Mission Challenge
The FBI needed a virtualized and analytical-based database to replace their legacy technology used to execute search queries against multiple databases
Technica Solution
Technica recommended open source Elasticsearch technology enhanced through Technica’s internal R&D efforts. The prototype was built using an Elasticsearch instance created in AWS GovCloud. It ingests data by pulling from the database using a four-step interrelated process: 1) Data is reshaped for analysis; 2) Data is extracted from the database in JSON format; 3) Extracted documents are transformed for compatibility with Elasticsearch; and 4) Data is formatted and then loaded into Elasticsearch for querying, reporting and visualization.
Benefit to the FBI
Technica’s prototype incorporated state of the art data analytics technologies such as Elasticsearch, Kibana and Logstash, which enabled a host of additional program capabilities including inclusion/exclusion queries, multiple query dimensions being returned in a single list, and customizable/interactive searches that allow agents to see previously uncorrelated results in a variety of different displays such as tables, graphic charts and geospatial views.
The FBI ViCAP team was designated a 2018 Public Sector Innovation Winner by 1105 Media.