INFORMATION SHARING USING NIEM 1

THE IMPETUS FOR CHANGE: NIEM’S BEGINNINGS 2

3 THE BEGINNING OF NIEM

2004 to OCT 2001MAY 2012 APRIL JULY 2003NOV 2002 DEC 2004 National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace 4 THE INFORMATION SHARING EVOLUTION Critical Infrastructure Protection in the Information Age Homeland Security Act Homeland Security Information Sharing Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act Sharing of Terrorism Related Information Implementing Recommendations of the 911 Commission Act DoD Information Sharing Strategy The National Strategy for Information Sharing Federal Information Technology Shared Services Strategy Legislative Act Executive Order

5 HISTORY OF NIEM Started by a 20 state and local governments, NIEM, is a community-driven, government-wide, standards-based approach to exchanging information. By joining forces to overcome the challenges of information exchange across government boundaries, a grassroots effort called the Global Justice Information Sharing Initiative was established. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) established November 25, 2002 Built upon GJXDM's success and lessons learned, NIEM was launched in April 2005 by DHS and DOJ. HHS joined as the third primary sponsor in NIEM continues to mature with new communities and partners….. The Global Justice XML Data Model (GJXDM) was announced in April 2003.

WHAT IS NIEM? 6

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8 Available to everyone. Inclusive of a data model, governance, support, an active community. NIEM IS…. Governance Repositories Mission-Oriented Self-Managing Data Model Design Specs Development Process Defined Artifacts Tools Training Implementation Support Help Desk & Knowledge Center

9 NIEM IN ACTION

HOW NIEM WORKS 10

BENEFITS OF NIEM

12 NIEM PROVIDES… Brings stakeholders together through reuse and community engagement Provides a standardized framework and mature governance Supplies tools to aid in discovery and creation of exchanges Provides technical assistance and training Which Lead To Lower Development Costs Enhanced Mission Capabilities Common Vocabulary Reduced Maintenance Costs

You only need to speak your own language and NIEM NIEM was built to set up a framework for agreeing to a common set of data elements. NIEM provides this common vocabulary thus a place to start saving time and money. A data exchange includes four partner organizations. As one of the four partner organizations, you would have had to connect to three different systems and negotiate a common language between them. 13 BENEFIT: COMMON LANGUAGE NIEM: Common Language AB CD

NIEM provides a starting point for information exchanges so that all parties share a common, unambiguous understanding of the information. NIEM ensures that information carries the same meaning across various communities, irrespective of the technology being used. Through this, NIEM enables quick and easy addition of exchange partners. 14 BENEFIT: INTEROPERABILITY

15 BENEFIT: COMMUNITY COLLABORATION Mission challenges and opportunities are too large for any one entity - they must be addressed collaboratively and collectively. NIEM facilitates government-wide information exchanges across various disciplines. Partners come together to identify what data needs to be exchanged, then agreeing to exchange that data in a standardized manner.

HOW IS NIEM GOVERNED 16

17 OPERATIONAL GOVERNANCE

18 DOMAIN GOVERNANCE NIEM domains are communities of interest that are formally established, with an executive steward, to officially manage and govern a portion of the NIEM data model. NIEM domains contain mission- specific data components that build upon NIEM Core concepts

NIEM ADOPTION

20 INTERNATIONALIZATION OF NIEM North America DayEuroJust CanadaOthers Brought together CIOs from Mexico, Canada and the U.S. to discuss cross boundary information sharing. Pilots included: Suspicious Activity Reporting, Bio-surveillance and Stolen Vehicles The EPOC IV project aims to allow the exchange of information with national case management systems and the promotion of its usage to member states. Challenges included: Too many standards, not enough standardization, no standard approach for data exchange and minimal overlap of data between systems. The Canadian CIO for Public Safety has been a proponent for NIEM and is driving the use of NIEM through the Canadian government. The NIEM PMO has engaged with several factions of the Canadian government, including Treasury, Health, Agriculture, Public Safety and Homeland Security (most recently in the form of NIEM training) There has been some engagement from Australia and Japan. Since NIEM is publicly available, it is hard to track who is using it. For example, the Dept. of Navy uses NIEM to share information with a number of its international partners. Similarly, Customs and Border Protection uses NIEM with its international trading partners.

21 WHO USES NIEM? Interactive Map on NIEM.gov NIEM.gov/map “Are You NIEM-ified?” is a community building campaign to track NIEM adoption. NIEM-ified (adjective); indicating an entity such as a project or organization ​ that has implemented a NIEM-based exchange to advance their mission. NIEM is in the public domain and available for use by any agency or organization. We can track use of NIEM across the majority of Federal agencies, 50 states, as well as internationally. Often, the NIEM program does not know who is using it unless we hear someone talking about it! 21

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Conduct a comprehensive assessment of the organization’s current information sharing environment. Perform an analysis of qualitative and quantitative costs and benefits of NIEM adoption. Identify ‘quick wins’ and develop a tactical action plan for sustainable NIEM adoption. 23 ROADMAP TO ADOPTION Identify information exchanges where NIEM can provide the most value to the organization. Develop a tailored action plan outlining how the organization can adopt and sustainably use NIEM for information exchange. Results NIEM Engagement Process The engagement process is a self-service model that includes tools and methods for organizations to:

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