Cape Fox Federal Integrators, LLC (CFFI) has a long history of providing support to Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) and Reconnaissance Squadrons (RS) across all facets of mission execution. Our support includes the initial design and engineering of Remotely Piloted Aircraft-Squadron Operations Centers (RPA-SOC), mission planning tasks, global dissemination of collected sensor data, daily mission operational support and execution, training of military counterparts, and sustainment of the multi-level security systems and networks that encompass the total system-of-systems enterprise for UAS employment.

We have extensive experience in all facets of multi-level security network and mission systems support, especially in collateral, Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI), and SAP activities deriving from more than ten years of experience with RPA site design, installation, and maintenance support. We provide daily network oversight for operations and testing and training personnel/students for SAP/Special Access Required (SAR)/SCI networks and systems. We support operations during deployments to enable mission connectivity between multiple locations. We implement processes and procedures that result in more robust and stable networks and network management systems. We use proven system administration tactics, techniques, and procedures to quickly resolve or preempt outages before they become a problem through continuous monitoring and optimization.

Our team supports and performs daily Communications Security (COMSEC) tasks such as loading keying materials as well as coordinates completion status. CFFI personnel obtain, remove, replace, operate, store, transport, support, and manage COMSEC items and keying materials associated with required encryption devices installed at the site. We ensure personnel requiring access to classified COMSEC information meet the access requirements stated in AFI 33-201, Volume 2, and all COMSEC User Requirements. We comply with all local security measures and procedures for accessing and handling all COMSEC equipment or materials.

Team CFFI Network Support personnel serve as technical SMEs on multi-level security networks, providing full-scale technical support and administration for operations worldwide, where we:

• Provide operational and technical assistance for installation, configuration, and maintenance of communications systems and networks supporting the warfighter
• Plan for Enterprise network architectures to include routers, switches, and hubs
• Monitor and control networks, available bandwidth, and hardware and software resources
• Activate circuits, perform end-to-end troubleshooting for circuit and network outages, and coordinate with theater J6, AF Network Control Center (NCC), and operational sites as required
• Maintain equipment and communications infrastructure in support of ISR taskings
• Implement and enforce national, DoD, and AF security policies to protect networks from internal and external threats, including Perimeter Security System (PSS), Boundary Security System (BSS), and Information Support Server Environment (ISSE) guard, as required
• Install, configure, and upgrade security hardware and perform security intrusion assessments and monitoring
• Apply and validate security patch updates and establish current Standard Desktop Configuration (SDC) compliance on all RPA servers and workstations.
• Monitor C2 system network capabilities and limitations; optimize configurations for effectiveness and efficiency
• Configure network hardware and software to meet operational specifications

We also provide Information System Security Officers (ISSOs) as the principal POCs for Information Assurance (IA) activities for SAP/SCI networks and systems. CFFI ISSOs provide daily network oversight in support of operations to enable mission connectivity between multiple locations. They ensure that appropriate steps are taken to implement information security requirements for the IT system throughout its life cycle, from the requirements definition phase through disposal. CFFI ISSOs participate in reviewing and evaluating existing software procedures and recommend improvements to processes that resolve Automated Data Processing (ADP) security incidents, mishap prevention, classified information spillage, and the associated reporting procedures. Our ISSOs document and track all security patches/fixes and scanning/remediation at the sites, ensuring all required updates are accomplished. The ISSO’s efforts ensure that planned and actual software and equipment installations are completed in accordance with applicable security policies and regulations, ensuring the protection of confidentiality, integrity, availability, authenticity, and non-repudiation of user data. Our ISSO personnel review and maintain audit trails to establish hardware and software baselines for security tracking purposes.