Getting started with Wargaming & Simulation Sandbox

Moraph builds and operates the virtual environments your organization uses for wargames and large simulations: compute that scales for the event, the simulation software you license, and separation between exercises so data from one cannot be seen from another. Each exercise is provisioned from an approved template, run, and then archived or destroyed according to your rules. Your organization decides who takes part, what data goes in and what happens to the results; Moraph runs the environment under your authority.

What it is for

Wargaming and simulation teams need large amounts of compute for short periods, and each event brings its own participants, scenarios and data sensitivities. Environments are often assembled by hand for each exercise, left running afterwards, and shared between events in ways that make it hard to show that one exercise's data could not be reached from another. Aggregated simulation results can reveal more about capabilities than any single input, so who can see what, and what is kept, matters as much as the compute.

• Each exercise environment is built by hand, so builds differ and take staff time away from the event
• Compute is either over-provisioned all year or short when a large event runs
• Separation between exercises and between participant cells is hard to evidence
• Results and logs are kept or deleted inconsistently after an event ends

Who uses it

• Wargaming and analysis organizations that plan and run exercises
• Modeling and simulation program offices
• Exercise directors and control cells who run events
• Information system security managers and authorizing officials responsible for the environment
• Security officers who manage compartmented access and classification guidance

Before you start

• Your organization uses Wargaming & Simulation Sandbox as a managed platform from Moraph, under an agreement that covers it.
• Licences for the platform vendor, bought through Moraph or under your own agreement with the vendor.
• A Moraph account in your organization for each person who works with Moraph on the service.
• Named technical and security contacts, recorded in the Moraph Portal.

Steps to get started

1. Agree the scope of the managed service for Wargaming & Simulation Sandbox with Moraph, including which environments and teams it covers.

2. Name your administrators, technical contact and security contact in the Moraph Portal under People and access.

3. Review the configuration baseline Moraph proposes for your regulations, and record any changes you need.

4. Confirm how users will sign in, through your identity provider where the platform supports it.

5. Agree the pilot group and the cut-over plan with your Moraph delivery lead.

Where to go next

• Onboard Wargaming & Simulation Sandbox
• Everyday tasks
• Connect your systems
• Security, data and compliance
• Troubleshooting and the support guide
• Product overview on moraph.com