Managed Trusted Internet Protocol Service

Managed Trusted Internet Protocol Service (MTIPS) was developed by the US General Services Administration (GSA) to allow US Federal agencies to physically and logically connect to the public Internet and other external connections in compliance with the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Trusted Internet Connection (TIC) Initiative.[1]

MTIPS will reduce the number of connections, as originally dictated in the TIC mandate, but will not reduce the connection points to the degree originally quoted. Instead, focus has shifted on the securing of existing connections using the MTIPS architecture.[2]

Managed Services

The Networx Program facilitates the transition to an MTIPS transport provider for participating agencies. Verizon, AT&T, and Qwest (now CenturyLink) are the carriers who will participate in the MTIPS services.

Architecture

Standards compliance

The MTIPS framework requires compliance with the following standards. After being awarded an MTIPS contract, the contractor may propose alternatives at no additional cost to the Government that meet or exceed the provisions of the listed standards.[3]

References

  1. MTIPS: Changing the Landscape Archived 2010-01-03 at the Wayback Machine Jeff Erlichman, Government Computer News
  2. U.S. Internet security plan revamped Carolyn Duffy Marsan, Network World
  3. Network Managed Trusted Internet Protocol Service (MTIPS) Statement of Work (redacted) Archived 2009-05-09 at the Wayback Machine (PDF) Networx MTIPS SOW, gsa.gov (ref: Feb. 2010)
  4. Operations, Administration, Maintenance, and Provisioning(OAM&P) Security Requirements for the Public Telecommunications Network: A Baseline of Security Requirements for the Management Plane Archived 2009-12-29 at the Wayback Machine (PDF) NSTAC, (ref. Feb. 2010)
  5. (PDF) NIST FIPS PUB 140-3
  6. (PDF) PUB 199
  7. (PDF) DHS MD11042.1, supersedes cited DHS MD11042
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