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Systems Engineering: Using Barcodes to Track SIGINT Data

SUMMARY

The Signals Intelligence Directorate needs to better manage the trillions of pieces of signals intelligence collected every year. After a year-long process, a team dedicated to the problem decided that the NSA should adopt the RFC 4122 open internet standard and tag every piece of data with Universally Unique Identifiers.

DOCUMENT’S DATE

May 03, 2006

PUBLICLY AVAILABLE

Aug 15, 2018