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Presented by

Bob HagerOctober 21, 2009

Homeland Security Standards Database (HSSD)

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HSSD background

Goal: provide one-stop access to standards information related to HS. Launched in 2004 with DHS funding HSSP developed initial list of standards Portal built on ANSI NSSN database ANSI on-going roles:

Infrastructure / interface Standards identification Classification Data exchange with other HS standards resources, e.g. RKB Coordinate and facilitate improvements to all of the above

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Features of www.hssd.us

Search on keyword or document number Advanced search, including filtering by SDO Classification-based searches – select one or more

categories from hierarchical classification scheme Alerting Links from Responder Knowledge Base

(https://www.rkb.us/)

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Standards Portfolio

Cyber

Emergency Preparedness and Response

Chemical Countermeasures

Biological Countermeasures

Radiological & Nuclear

Countermeasures

High Explosives Countermeasures

Conformity Assessment

Incident Management

Communications

Training

Personal Protective Equipment

Urban Search and Rescue Robots

Geospatial Information Standards

Threats

Borders & Transportation

Biometrics

RFID

X-Ray

Customs

Information Analysis and Infrastructure

Protection

Modeling, Simulation, and

Analysis

Heating, Ventilation, and Air

Conditioning

Sensors

Structures

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The numbers

NSSN 300,000 records 950 SDOs

HSSD 5,000 records (1.5% of total) 130 SDOs (14% of total)

SDO concentration – the long tail Top 10% of SDOs by record count = 75% of total records

High concentration of international/foreign standards represented

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Top 10% (13) of HSSD SDOs

    Rec Count % of Total

ISO ISO 1,006 20.31%

US DoD US DOD 448 9.04%

NFPA National Fire Protection Association 446 9.00%

CEN European Committee for Standardization 310 6.26%

AASHTO American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials

305 6.16%

IEC IEC 238 4.80%

ASTM ASTM International 177 3.57%

DIN Deutsches Institut fur Normung 169 3.41%

SAI Standards Australia 133 2.68%

NATO NATO 128 2.58%

KSA Korean Standards Association 126 2.54%

ITI (INCITS) National Committee for Information Technology Standards

122 2.46%

UL Underwriters Laboratories 107 2.16%

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Selection challenges

How broad or narrow should the inclusion criteria be? In general, we’ve been told to err on the side of inclusion,

although this approach risks diluting value Degree of inclusion challenge depends on topic – e.g., some

SDOs should/could be included wholesale

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Selection challenges - examples

Water quality General water treatment and vs. emergency water supply treatment “Chemicals used for treatment of water intended for human

consumption - Hexafluorosilicic acid”? Medical

Limiting to emergency medical equipment/processes “Tracheal tubes and connectors”?

Ships and Marine Technology Yes: “Signs and plates for fire fighting, life-saving appliances and

means of escape” But Yes or No? “Radio communication equipment and systems -

Digital interfaces - Serial data instrument network”

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Next steps

Seek input on approach to inclusion/exclusion Engage subject matter experts – more proactive

identification of HS standards, including classification SDO advisory committee? Taxonomy refinement RKB – enhance automation, improve metadata richness Functionality/interface improvements? “Richness” of data – i.e., additional fields Document delivery?