NTIS and Data Mining
NTIS Mission Promote Commerce and Federal data priorities Open access and open data Data services to public, industry, agencies to enable innovation and economic growth
Cloud –Software and services running on the internet rather that in your datacenter Infrastructure as a Service (Iaas) –Providing cloud-based virtualization Software as a Service (SaaS) –Software architected to run in the cloud Definitions
What’s The Big Deal? Telecommuting COOP Pooled resources lead to cost efficiencies Each organization needs less: –Hardware –IT admins –Electricity
RaaS Managed hardware, servers All content managed internally Secure data from anywhere
Manage all Content Entire lifecycle –Draft to final –Accession to disposition Compliance Legal perspective Data mining
Integrate Line of business Each document or datum exists in one place Information flow across the organization
eDiscovery “Findability” Searchability Taxonomy OCR
End-to End RaaS Audit trail Chain of custody Electronic or scanned Ready to archive Accession to disposition
NTIS Records-as-a-Service (RaaS) 95% 5% Official Records RaaS TRaaSh Content moves automatically based on an time, cost and benefit algorithm. Add services as desired: -Global Search -Transformation -Data mining -Machine learning -Retention Policies
Federal Requirements FIPS FISMA FedRAMP
Keeps data in federal domain NTIS has existing expertise –Cloud –Security –Data analytics Speed & ease of acquisition process –Agency may already have IA/MOU in place Leverage the NTIS Cloud
NTIS IT Environment Modern data center with state-of-the-art energy monitoring, power availability, within the Trusted Internet Connection (TIC) system, and redundant site availability Inside a federally certified network facility with physical and logical security –FISMA Moderate –FedRAMP Certification Full service IT team including Security, Production Support, Software Engineers, Infrastructure Support, QA/QC and Help Desk Full 24/7 support, integrated with JV partners as required by services requested 13
IT Services
NTIS Capabilities Configurability Data Availability Data Ownership Load Management Open Architecture Help Desk Services Secure Govt- to-Govt Hosting – Federal Cloud Network, Server and Data Security (C&A) System Availability/ Internet Connectivity System Performance Management & Monitoring Infrastructure Technical Support Ability to Protect Individual Information Optional Redundant Hot-Site CAC/PIV Card Integration Single Sign-On Capability Records As A Service (Raas)
Does Disposition Matter? Cheap, unlimited space Secured within federal ecosystem Many tools for analytics
Does Disposition Matter? Volume decreases findability Danger of false or inaccurate data Keeping data always involves risk
Thank You!! Chris Beasley