C850-1.docx Executive Summary Techfite being a company that has traditionally manufactur

C850-1.docx  Executive Summary  Techfite being a company that has traditionally manufactured medical devices and has   dedicated resources to the optimization of these products and is now realizing that cyber   security controls have been neglected in their business models.  This is evidenced by the   minimal IT staff and lack of enterprise architecture focusing on storage and logging.  This is a big problem as security has rapidly risen in importance in the last decade or so.  With   this elevation of IT security so has the maturity of compliance of the environment and   technology.  The need for a solution that not only automates logging and storage but also meets  FISMA compliance by way of NIST Risk Management Framework can be quite a challenge.  The   cost associated with compliance alone can be colossal.  The need for a System Information Event  Manager (SIEM) is needed but this has much overhead concerning learning and implementation.  A recommendation for a solution that is compliant and provides the functionality to both log   and store and would leverage current sensors deployed in the environment could only be the   Big Data Platform (BDP) from the Defense Information Service Agency (DISA).  BDP offers a   solution that can be easily implemented and has the ability to be agile for multiple   environments.  A. Organizational Need:  Techfite is in dire need for a FISMA compliant solution to meet the requirements of the National  Aeronautics Space Agency (NASA).  FISMA is a law th