The Department of Defense (DoD) Installation Energy Test Bed sought innovative tools that reduce the time and cost required to obtain and maintain Authority To Operate for systems supporting new facility energy and water technologies. Proposed technologies were asked to demonstrate that they help installation personnel reduce the time and cost to complete the Risk Management Framework process and that they satisfy requirements established in DoD Instruction (DoDI) 8500.01, Cybersecurity, and DoDI 8510.01, Risk Management Framework (RMF) for DoD Information Technology and any applicable Service-specific requirements. DoD sought solutions/tools that enabled more efficient execution and/or documentation of portions of the cybersecurity process, such as aiding the incorporation of cybersecurity in FRCS design, the testing and validation of FRCS, or the continuous monitoring of FRCS.

Demonstration projects with the following characteristics were preferable:

• High likelihood of supporting reciprocity¹ between Services
• High calculable time and cost savings, as a direct result of the technology
• Minimal design and engineering required for deployment of the technology after the demonstration
• Development of cost factors and metrics to demonstrate scalability of the solution
• Low cost to implement after the demonstration
• Cost sharing

Project teams were encouraged to include representatives from each of the Services to ensure broad acceptance of demonstrated approaches and technologies. The demonstration program was for technologies and methods with completed proof-of-principle work. The impact of the demonstration should have been to reduce the time and cost of gaining and maintaining ATO for new facility energy and water control systems and devices.

Funded projects will appear below as project overviews are posted to the website.