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(S//SI) Update on S3's System Engineering Efforts
FROM:
Technical Director, SID Systems Engineering Office (S01A)
Run Date: 11/17/2004
(S//SI) I'd like to update you on Data Acquisition's (S3) efforts to strengthen the management
of our Digital Network Intelligence (DNI) activities. As mentioned in an August SID today article
, S3 asked me to advise them on systems engineering issues that arise as we endeavor to add
functionality and connectedness to an already complex system. My role in this regard is to
ensure the improvements we make are done in such a way that they will "fit into NSA's
transformational programs."
(S//SI) Many key initiatives are coming together, calling for us to use good system engineering
and program management practices to produce well-defined system interfaces. These include
activities associated with:
Access and Collection,
Processing and Exploitation,
Filtering and Selection,
Selector Management,
Data Storage,
Automated Data Manipulation and
Presentation services.
(S//SI) First, we met with representatives throughout SID to better understand the challenges
associated with the exploitation of DNI and to discover ways to respond effectively to those
challenges. As mentioned in the August note, TRAFFICTHIEF , Global Newtwork Development
Activity (GNDA), CES's WEALTHYCLUSTER program, Persona Session Collection, Strong Selector
Management, Unified Targeting Tool and Metadata Strategy are good examples of the ongoing
activities meant to improve our ability to exploit DNI on a global scale.
(S//SI) Additionally, we just had our first review with S3 leadership where we've started to
identify key issues and gaps. Next steps include the identification of the programmatic
boundaries and dependencies between these key initiatives, which will be discussed in a future
update. For more information, please email
or call
"(U//FOUO) SIDtoday articles may not be republished or reposted outside NSANet
without the consent of S0121 (DL sid_comms)."
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