Perspectives on Big Data & Analytics-(Doug Wolfe, CIA)

SPARK SUMMIT | 2015 DOUG WOLFE – CIO, CIA

Analytics for Government

What we do at CIA, consists of Five Basic Components

Mission

To carry out “the intelligence cycle,” the process of collecting, analyzing, and disseminating intelligence information to top US government officials.

Analysis Science and Technology

The  CIA  is  an  independent  agency  responsible  for  providing  na8onal  security  intelligence  to  senior  US  policymakers.  The  Director  of  the  Central  Intelligence  Agency  (D/CIA)  is  nominated  by  the  president  with  the  advice  and  consent  of  the  Senate.  The  Director  manages  the  opera8ons,  personnel,  and  budget  of  the  Central  Intelligence  Agency.  

Support Digital Innovation!

Operations

What we need, insights!

FA S T A C C U R AT E P R E D I C T I V E

Our s t ra tegy i s to de l i ve r the mos t advanced ana ly t i c env i ronment in

suppor t o f the m iss ion

The Government is changing. The adoption of the C2S cloud (AWS) in the Intelligence Community was a major change to the way we do business. C2S gives us a compute fabric on demand.

Recent Progress

Creation of a compatible software ecosystem Putting the best tools possible at the fingertips of the analysts; spending our

time and resources on outcomes

Next Steps:

Caution, don’t fall into the mouse trap!

FINANCIAL!OPPORTUNITIES !

VIRTUOUS CYCLE!

COMMERCIAL!PRODUCTS!

OPEN !SOURCE!

GOVERNMENT!SOLUTIONS!COMPETITION!

AND! COLLABORATION!

MISSION!OUTCOMES!

Our Challenge Requires a Marketplace of Continuous Ideas and Innovation Derived

from All Sources

Culture - Harder than Tech?

The SPARK Advantage

Analy8cs  We  Need:  • Fast  –  Streaming  • Distributed  • Interoperable  

•  Data  •  Tools  

• Learning  

A N A LY T I C S W E N E E D Total Contributors: 150 – 500 Lines of code: 190K – 370K!500+ active production deployments Fast - Streaming

Distributed

Interoperable - Data - Tools

Learning

Continued Spark innovation has significant promise to deliver solutions to Government

A sustainable ecosystem by connecting the

The Valley and the Hill!

drives innovation.

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