SECURITY AND DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS IN A DISTRIBUTED CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMPUTER NETWORK - THE STATE OF MISSOURI'S APPROACH

• NCJ Number: 27768
• Author(s): S A KASHMERI
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 17 pages
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: PAPER PRESENTED AT THE EUROPEAN COMPUTING CONGRESS, 1975, HEATHROW HOTEL, LONDON, ENGLAND, SEPTEMBER 23-25, 1975

Annotation

OVERVIEW OF THE HARDWARE, CONNECTIONS, AND FILES OF THE MISSIOUR UNIFORM LAW ENFORCEMENT SYSTEM (MULES), AS WELL AS OF THE SECURITY FEATURES WHICH HAVE BEEN BUILT INTO THE NETWORK FROM A SOFTWARE AND SITE POINT OF VIEW.

Abstract

THIS PAPER ALSO DESCRIBES THE POLICY CONSIDERATIONS THAT CONTROL THIS NETWORK AND ATTEMPTS TO SHOW THE EFFECTIVENESS THAT HAS BEEN ACHIEVED WITH THIS DISTRIBUTED (THREE COMPUTERS) SYSTEM. (MULES IS A STATEWIDE CRIMINAL JUSTICE INFORMATION SYSTEM COMPRISED OF THE KANSAS CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT 'ALERT' SYSTEM, THE SAINT LOUIS POLICE DEPARTMENT 'REJIS' SYSTEM, AND THE MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL COMPUTER IN JEFFERSON CITY.) A LIST OF REFERENCES IS INCLUDED.