Network Centric Operations Industry Consortium

Network Centric Operations Industry Consortium Profile and History

The Network Centric Operations Industry Consortium (NCOIC) is an international not-for-profit, chartered in the United States, whose goal is to facilitate the adoption of cross-domain interoperability standards. NCO is the application of the fundamental tenets of network-centric warfare to aspects of national security, especially industry support for the missions of both the United States Departme nt of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). NCOIC does not only subscribe to the military use of this theory, but also works to apply NCO and interoperability across nations and industries, including emergency response, health care, aerospace, information technology cyber security & cloud computing, energy and financial services. NCOICs technical teams have developed resources to further the use of network-centric systems and interoperability in both the public and private sectors. These resources including processes, tools, frameworks, patterns, principles and databasesare available free of charge on the NCOIC website. They are aimed at helping an organization lower engineering costs, speed program implementation, increase capability and reduce risk. The consortium also provides training and services such as interoperability demonstrations, acquisition strategies, evaluations and verification. NCOIC focuses on four interdependent areas in identifying solutions that will enable cross-domain interoperability: business, culture, governance and technical. The interaction, influence and impact of factorssuch as financial objectives, business goals, laws and regulations, and cultural considerations are all taken into account when planning and/or implementing technology change.