Stellar Stars: Reflections of a Center CIO James F. Williams Ames Research Center August 15, 2011

Presentation Title —2— March 5, 2010 IT Innovation at Ames ARC recognized as Agency innovation leader in: 1.High-performance networking, 2.Computational services, and 3.Information security  Leverage specialized facilities (SOC, N254 IX, containerized data center, test beds, etc.)  Silicon Valley location provides ARC with unique technology partnership opportunities  Increased emphasis on innovation for mission enablement – working with missions at proposal phase  Will leverage NASA Space Act Agreements to benefit NASA and the public

Presentation Title —3— March 5, 2010 Network Innovations  Working to re-start network innovation project within Agency.  Focus will involve merging other IT technologies with emerging network technologies  The innovation approach will involve collaborations and information sharing with industry, other Federal Agencies and academia

Presentation Title —4— March 5, 2010 IT Security Innovation Lab  Social media security & policy whitepaper  Centralized management & deployment of low cost, open source, high verification dedicated firewalls for project & mission use  Algorithm-based risk score calculation for combined vulnerability assessment tools  Low cost penetration testing program for agency.  Performed in-depth security analysis of 3g "Microcell" devices deemed unsupportable due to security and operational concerns.

Presentation Title —5— March 5, 2010 ARC is providing Agency level service support in: 1. IT Security Operations Collaboration with KSC 2. WEST Service Office Partnership with GSFC 3. Communications Service Office – Innovation Office Partnership with GSFC and MSFC 4. Computational Service Office - NASA Cloud/Nebula Partnership with KSC and GSFC (Agency) Collaboration with HECC (Center) ARC and Agency Services

Presentation Title —6— March 5, 2010 IT Security Operations  The SOC is the nerve center for the detection, monitoring and reporting of cyber security incidents for the Agency.  Provides the Agency (24x7x365) »Event detection, »Situational awareness, »Incident management capabilities  Leveraging Silicon Valley location to improve Agency IT security methods through collaborations and information sharing

Presentation Title —7— March 5, 2010 I3P WEST Services Office Web Enterprise Services Technologies (WEST) Service Office Collaborative effort between GSFC and ARC  ARC - technology, infrastructure, and development  GSFC - business management, requirements, and customer relationship management I3P Web Service Office ARC GSFC

Presentation Title —8— March 5, 2010 I3P Communication Service Office ARC GSFC MSFC ARC Communication Service Office (CSO) will provide integration and leadership through innovation

Presentation Title —9— March 5, 2010 Computational Service Office High End Computing (HEC)  World’s 7th most powerful supercomputer  Top notch talent in the field of computational sciences  Maintain large scale visualization capabilities Cloud Computing  Nebula, NASA’s private cloud  Currently testing Science Mission Data  Computational Service Office will evaluate data and choose best option for running, HEC, NASA Cloud, private cloud.

Presentation Title —10— March 5, 2010 Nebula NASA’s Cloud Computing  NASA’s first containerized data center  Obtained one of the first FISMA accreditations for an Agency operated cloud  Provided a foundational component for Openstack, the popular new open source cloud computing project

 LCROSS - Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite »Discovered water on the Moon »Provides technologies and modular, reconfigurable subsystems to support future mission architectures.  Kepler – Search for habitable planets »Surveyed large number of stars discovered 1235 potential habitable planets in 6 systems  SOFIA – Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy »SOFIA is the largest airborne observatory that will study the universe in the infrared spectrum.  LADEE – Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer »Orbit the Moon to characterize the atmosphere »Test new low cost spacecraft architecture “Modular Common Bus” Presentation Title —11— March 5, 2010 ARC Missions