ODP ASSISTANCE WITH ANOTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP84-00933R000100100005-7
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• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 29, 2000
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: July 16, 1980
• Content Type: MF

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16 July 1980
STATINTL
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Data Processing
ATTENTION Executive Officer, ODP
VIA Deputy Director for Processing, ODP
FROM
Chief, Configuration and Environmental
Management Branch, Engineering Division, ODP
SUBJECT ODP Assistance with Another Government Agency
REFERENCE Memorandum for the Record dated 22 May 1980
and 6 June 1980 from
Subject: Discussions with NSA Personne
Concerning Reciprocal Backup Agreement for
Emergency Computer Facilities
STATINTL
STATINTL
STATINTL-.
CIA and NSA personne .
appear minimal and could be provided with limited impact to normal
ODP services. DDO backup requirements are much greater because
of the large amount of online storage needed, however, NSA appears
to have developed plans to meet DDO's needs. ODP management
approval to proceed does not commit ODP or the Agency to a backup
agreement. Upon completion of further deliberations if the results
determine a backup contingency can be met, a formal Letter of
Agreement will be submitted to ODP management and coordinated with
O/DDA and OGC. In addition, ODP management approval does not
commit NSA as the only backup source for the DDO applications.
Additional sources will be explored and evaluated. ODP personnel
are in the process of working out the details for DDO backup
capabilities in the - Center. STATINTL
1. PURPOSE
This memorandum is to obtain approval of the Deputy Director
for Processing and the Director of Data Processing to follow up
on the feasibility of a contingency backup with NSA. The request
is a continuation of efforts started by DDO, and
NSA, on arranging a reciprocal agreement to
provide a limited backup of each other's computer facilities,.
2. DESCRIPTION OF ASSISTANCE
The attached memoranda summarize the meetings to date with
1 NSA backup requirements to be met by ODP
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3. LOCATION OF ASSISTANCE
The type of backup service requested by NSA will be provided
in thp ng Center. DDO initial backup will be provided in
the Center with alternative sources to be studied.
STATINTL
4. COMPONENT INVOLVED
Engineering, Operations and System Programming Divisions of
Processing will be the primary ODP components involved. Support
would also be required of OS/ISSG and the ODP Administrative
Staff.
5. BASIS FOR ACTIVITY
The need for backup to critical DDO databases in the event
of a disaster to the Special Center and interagency cooperation
is the basis for the ODP involvement in this activity.
6. FINANCIAL COST
Until final agreement is reached, cost of the project is
hard to estimate. However, no new equipment is required and
most equipment to be used will be idle equipment. This is
assuming the support will be provided during non-prime shifts.
7. MANPOWER
Some manpower to coordinate the implementation of the
activity will be required as well as Security Escorts. Total.
ODP manpower to initiate the activity should be less than four
man months.
8. PERSON TO CONTACT FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
STATINTL C/CEMB/ED/P/ODP, on extension 6311
should be contacted for any additional information.
STATINTL
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Deputy Director for Processing, ODP
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SG!A DE3-80/6 6
22 May 1980
MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
Soft.wate Specialist., ."(-,/ADB
SUBJECT: Discussions With NSA Personnel C)ncetnin,l
Reciprocal Backup Agreement for
Emergency Computer Facilities (C)
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1. This memorandum documents a meeting held at NSA on 12 ',`ay
to explore the feasibility of arranging a reciprocal agreement. to
backup certain of each other's coy ties. Attending 25X1A
25X1A from CIA were myself, from IMS, and Gene
from ?DP. We met with Chief, Technical 25X1A
Support Division and a number o a t ona.l NSA representatives.
*The CIA coantin ent wras welcomed to NSA by and 25X1A
25X1A Chief and Deputy Chief of the Office of General
pu er rv ces. (C)
2. It became readily apparent that both organizations ra:jree
in principle to the notion of developing a plan to backup a
selected subset of each other's computer facilities, within the
guidelines outlined below.
- The type of disaster/emergency envisioned is not one in
which the entire building is destroyed, as in a nuclear
attack, but rather where the computer facility is temporarily
(a couple of weeks) disabled clue to sabotage or accident,
etc.
?- If an application is moved to the backup facility it
would operate in a degraded mode using only that equipm.~nt-
absolutely necessary to provide the minimum services regaired
in a short-lived emergency si tuciti on.
-- The only applications under consideration in this
agreement are CIA's name trace and NSA's payroll programs.
Arrangements for additional applications can be pursued
later, if desired. (C)
3. The ensuing discussion revealed that NSA is willing to
provide its System 90A, a 370/168 with attached processor as a
backup system for CIA, and that CIA is willing to provide its
Blue System, a 370/158 with attached processor as a backup system
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for NSA. This arrangement will provide each party wit-i the
requisite software, mainframe, and terminal confiqurdLi~an t,
its backup needs. Disk storage space, however, wa:; rev_:lei be a problem. CIA personnel identified a requirement f0t twenty-
four 3350 and eight 3330 mod 11 disk drives, or the eq;iivalert to
runt its name trace program. NSA does not have this much disk
space readily available, but agreed to try to find some way to
make it available on a short term, emergency basis. NSA identi-
fled a need for about eight 3350 and eight 3330 mod 11's. CIA
representatives indicated they could probably support this
requirement, but would need to coordinate it with CIA management
and user personnel. (C)
4. Assuming the necessary disk space can be freed up, NSA
representatives indicated they could make their System 90A -avail-
able on a continuous basis for the entire two week period
envisioned for backup use. Accordingly, we could build our
initial system environment using backup tapes stored outside
Headquarters (a process which could take up to 24 hours) , tt?r
sustain that environment for the duration of the emergency on t:;e
NSA system, never having to incur the penalty of a long ,yst9.
initiation again. (C)
5. NSA representatives indicated they had not yet dovel-)p.~d
,.in emergency concept of operations for this p; rti.^ulat co^r.in
gency, but that they night need the CIA backup :system for a5
little as one 24-36 hour period each two weeks. (C)
6. Both the NSA and CIA representatives agreed that flit
study of the subject is merited at this time. Although it is
ohvious that both parties support the concept of a reciprocal
backup agreement, the feasibility of its~iaplementation i still
somewhat in doubt. The primary problem is one of disk space
availability at NSA. A secondary problem concerns providing an
operating system to match both the NSA hardware and the CIA so t:t-
ware (or the CIA hardware and the NSA software). All agreed t.-,
study these problems independently and reconvene the group in
about three weeks to pursue the subject further. (C)
7. Accordingly, a second meeting was scheduled to be held at
CIA Headquarters at 1000 on 3 June. (U)
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DDO/IMS/SG/ADR:er(5477) 22 May 1980
Distribution:
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1 - SG/ADA SS
1 - ODP/OLSB
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1 - SO/ADB/Security File
1 - SG/ADB/MFR File
1 - SG/ADB/Chrono
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DATE
18 July 1980
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