Multiple independent levels of security (MILS) : a high assurance architecture for handling information of different classification levels

This report provides an overview of the MILS architecture which is a candidate for high assurance military information systems. Future operational network based concepts set security requirements that are not met by existing solutions. In the search for high assurance platforms, MILS based products were the only found that were designed and planned evaluated for the highest assurance levels. The information in this report is based on open sources found on the Internet.