Remote CIM Portal Implementation
Recommendations
Implementing a Remote CIM Portal would require
a threefold effort:
1. Development of Portal. Using experience from
existing CIM database platforms such as TIGR,
AxisPro, MAP HT, and UISS portals such as
APAN, develop a web-based “Remote CIM
Portal” that can be accessed from any unclassified COTS automation platform. This design
must be accessible via low bandwidth “dirty”
commercial Internet but still have the appropriate security measures to protect information
up to the unclassified level. This portal also
needs to be formatted and presented with basic
input fields, map graphics, and structure to allow ease of use by operators who may speak
English as a second language and have limited computer automation skills. Social medial
sites such as Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter
should be used as a design guides for the portal
as their use and manipulation is familiar globally. It is essential that any non-intuitive functions or tools be limited so any user, even with
limited training, can master the basic operation
techniques. This Remote CIM Portal should
also ideally have links to the existing APAN
structure so that user accounts can be established and monitored within the existing UISS
guidelines.
2. Training and Registration. Develop a training
software package for this portal. This package should include modules translated into a
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