Oralce Law Enforcement DEM Solution - Aug 2015

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Digital!Evidence!Management,!Digital!Asset!Management!and!Suspect!Search!platforms!!Global!Oracle’s!solution!approach!August!2015!

Guillaume!Neveux!4!BDM!EMEA!4!Digital!Media!Solutions!+33685243672!–[email protected]!

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ORACLE!Law!Enforcement/DEM!solution!|!AUGUST!2015|!!!Page!2!of!23!!

Table!of!Contents!.....................................................................................................................................!!

Introduction!...........................................................................................................................................!3!

Solution!Overview!..................................................................................................................................!4!

Part!I!–!Product!information!...............................................................................................................!5!

Part!II!–!Use!case!and!logical!functional!model!................................................................................!17!

Use!Case!.......................................................................................................................................!17!

Logical!Functional!Model!.............................................................................................................!18!

Part!III!–!Technical!information!........................................................................................................!19!

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!ORACLE!Law!Enforcement/DEM!solution!|!AUGUST!2015|!Page!3!of!23!!

! !Introduction!

Here! is!an!extract!of!a!Request! for! Information’s!answer!document!covering!Digital!Evidence!Management,!Digital!Asset!Management!and!Suspect!Search!Platforms.!!The! challenges! regarding! streamlining! the! entire! end4to4end! process! of! gathering,! documenting,! using! and!archiving! digital! evidence/asset! are! not! trivial! nor! is! the!insurance! of! long4term! compliance! with!national/international! regulations.! Furthermore,! the!increased! use! of! digital! assets! (including! social! media!uploads)! and! technologies! (on4body! camera! etc.)! in!modern! law! enforcement! will! only! add! to! this! list! of!challenges,!which!must!be!dealt!with!moving!forward.!!These! current! and! future! challenges! call! for! a! robust,!flexible,! scalable,! secure,! intelligent! and! user4friendly!solution! enabling! you! to! support! your! desired! business!requirements! and! workflows! –! both! now! and! into! the!future.! Oracle! has! the! unique! capability! to! deliver! and!implement! such! a! solution! enabling! to! support! a! much!more! efficient! and! cost4effective! way! to! conduct!investigations!and!daily!police!work.!!!The! document! has! been!made! by! xLob! Oracle’s! division!teams.!!We!wish!you!happy!reading!on!behalf!of!the!Oracle!team.!!Guillaume!Neveux!

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Solution!Overview!

This! Global! Oracle’s! solution! is!made! of! a! comprehensive! Digital!Evidence! Management,! Digital!Asset! Storage,! Protection! and!Preservation! and! Suspect! Search!platform! supporting! an! entire! endXtoXend! process! of! gathering,!documenting,! searching,! archiving!and! preserving! of! digital! evidence!and!assets.!!

Based! on! requirements! Oracle! can!and! will! include! known! thirdXparty!vendor! solutions,! which! will! easily!integrate! with! the! open! standard!Oracle! components! –! all! leading! to!a! flexible!and!futureXproof,!bestXofXbreed!solution.!

This!Oracle!solution!will!also!enable!to! easily! leverage! the! output! and!the! insight! from! other! solutions!(e.g.! Analytics! Platform,! Case!Management,! Command! and!Control,!!etc.).!

The! native! security! model! and!chainXofXcustody!in!the!components!will! ensure! that! user! rights,! access!control,! data! security,! auditing! and!compliance! will! be! handled! at! the!highest!level.!

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! !Part!I!–!Product!information!

1.! Please!provide!a!brief!overview!of!your!service!offering!(e.g.!from!the!tool/solution!itself!to!implementation!support!and!maintenance)!!Oracle!is!in!a!unique!position!to!propose!a!global!solution!using!standard!products!available!in!the!Oracle!Justice!&!Public!Safety!Industry!Solutions!portfolio.!The!Oracle!DEM!(Digital!Evidence!Management)!solution!is!based!on!four!core!standard!components,!which!will!be!described!in!the!following!section!of!the!document.!!Based!on!the!actual!requirements,!the!solution!can!and!will!be!enriched!by!other!bestTofTbreed!products,!either!with!additional!Oracle!standard!products!or!third!party!vendor’s!products,!which!will!support!your!needs!now!and!into!the!future.!!One!of!the!most!important!aspects!of!the!proposed!Oracle!DEM!Solution!is!openness!and!vendor!neutrality!based!on!open!standards.!We!strongly!believe!that!such!an!approach!towards!the!IT!landscape!of!today!is!of!greatest!importance.!We!will!recommend,!that!keeping!a!strong!focus!on!capabilities!like!sharing!data,!integration!and!security!is!essential!to!ensure,!that!this!platform!will!never!become!a!monolith.!!We!hear!two!major!challenges!in!policing!work!globally.!Firstly,!criminals!and!even!terrorists!are!increasingly!using!technology!in!the!commission!of!crimes/terror!attacks,!and!not!just!in!cyberTcrime.!Secondly,!witnesses!are!uploading!what!they!see!and!what!they!hear!onto!social!media.!These!challenges!mean!exponential!growth!in!digital!evidence!and!the!need!to!adapt!to!new!technologies!and!new!and!ever!changing!social!media!channel!monitoring!and!analytics.!Oracle!believes!the!principles!behind!a!good!Digital!Evidence!Management!system!include:!!

i.! Should!not!attempt!a!“Big!Bang”!approach!and!attempt!to!describe!and!create!the!complete!solution!from!start!to!finish,!but!rather!implement!functionality!in!sprints!using!an!agile!project!methodology!like!SCRUM.!

ii.! The!solution!must!be!able!to!integrate!with!any!new!and!evolving!technologies!ensuring!rapid!and!seamless!integration!with!existing!systems.!!

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iii.! Digital!evidence!comes!in!different!formats!and!structures.!A!Big!Data!approach!is!mandatory!with!powerful!support!for!discovery!tools!to!analyse,!connect!the!dots!and!identify!key!patterns!or!anomalies.!

iv.! A!pragmatic!case!management!approach!to!handle!the!various!sources!of!digital!evidence.!v.! A!scalable,!secure!and!protected!infrastructure!for!the!storage,!archive!and!preservation!of!digital!evidence!including!

video,!images,!documentation!and!more.!!!The!Oracle!DEM!Solution!is!capable!of!supporting!such!an!approach!using!the!following!four!standard!Oracle!products:!!

•! Oracle!WebCenter!Content! Document!handling!capabilities!for!organizing!content!regarding!evidence!/!“a!case”!•! Oracle!DIVArchive! ! Handling,!storing!and!retrieval!of!video,!sound,!image,!etc.!content!known!as!digital!assets!•! Oracle!Big!Data!Discovery! Dynamic!search!engine!combining!various!data(sets)!with!powerful!search!capabilities!•! Oracle!Big!Data!Appliance! Storage/retrieval!platform!based!on!Hadoop!for!documents,!videos,!sound!etc.!

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Oracle'DAM'Solution

Open'Standards'/'API’s

Oracle'WebCenter'Content

Oracle'Big'Data'Appliance

Oracle'Big'Data'DiscoveryTape/Off'line'

storage

Oracle'DIVArchive

!Figure!1!T!Oracle!Products!in!Red!

!!!Oracle,WebCenter,Content,!Oracle!WebCenter!Content!enables!you!to!define!and!provide!documents!such!as!text,!images!and!videos!in!specified!formats!and!sizes!dynamically.!This!helps!your!organization!maintain!consistent!standards!for!digital!content!use.!!

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!Oracle!WebCenter!Content!creates!multiple!formats!of!digital!assets!automatically!when!documents!are!checked!into!Oracle!WebCenter!Content!Server!and!lists!the!formats!using!one)content)ID.!This!ensures!that!the!asset!maintains!a!standard!size!and!quality!in!the!multiple!formats!required!by!your!organization,!while!providing!the!content!management!and!workflow!features!of!Oracle!WebCenter!Content!Server.!!!Multiple!output!formats!of!digital!assets!(called!renditions)!are!extremely!valuable!within!an!organization!as!people!use!different!devices!and!technologies!over!time!to!access!them.!The!quantity!and!type!of!renditions!are!defined!by!the!system!administrator!in!rendition!sets.!A!user!selects!a!rendition!set!used!to!create!renditions!of!a!digital!asset!at!the!time!the!asset!is!checked!into!the!repository!providing!a!unified!and!futureTproof!mechanism!for!digital!asset!access.!!The!Video!Manager!feature!of!Oracle!WebCenter!Content!enables!users!to!quickly!find,!group,!and!download!videos!of!various!sizes!and!resolutions.!For!example,!a!video!may!need!to!be!available!in!a!variety!of!sizes!for!streaming!to!remote!investigators,!legal!teams,!or!for!copying!to!tape!for!evidentiary!purposes.!At!checkTin,!the!video!is!automatically!converted!into!the!defined!formats!and!sizes.!Users!can!then!search!for!the!video!using!standard!metadata,!group!renditions!into!a!content!basket,!and!download!a!single!compressed!file!of!the!video!renditions!they!need!and!have!authorization!to!access.!Users!can!also!playback!video!content,!locally!or!remotely!thanks!to!proxy!browsing!capabilities.!!Metadata,!also!called!document!properties!or!content!information,!is!information!about!a!document,!such!as!the!description,!source,!location,!date/time,!access!control!rights!and!so!on.!Oracle!WebCenter!Content!has!a!set!of!system!defined!metadata!and!endTuser!administrators!can!define!custom!and!purposeful!metadata!to!support!specific!business!requirements.!!You!can!use!metadata!to!find!documents!in!Oracle!WebCenter!Content,!much!as!you!would!search!for!books!in!a!library!by!author!or!subject.!When!you!upload!a!document,!you!assign!some!metadata!values,!while!Oracle!WebCenter!Content!assigns!additional!metadata!values!automatically.!In!addition!Metadata!can!be!updated!and/or!assigned!in!the!process!of!preparing!the!content!for!later!use.!!The!metadata!is!stored!in!a!database!that!works!with!Oracle!WebCenter!Content.!!Content!Publishing:!!Oracle!WebCenter!Content!enables!you!to!control!when!a!content!item!should!be!made!available!for!search/retrieval!by!other!users!or!applications!(released)!and!when!it!should!expire!and!no!longer!be!available!for!search/retrieval.!!

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Retention!Time!Management:!!In!Oracle!WebCenter!Content!managed!items!are!assigned!retention!schedules!and!disposition!rules!that!allow!users!to!schedule!life!cycles!for!content!to!eliminate!outdated!or!superseded!information,!manage!storage!resources,!or!comply!with!legal!audit!holds.!Content!and!its!associated!metadata!are!stored!in!retention!schedules,!which!are!hierarchies!with!categories!that!define!disposition!instructions.!Access!to!the!items!is!controlled!by!rights!assigned!to!users.!The!items!can!be!accessed,!reviewed,!retained,!or!destroyed!in!an!easy!and!efficient!manner!by!authorized!people!according!to!the!requirements!of!an!organization.!Disposition!schedules!of!content!in!the!repository!can!also!be!managed,!enabling!the!scheduling!of!life!cycles!for!content!to!eliminate!outdated!or!superseded!information,!manage!storage!resources,!or!comply!with!legal!audit!holds.!!WebCenter!Content!offers!two!levels!of!security!for!repository!content:!security!groups!and!accounts.!Each!content!item!is!assigned!to!a!security!group,!and!if!accounts!are!enabled!then!content!items!can!also!be!assigned!to!an!account.!Users!are!assigned!a!certain!level!of!permission!(Read,!Write,!Delete,!or!Admin)!for!each!security!group!and!account,!which!enables!them!to!work!with!a!content!item!only!to!the!extent!that!they!have!permissions!to!the!item's!security!group!and!account.!!In!addition!access!control!lists!(ACLs)!can!be!configured!for!the!Content!Server!instance!to!provide!extended!control!of!content!access!to!enterprise!users.!!An!access!control!list!is!a!list!of!users,!groups,!or!Enterprise!roles!with!permission!to!access!or!interact!with!a!content!item.!!WebCenter!Content!supports!uses!of!external!LDAP!authentication!using!authentication!providers!like!Microsoft!AD,!Oracle!Internet!Directory,!Oracle!Virtual!Directory!and!OpenLDAP.!

!Oracle,DIVArchive!Oracle!DIVArchive!provides!a!common!platform!for!digital!asset!management,!workflows,!storage,!archive!and!preservation.!Highly!scalable,!reliable,!open!and!distributed,!Oracle!DIVArchive!is!the!proven!heart!of!missionTcritical!digital!asset!management!and!storage!environments.!Enabled!by!more!than!a!decade!of!innovation!in!archive!and!storage!management!software,!organizations!around!the!globe!are!adopting!our!powerful!tiered!storage!solutions!for!archiving!and!protecting!digital!assets!in!order!to!reduce!costs,!leverage!highTperformance!disk!storage!and!benefit!from!digital!tape!technology!for!longTterm!archiving!and!asset!preservation.!!Oracle!DIVArchive!relies!on!an!openTstandard!storage!format!called!AXF!(Archive!eXchange!Format)!which!was!published!by!SMPTE!in!2014.!!AXF!not!only!protects!all!customers!against!vendor!lockTin!for!their!valuable!asset!repositories,!but!it!also!is!key!to!the!chainTofTcustody!and!preservation!requirements!in!these!demanding!environments!regardless!of!the!storage!technologies!chosen.!!All!digital!assets!stored!in!DIVArchive!are!individually!hashed!and!these!values!are!stored!in!the!database!for!quick!verification!but!also!within!the!AXF!Object!stored!on!the!disk!or!tape!subsystems!fundamentally!tying!them!to!the!digital!assets!themselves.!!This!ensures!full!chainTofT

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custody!protection!against!asset!and!metadata!tampering!and!allows!DIVArchive!to!also!continuously!monitor!the!health!of!all!assets!validating!these!checksum!values!during!each!and!every!read!operation!(access,!replication,!migration,!etc.).!!DIVAprotect!is!a!core!component!of!each!DIVArchive!system.!!It!constantly!monitors!and!analyses!all!transactions!performed!by!DIVArchive!gathering!detailed!information!about!the!movement!of!content!through!the!file!infrastructure,!networks,!storage!devices,!and!much!more,!collecting!and!logging!and!reporting!statistics!including!performance,!errors,!health,!trends,!etc.!!DIVAprotect!can!also!monitor!and!log!access!to!assets!stored!in!the!system.!!This!information!is!visually!presented!on!the!DIVArchive!Dashboard!and!also!available!for!search,!reporting!and!exporting!to!other!visualization!tools.!!Content!is!quickly!delivered!from!the!DIVArchive!content!storage!management!system!to!multiple!applications!or!clients!on!the!network!based!on!tuned!and!prioritized!requests!coming!from!userTfacing!tools!such!as!DAM,!MAM,!etc.!!Powerful!partial!restore!capabilities!in!DIVArchive!allow!retrieval!only!of!pointsTofTinterest!within!volumes!of!stored!video,!audio!and!fileTbased!data!without!having!to!restore!entire!assets.!!During!intensive!investigations,!this!can!be!can!help!making!the!case,!saving!both!time!and!money!and!allowing!investigators!to!rapidly!hone!in!only!on!the!most!important!portions!of!large!evidence!collections.!!!DIVArchive!also!possesses!the!capability!to!reformat!and!transcode!stored!assets!onTtheTfly!to!ensure!wide!accessibility!across!many!different!platforms.!Any!number!of!transcode!engines!can!be!deployed!in!a!single!Oracle!DIVArchive!system!providing!infinitely!scalable!transcoding!and!reformatting!throughput.!!For!highly!secure!environments,!DIVArchive!also!natively!supports!the!powerful!encryption!and!key!management!capabilities!of!Oracle!Key!Manager!allowing!encryption!of!data!during!transport!and!at!rest.!!Oracle!DIVAnet!is!a!global!software!federation!layer!allowing!any!number!of!independent!DIVArchive!systems!distributed!around!a!city!or!around!the!globe!to!be!fundamentally!tied!for!content!replication,!disaster!recovery!and!business!continuance!purposes.!!For!applications!such!as!this,!digital!evidence!may!also!be!shared!in!a!controlled!fashion!between!systems!deployed!at!other!agencies!or!organizations.!!DIVAnet!handles!the!complex!tasks!related!to!request!routing,!reconciliation!and!loadTbalancing!while!presenting!a!global!or!filtered!view!of!all!assets!contained!across!all!connected!DIVArchive!systems.!!!!

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Oracle,Big,Data,Discovery,

Being!able!to!find!information!based!of!many!different!types!of!data!can!be!a!really!difficult!job.!Oracle!Big!Data!Discovery!addresses!this!problem!by!providing!rapid!visual!access!to!all!the!data!in!a!Hadoop!based!infrastructure,!so!that!you!are!able!to:!!

•! Find!relevant!data!quickly,!through!a!rich!interactive!catalog!of!the!data!stored!on!the!Hadoop!system!•! Enhance!findings!with!local!data!from!Excel!and!CSV!files!through!selfTservice!wizards!•! View!data!set!summaries,!annotations!from!other!cases,!and!recommendations!for!related!data!sets!•! Explore!the!data!through!familiar!search!and!guided!navigation!

!Together!with!statistics!about!each!individual!attribute!in!any!data!set,!these!capabilities!expose!the!shape!of!the!data,!empowering!users!to!rapidly!understand!data!quality,!detect!anomalies,!uncover!outliers,!and!ultimately!finding!the!needed!information!and!thereby!supporting!the!capability!of!searching!for!a!suspect.!!This!enables!you!to:!

•! Visualize!attributes!by!data!type,!to!see!at!a!glance!which!is!the!most!relevant!•! Sort!attributes!by!potential,!so!the!most!meaningful!information!is!displayed!first!•! Use!the!scratch!pad!to!uncover!potential!patterns!and!correlations!between!attributes!•! Share!any!finding!easily!in!its!hole!between!different!users!

!Oracle,Big,Data,Appliance,,

Oracle!Big!Data!Appliance!is!a!flexible,!highTperformance,!secure!platform!for!running!diverse!workloads!on!Hadoop!and!NoSQL!systems.!By!combining!the!newest!technologies!from!the!Hadoop!ecosystem!and!powerful!Oracle!SQL!capabilities!together!on!a!single!preTconfigured!platform,!Oracle!Big!Data!Appliance!is!uniquely!able!to!support!rapid!development!of!new!Big!Data!applications!and!tight!integration!with!existing!relational!data.!!!Oracle!Big!Data!Appliance!is!an!open,!multiTpurpose!engineered!system!using!the!Cloudera!CDH!distribution!for!Hadoop!and!NoSQL!processing.!It!runs!a!diverse!set!of!workloads!–!from!HadoopTonly!workloads!(MapReduce!2,!Spark,!Hive!etc.)!to!interactive,!allTencompassing!interactive!SQL!queries!using!Oracle!Big!Data!SQL.!!!

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Big!Data!Appliance!provides!an!open!environment!for!innovation!while!maintaining!tight!integration!and!enterpriseTlevel!support.!Organizations!can!deploy!external!software!to!support!new!functionality!–!such!as!graph!analytics,!natural!language!processing!and!fraud!detection.!Support!for!nonTOracle!components!is!delivered!by!their!respective!support!channels!and!not!by!Oracle.!!The!reason!why!Oracle!suggest!the!usage!of!a!Hadoop!based!system!as!storage!mechanism!for!the!Oracle!DEM!solution!instead!of!traditional!SAN!based!storage!is!due!to!the!following!considerations:!!1)! A!Hadoop!system!is!based!on!cheap!servers/discs!with!build!in!redundancy!and!has!an!OS!layer!2)! The!Hadoop!file!system!is!programmable!and!thereby!you!can!utilize!the!fact!that!you!can!have!the!storage!layer!react!on!different!

fileTtypes,!content!etc.!!3)! You!can!query!the!Hadoop!file!system!using!SQL!syntax!and!you!therefore!get!access!to!vast!number!of!different!product!that!can!

be!used!against!the!same!data.!!!!!

Optional,Oracle’s,solutions,

We!intentionally!focused!on!presenting!major!solution!blocks!we!thought!would!be!relevant!for!this!RFI!phase.!However,!be!aware!that!other!solutions!could!cover!specific!requirements!such!as:!

•! Oracle!Business!Process!Management!solution!(BPM):!It!would!allow!investigators!to!search,!collect,!validate!and!select!relevant!material,!document!the!selection!process!and!hand!it!over!to!the!case!management!solution.!!!

•! Oracle!Social!Relationship!Management!(SRM):!It!offers!a!complete!solution!that!can!assist!law!enforcement!agencies!leverage!the!power!of!social!media.!

•! Oracle!Spatial!Database:!Easily!locationTenable!all!your!enterprise!applications!and!processes.!It!manages!spatial!information!with!maximum!security,!scalability,!and!performance.!!

!Implementation,and,Support,

To!implement!the!Oracle!DEM!Solution!Oracle!works!with!a!large!number!of!partners/systems!integrators,!which!enable!us!to!offer!the!best!suitable!delivery!model!for!you!based!on!your!requirements!and!needs!when!it!comes!to!implementation!support!and!maintenance!of!the!solution.!Oracle!Consulting!Services!(OCS)!will!assist!our!partners!in!delivering!the!best!possible!project!to!you!assisting!our!partners!to!minimize!risk!and!utilizing!all!the!benefits!when!offering!an!Oracle!solution.!

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!After!implementation!Oracle!provides!Oracle!Support!and!Oracle!Advanced!Customer!services!to!ensure!that!the!platform!will!work!without!interruption!and!in!the!case!of!failure!the!systems!is!being!error!handled!as!quickly!as!possible.!!Each!of!the!components!of!the!proposed!solution!are!available!in!highTavailability!configurations!and!are!used!24x7x365!by!thousands!of!organizations!around!the!globe!where!downtime!or!asset!loss!are!simply!not!an!option.!!!

2.! What!differentiates!your!tool/solution!from!others!available!on!the!market!(unique!selling!point)?!!When!building!a!solution!consisting!of!Oracle!components,!you!will!benefit!from!implementing!a!complete!integrated!stack!solution.!These!benefits!are!among!others:!!

i.! BestTofTbreed!market!leading!solutions!ii.! Better!productivity!iii.! Better!performance,!reliability,!security!iv.! Shorter!deployment!times!v.! Easier!to!manage,!upgrade,!and!change!vi.! OneTstop!support!vii.! Lower!cost!of!ownership!viii.! Openness!based!on!open!standards!with!documented!API’s,!connection!points!etc.!

!Implementing!an!Oracle!DEM!solution!will!provide!you!with!an!open!platform,!which!from!inception,!includes!Law!Enforcement!domain!specific!content,!metadata,!content!workflows,!etc.!allowing!you!to!quickly!configure!the!solution!to!match!your!precise!needs!now!and!into!the!future.!The!open!platform!will!also!allow!third!party!vendor!software!to!easily!integrate!into!the!infrastructure!thereby!meeting!precise!requirements!for!instance!biometrics!and!advanced!video!analysis.!!

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Lastly,!the!Oracle!DEM!solution!is!part!of!the!Oracle!Justice!&!Public!Safety!Industry!Solutions!portfolio!meaning!that!integration!with!other!relevant)Justice)and)Public)Safety)solutions)(such)as)Analytics)Platforms,)Case)Management,)Command)&)Control)etc.))will)be!seamless!and!flexible.!This!is!illustrated!in!the!following!diagram:!

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Figure!2!T!Overall!Oracle!Justice!Solution!

3.! Which!industries!are!using!the!solution?!!

Digital!Agencies,!Top!Tier!Media!and!Entertainment!Organizations,!Museums,!Sporting!Organizations,!Military,!Retailers,!Publishing!Companies,!Law!Enforcement!as!well!as!Government!and!NonTGovernmental!Agencies!globally!are!leveraging!various!components!of!the!offered!solution.!

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4.! How!many!users!and/or!customers!are!currently!using!the!solution?!!

•! Oracle!WebCenter!Content!has!several!thousand!installations!around!the!globe!with!a!variety!of!users!•! Oracle!DIVArchive!is!managing!over!750!PB!of!video/digital!data!from!more!than!550!customers!worldwide!•! Oracle!Big!Data!Discovery!is!a!further!development!from!an!acquisition!of!the!company!Endeca!made!by!Oracle!in!2011!being!

used!at!over!500!customer!sites!worldwide!•! Oracle!Big!Data!platform!is!implemented!at!over!50!customer!sites!worldwide!supporting!thousands!of!users!

!5.! For!how!long!have!your!solution!been!on!the!market?!

!•! Oracle!WebCenter!Content!has!been!on!the!market!since!1998!•! Oracle!DIVArchive!has!been!on!the!market!since!1999!•! Oracle!Big!Data!Discovery!has!been!on!the!market!since!2014!(Endeca!(the!original!solution)!has!been!on!the!market!since!1999)!•! Oracle!Big!Data!Platform!has!been!on!the!market!since!2013!

!6.! Is!the!solution!“provenTinTcombat”?!(e.g.!used!by!law!enforcement!in!investigations!of!unTplanned!critical!incidents)!

Different!elements!from!the!Oracle!Justice!&!Public!Safety!Industry!Solutions!portfolio!have!been!provenTinTcombat!in!several!places!and!in!the!following!please!find!a!number!of!examples!with!highTlevel!use!case!description:!

•! Argentinean,Federal,Police!–!handling!of!photo/video!evidence!from!social!media!to!support!police!operations!during!unplanned!critical!incidents!

•! Dubai,Police!–!unified!discovery!interface!for!police!analysts,!storage!of!unstructured!data!from!e.g.!social!media,!dark!web!etc.,!store,!track!and!search!of!indications!of!crime!and!threats!

•! Turkey,Police!–!analysis!of!all!data!from!various!social!media!sources!to!support!national!security!•! Abu,Dhabi,Police!–!big!data!platform!to!leverage!social!media!data,!camera!feeds!and!other!sources!to!improve!operational!

efficiency!and!control!costs!

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•! City,of,Izmir,,Turkey!–!Oracle!platform!to!deal!with!new!security!threats,!immigration,!terror!attacks,!public!order!offenses!and!resource!management!through!integration!and!analysis!of!data!from!Automatic!Vehicle!Location!System,!ANPR,!Surveillance!System,!Video!Analytics!System,!Phone!and!Radio!Records!System!and!GIS!

•! Metropolitan,Police,,London!–!Oracle!powers!www.met.police.uk!providing!localised!realTtime!crime!information!and!also!allow!extensive!use!of!rich!media!including!CCTV!video!footage!to!help!identify!and!catch!criminals!

•! Dutch,National,Police!–!Oracle!platform!to!support!Unstructured!Data!Management!for!better!content!and!storage!management!including!automated!exchange!with!Public!Prosecution!

•! Finnish,Police!–!Enterprise!Unstructured!Content!Lifecycle!Management!solution!supporting!22.000!endTusers!working!within!Finnish!Police!and!Ministry!of!Justice!!

•! Morocco,Police!–!DIVArchive!is!used!as!central!repository!storage!for!archiving!all!internal!audioTvisual!content,!being!directly!integrated!with!their!Avid!Editing!solution.!!!

•! DEA,(Drug,Enforcement,Administration,U,USA),–!DIVArchive!is!used!as!central!repository!storage!for!archiving!thousands!of!legacy!training.!Content!is!edited!on!Final!Cut!and!archived!in!DIVArchive.!

•! Pax,River,Naval,Air,Station,U,USA!–!DIVArchive!is!used!as!central!repository!storage!for!archiving!the!test!and!evaluation!video!from!the!air!combat!test!missions!to!provide!operational!training!scenarios!to!the!DoD.!!

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Part!II!–!Use!case!and!logical!functional!model!

1.! Based!upon!the!use!case!and!logical!functional!model!please!specify!which!processes!your!solution!covers!and!which!processes!it!does!not!cover.!You!can!use!the!following!tables:!

Use!Case!

Process, Covers,

(Y/N),

Description,

The,incident,occurs, Y, The!Oracle!DAM!solution!can!provide!information!about!where!data!on!previous!incidents!have!been!collected.!

Sources,are,identified, N, Such!app!has!to!be!developed!Evidence,is,collected, Y, The!Oracle!DAM!solution!provides!upload/checkTIn!capabilities!for!documents!–text,!images!and!

videos!and!provides!security!and!access!to!the!content.!Citizens,upload,photos,and,

video,

Y, By!integrating!the!Oracle!DAM!Solution!into!Citizen!portals,!assets!can!be!uploaded,!routed!through!a!workflow!and!assigned!with!metadata.!

Evidence,is,distributed, Y, Each!asset!in!the!Oracle!DAM!solution!is!provided!with!a!unique!ID!and!unique!URL.!With!that,!assets!can!be!distributed!according!to!access!policies!and!access!can!be!tracked/audited.!

Evidence,is,used,in,court, Y, See!above.!

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Logical!Functional!Model!

, Process, Covers,

(Y/N),

Additional,comments,

Identification, , Y, Access!to!data!in!the!system!will!require!a!“login”!to!occur.!Could!be!based!on!a!LDAP!service.!

Business,

workflow,and,

Collaboration,

Workflow, Y, ,

Collaboration, Y, ,

Ingest,/,

Cataloguing,

Importing, Y, ,

Encryption, Y, ,

Categorization, Y, ,

Encoding, Y, ,

Process, Audio,Analysis, N, Yes,with,third,party,partner,Video,Analysis, N, Yes,with,third,party,partner,Redaction,,Highlighting,&,

Annotation,

N, Yes,with,third,party,partner,

Transcoding, Y, ,

Versioning, Y, ,

Manage, Retention,&,archiving, Y, ,

Security,and,permissions, Y, ,

Library,services, Y, ,

Publish/Distribute, Multichannel,Distr., Y, ,

Secure,Mobile,Distr., Y, ,

Bates,numbering, Y, ,

Tagging,

/Metadata,

Manual, Y, ,

Automated, Y, ,

Reporting, Asset,usage, Y, ,

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Quality/Security,Mngt., Y, ,

AdUhoc, Y, ,

Retrieval, User,access, Y, ,

Audit,Trail, Y, ,

Search, Y, ,

Digital,Asset,

Mngt.,Platform,

Storage,tiers, Y, ,

Integration,to,3rd,party,

products,

Y, ,

Service,Levels, Y, ,

Disaster,Recovery, Y, ,

Presentation, , Y, ,

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Part!III!–!Technical!information!

1.! Please!also!provide!a!brief!overview!of!the!system!architecture!/!technical!architecture!of!your!solution!

Please!see!next!picture!for!a!brief!overview!of!the!system!architecture!of!the!DEM!solution.!

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Figure!3!T!Oracle!Solutions!in!Red!&!Light!Red!

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2.! Based!on!your!experiences!and!taking!the!information!provided!in!the!background!section!of!this!document!into!consideration,!what!is!the!recommended!technical!infrastructure!setup!and!configuration!of!network,!servers,!storage!etc.?!

Although!there!are!some!information!in!the!Enterprise!Deployment!Guide!for!the!Oracle!DEM!solution,!such!tasks!are!usually!been!executed!during!the!planning!and!architecture!phase!of!the!project.!In!short,!the!Oracle!DEM!Solution!does!need!an!Application!Server,!a!database!for!its!repository!and!a!storage!location!for!its!content.!!

3.! Are!there!any!limitations!on!the!files!supported!by!the!solution?!

No,!there!are!no!limitations!on!files.!The!Oracle!DEM!solution!stores!and!manages!each!file!as!an!openTstandard!binary!object.!If!further!manipulation!is!requested!file!format!support!depends!on!the!engine!that!does!the!manipulation.!!

4.! What!possibilities!exist!for!indexing!and!searches!for/in!image,!sound!and!video!files?!

The!Oracle!DEM!solution!has!its!own!search!capabilities!but!can!also!be!integrated!with!common!search!technologies!like!Google,!Solr,!Lucene,!Elastic!Search!among!others.!!DIVArchive!is!already!used!by!close!to!80%!of!the!topTtier!media!and!entertainment!organizations!around!the!globe,!indexing,!storing,!protecting!and!preserving!their!most!valuable!audio,!video!and!image!assets.!!

5.! Are!there!any!limitations!on!data!volumes,!photo!and!video!resolution,!files!sizes,!number!of!files!or!similar,!in!the!solution?!

There!are!no!limitations!on!data!volumes!assuming!that!the!infrastructure!sizing!has!been!done!well.!The!Oracle!DEM!solution!can!operate!in!Cluster!mode.!!DIVArchive!can!scale!to!hundreds!of!petabytes!of!content!per!instance!managing!hundreds!of!millions!of!objects,!each!containing!millions!of!individual!files.!!

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6.! Which!client!types!are!available!(Thin/Thick/Mobile)?!

Mobile!(iOS,!Android),!WebClient,!and!Windows!Client!are!available.!!

7.! Which!types!of!metadata!does!the!solution!support!and!are!there!any!limitations!metadata?!

The!Oracle!DEM!solution!supports!any!kind!of!metadata!whether!they!are!extracted!from!the!managed!content!(EXIF,!XMP,!etc.)!or!entered!manually.!!

8.! Is!it!possible!to!expand!the!solution!with!third!party!functionality!e.g.!advanced!video!analytics!and!to!integrate!with!other!systems?!

Yes,!the!Oracle!solution!can!be!integrated!with!other!3rd!party!solutions!via!its!JAVA!and!WebServices!API.!We!are!used!to!integrate!with!solutions!from!companies!like!Milestone,!iOmniscient,!Motorola!Solutions!among!others!for!advanced!multimedia!analytics!like!Integrated!Facial!Recognition,!Behaviour!Recognition!etc.!!

9.! Does!the!solution!support!external!workflows!or!“hot!folders”?!

Yes,!the!Oracle!DEM!solution!can!be!set!up!to!use!the!buildTin!workflow!engine!or!any!external!engine!(BPM).!Hot!folders!are!supported.!

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