scope:

PURPOSE

This directive provides direction to ensure that the integrity, availability, and confidentiality of wired networks that interface with, or are accessible by, wireless networks and wireless access points on the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) are safeguarded.

APPLICABILITY

a. This directive applies to all GSFC employees and contracts (as provided by the terms and conditions of the contract) where appropriate in achieving Center missions, programs, projects, and institutional requirements. GSFC includes the Wallops Flight Facility, Goddard Institute for Space Studies, and the Independent Verification and Validation Facility.

b. This directive applies to all wireless data communication devices that provide an access point to any wired or Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) on GSFC. Included are 802.11, Bluetooth, and any other wireless technology configured to enable access to any GSFC wireless (or wired) Local Area Network (LAN). Specifically excluded are wireless clients. Devices such as laptops equipped with a wireless Ethernet card, wireless Personal Digital Assistants, and Internet capable cell phones shall be treated the same as remote user access and are covered under the GSFC policy governing remote access.