DISA plans analytic cloud; looks to NSA's model

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http://fcw.com/articles/2013/08/12/disa-nsa-cloud-model.aspx

By Amber Corrin
FCW.com
Aug 12, 2013

The Defense Information Systems Agency is moving ahead with plans for an 
analytical cloud environment focused on cybersecurity and cloud-based 
enterprise services for Defense Department agencies.

DISA plans to launch an analytic cloud, dubbed Acropolis, to provide 
situational awareness in cybersecurity, which will hinge on the use of big 
data to detect and respond to threats. The cloud will be used to 
aggregate, correlate, reduce and analyze cyber threats, including insider 
threats, according to documents from the agency's Aug. 9 industry day 
event at Fort Meade, Md.

The agency will take a cue from its neighbor, the National Security 
Agency, gathering and analyzing large amounts of data already coming in 
for network operations and defense.

"We moved up to Fort Meade for a reason. And part of that reason is to 
take advantage of the neighborhood. ... These guys know how to build 
analytic clouds down the street," said Mark Orndorff, DISA program 
executive officer for mission assurance and network operations, according 
to a FierceGovernmentIT report. "So, we're going to adopt those 
techniques, technology that NSA has leveraged and built over the years – 
maybe do some tweaking and adjustments to our specific requirements – but 
we certainly aren't going to start from scratch as we build out the 
analytic cloud."

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