Infrastructure Case Studies

Large Data Federated Distributed Infrastructure

NRL uses an innovative unified Infiniband architecture to provide high-speed, high-capacity, low-latency storage and a single-wire computing and networking infrastructure enabling the warfighter in the Large Data Joint Capabilities Technology Demonstration.
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Vulnerability Assessment through the Cloud: A Case Study

In support of the Administration’s call to increase utilization of Cloud Computing throughout the federal government, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (Treasury) looked to their security office to lead the way in leveraging the Cloud to deliver secure and reliable security services. In this session, we will learn about the methodology OCC used to deploy a Vulnerability Assessment Management service which not only delivered strong results from a security perspective, but also freed up valuable human resources which have been consequently used to drive more impactful strategic initiatives for the department.

ROGER MAHACH, Chief Information Security and Privacy Officer, OFFICE OF THE COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY

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A Case Study of Server Virtualization Using VMware

This paper examines the virtualization of physical host machines, enterprise services, and multi-site instantiation of virtual environments. First, we introduce the difficulty of virtualizing enterprise service host machine. Second, we discuss use cases that can give IT organizations many new options in supporting their company's business units. Third, we review a case study of server virtualization for a business group at Intel and the process they followed from project inception through implementation. We conclude the paper with a discussion of our results and a description of the future work.
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Centrify® DirectAudit™ helps you comply with regulatory requirements, perform in-depth troubleshooting, and protect against insider threats for your UNIX and Linux systems. DirectAudit’s detailed logging strengthens your compliance reporting and helps you spot suspicious activity by showing which users accessed what systems, what commands they executed, and what changes they made to key files and data. With DirectAudit you can also perform immediate, in-depth troubleshooting by replaying and reporting on user activity that may have contributed to system failures. And its real-time monitoring of current user sessions enables you to spot suspicious activity. This white paper examines the compelling business and technical case for centralized UNIX/Linux auditing, describes how DirectAudit’s integrated architecture enables you to meet regulatory requirements and protect against insider threats, and describes how DirectAudit can help you better troubleshoot UNIX/Linux availability problems.
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Best Practices: ProveIT Case Study for U.S. Air Force Software Assurance Center of Excellence

ProveIT case studies provide government end users with assessments of IT solutions. Our methodology enables impact assessments to be comparable, consistent, and independent. Working with government and vendor personnel directly involved in the project, Government Insights analysts gathered relevant information on the project and provided our analysis of the approach, the solution’s success in meeting the organization’s stated goals, and the project’s impact on return on investment, risk, innovation, and transformation.
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