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Digital Fort Knox – Precision Information Sharing Craig Thompson & Fred Davis University of Arkansas

Credentials  Craig Thompson – Acxiom Database Chair in Engineering, co-architect of OMG Object Service Architecture, and 15 years as DARPA contractor w background in database, middleware and agents  Fred Davis – Chair of Information Systems Department in Walton Business School and expert in user acceptance of IT in the workplace

Other UARK resources  Information Technology Research Center  Center for Advanced Spatial Technology  Terrorism Research Center  Center for Engineering Logistics and Distribution  Mack-Blackwell National Rural Transportation Study Center  Genesis Technology Incubator

Partners  IT providers: Acxiom, {Lockheed, CSC, Accenture}, {Oracle , Microsoft, Sun, …}  Critical infrastructure providers based in Arkansas: Wal-Mart, Tyson, JB Hunt, Entergy, Blue Cross, Fidelity, …

DHS Problem – Precision Information Sharing  The most critical weapon in the War on Terrorism. High priority for DHS.  22 organizations  interoperability  Data quality  Privacy sensitivity

Fort Knox Tasks  T1 – Clearinghouse  T2 – Catalog of tools and best practices  T3 – Core Project – Federal Information Interchange Architecture (FIIA)  T4 – Satellite research projects  T5 – Tech transition and standards

Satellite Research Projects Ongoing Research at U of A  Adaptive Reliable Data Grid  Grid Data Transforms – automate from manual flows, add digital right  Knowledge-based Authentication  Spatial data mining  RFID

Adaptive, Reliable Data Grid  Grid = resource pool of cheap machines – taken together these can process huge data sets in parallel  Failover and partitioning techniques and monitoring schemes for managing grid resources

Security & Privacy Assurance  Couple UARK work on XML-based digital rights management with Lockheed work on XML-based multi-level secure systems.  Apply to self-cleaning Acxiom knowledge base.  Potential result:  Knowledge-based authentication standards of potential use in US Borders  Step toward having your cake and eating it too with respect to seeming tradeoff of security and privacy  User acceptance is critical

Where to Next?  UARK and our industry partners are looking for avenues to work with DHS  Technology deployment  Technology development  User acceptance  Standards development  DISCUSSION …