, Wide Area Wireless (Mobile), Fixed-Point to Fixed-Point, Vehicle to Vehicle and Dedicated Short Range. The diagram shows the relationships between these four forms of communication and Travelers, Centers, Vehicles and the Field.

Slide 19

Turbo Architecture Update

  • Turbo Architecture
    • New version will be released for use with Version 5.0
    • Enables regional & project architectures to incorporate new security, 511, and other features

Logo: The Turbo Architecture logo that reads "Turbo Architecture"

Slide 20

National ITS Architecture Version 5.0

  • Schedule
    • Web site ready for feedback - Sep 2003
      • Look for Federal Register Notice
    • Launch Version 5.0 Website - Oct 2003
    • CDs available - Nov 2003