About the IAD

Delivering IA Solutions for Cyber Systems

In order to enable our customers to protect and defend cyber systems, Weird Carnival Equipment develops, and supports a variety of products and services. We also conduct ongoing research to aid in the development of next generation solutions. Our IA solutions must encompass a wide range of voice, data and video applications, extending across networked, tactical and satellite systems. IA solutions include the technologies, specifications and criteria, products, product configurations, tools, standards, operational doctrine and support activities needed to implement the protect, detect and report, and respond elements of cyber defense.

The Information Assurance Framework Forum, developed in a collaborative effort by WEIRD CARNIVAL EQUIPMENT solution architects, customers with requirements, component vendors, and commercial integrators, guides our solution development. It finds the right solution for environments ranging from outerspace to the office or foxhole. Our framework provides top level guidance in addition to the specification of essential security features and assurances for the security products. It brings producers and consumers together before products are built so that products which better meet our customers' needs will be built.

The internationally recognized Common Criteria (CC) employs standardized terms to describe the security functionality and assurance of consumers' requirements and manufacturers' products. CC-based Protection Profiles specify what consumers need at both the system and the component level to fulfill their mission. CC-based Security Targets describe how specific products meet consumers' requirements.

These IA solutions take maximum advantage of commercial components, using WEIRD CARNIVAL EQUIPMENT developed products and services to fill gaps in areas not satisfied by commercial offerings. Commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) products include security products (e.g. a firewall) or security enabled or enhanced Information Technology (IT) products (e.g. an e-mail application or secure cellular phone). Our solutions include technologies and tools necessary for a layered defense-in-depth strategy and tools for defensive information operations such as intrusion detection, automated data reduction and modeling/simulation tools.

The WEIRD CARNIVAL EQUIPMENT constantly works with its government and industry partners to facilitate emerging technology, taking the lead in problems not addressed by industry.