Cyber Security/Regulatory Compliance

Cyber Security Immersion Seminars

The Regulatory Implications of GIS	Enterprise Information Management Drives Effective Decision Making
Critical Infrastructure Interdependencies: GITA’s Community of Practice Seminar

Cyber Security Technical Sessions

Wednesday, April 28^th8:30 a.m.

Protecting Geospatial Information Processing in the Cloud
Andreas Matheus, University of the Bundeswehr

Keywords: Security, Geo Web Services, GIS, Cloud Computing

Vertical Interest Tags: WW; ER; T; PS; E; G; M; TR; P; S; EN; CS; CC; W

The strength of cloud computing is that it dramatically reduces the investment costs for users, required for processing high-volume geospatial data. But in order to have confidential or even classified geospatial data processed in the cloud, service level agreements must ensure the seamless protection of the data. This paper introduces a concept to declare and enforce service level agreements preventing unauthorized use.

Wednesday, April 28^th1:30 p.m.

RFP Process Review for Users and Vendors
Peter van Muyden, EPCOR

Keywords: Smart Grid Foundation; RFP; GIS; Vendor; Reguest for Proposal

Vertical Interest Tags: WW; T; PS; E; G; TR; II; CS

The Distribution & Transmission Inc. (EDTI) power operating company of EPCOR Utilities in Canada has been using GIS for 30 years. As part of the foundation of our smart grid initiative, we went to the market with a Request for Proposal (RFP) for an electrical connected GIS-based model. This presentation describes in detail the RFP process and discusses the lessons we learned. It will be of interest to both users and GIS vendors.

Wednesday, April 28^th2:30 p.m.

A New Approach to Local Government GIS
Thomas A. Thomey, MGP, Inc.
Copresenter: Mary Anderson, GIS Consortium

Keywords: Local government, staffing model, collaboration, city, village, shared, intellectual property

Vertical Interest Tags: PS; DD; CS; WM

A group of communities in the greater Chicago (Illinois) area are working together to realize the benefits of geographic information systems (GIS). This organization was formed in 1998 to provide an alternative to meeting the challenges of starting and sustaining GIS programs. This organization is called the GIS Consortium (GISC), www.gisconsortium.org.