Effective chiral hadron lagrangian with anomalies and skyrme terms from quark flavour dynamics

Quarkyonic chiral spirals

Effective hadron theory of QCD

This compilation was prepared for the Dudley Knox Library, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA.

Information Warfare and Information Operations (IW/IO) : A Bibliography

Last mile

The vulnerability of cloud computing systems (CCSs) to advanced persistent threats (APTs) is a significant concern to government and industry. We present a cloud architecture reference model that incorporates a wide range of security controls and best practices, and a cloud security assessment model—Cloud-Trust—that estimates high level security metrics to quantify the degree of confidentiality and integrity offered by a CCS or cloud service provider (CSP). Cloud-Trust is used to assess the security level of four multi-tenant IaaS cloud architectures equipped with alternative cloud security controls. Results show the probability of CCS penetration (high value data compromise) is high if a minimal set of security controls are implemented. CCS penetration probability drops substantially if a cloud defense in depth security architecture is adopted that protects virtual machine (VM) images at rest, strengthens CSP and cloud tenant system administrator access controls, and which employs other network security controls to minimize cloud network surveillance and discovery of live VMs.

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Cloud-Trust—a Security Assessment Model for Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) Clouds

From the Publisher:
This report describes research that was conducted (1) to help the U.S. Air Force identify potential interoperability problems that may arise in NATO Alliance operations or in U.S. coalition operations with NATO allies over the next decade; and (2) to suggest nonmateriel and technology-based solution directions to mitigate identified shortfalls. The focus of the research is on command, control, communications, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C3ISR) systems and on out-of-NATO-area operations. The research was sponsored by the Air Force Director of Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (USAF/XOI), the Air Force Director of Command and Control (USAF/XOC), and the commander of the Aerospace Command, Control, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Center (AC2ISR/CC). The research was performed within the Aerospace Force Development program of Project AIR FORCE (PAF), and it builds on two recent PAF study projects: "Investment Guidelines for Information Operations-Focus on ISR" and "Developing Future Integrated C2 and ISR Capabilities." This report should be of interest to policymakers, planners, and program managers involved in interoperability issues and programs of U.S. and NATO allies' air forces. It should also be of interest to planners and operational commanders involved in the employment of coalition C3ISR and combat capabilities.Project AIR FORCE Project AIR FORCE, a division of RAND, is the Air Force federally funded research and development center (FFRDC) for studies and analysis. It provides the Air Force with independent analyses of policy alternatives affecting the development, employment, combat readiness, and support of current andfuture aerospace forces. Research is performed in four programs: Aerospace Force Development; Manpower, Personnel, and Training; Resource Management; and Strategy and Doctrine.

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Interoperability: A Continuning Challenge in Coalition Air Operations

Non-abelian bosonization in two dimensions using path integrals

How will the network-centric operational concepts, organizational structure, and systems of this new Army unit make it a more effective combat force? The authors of this report seek to understand how network-centric operations (NCO) capabilities are a source of combat power for the Army's Stryker brigade and determine how well the tenets of NCO are realized by the unit They compared the performance of a Stryker brigade with that of a light infantry brigade in exercises and found that the new unit's NCO capabilities vastly improved performance They determined that NCO capabilities made the unit a more effective combat force They conclude by discussing the implications of the NCO capabilities for future Army forces

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Network-Centric Operations Case Study: The Stryker Brigade Combat Team

Link 16 enables network-centric operations (NCO) in ways that voice-only communications cannot. How does this increase in effectiveness translate into success in battle? More than 12,000 sorties were flown in the Joint Tactical Information Distribution System Operations Special Project, where Link 16 and voice-only communications were evaluated. Using NCO metrics, the authors gauged improvements provided by Link 16. The almost threefold increase in effectiveness shows the merits of the Link 16 and NCO concepts. The authors conclude that further studies should examine more complex missions and increase understanding of NCO concepts.

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Daniel Gonzales

Papers

Cloud-Trust—a Security Assessment Model for Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) Clouds

Interoperability: A Continuning Challenge in Coalition Air Operations

Non-abelian bosonization in two dimensions using path integrals

Network-Centric Operations Case Study: The Stryker Brigade Combat Team

Network-centric operations case study : air-to-air combat with and without Link 16