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Digital Evidence Archive (DEA) on AWS

Easy-To-Use Interface Designed for Law Enforcement: A simple interface that allows investigative units to manage their data in one place without interacting with the AWS Console. No cloud experience is required to leverage the scale, elasticity, and automation capabilities of AWS. DEA is built on top of best-inclass services such as AWS Simple Storage Service (S3), CloudTrail, Key Management Service (KMS), DynamoDB, Cognito Federation and more. A customized User Interface (UI) allows the use of these services without IT infrastructure knowledge.

Cost Control: There are no costs to use DEA other than the underlying cost of AWS Services and implementation service costs, if additional support is desired. Customers are only charged for the storage and compute services they use. Further cost optimization is achieved by the default intelligent tiering of storage and the option to configure DEA for archive storage classes if desired.

Data Integrity & Compliance: DEA is available in standard regions as well as AWS GovCloud region, an isolated AWS infrastructure designed to host sensitive data, regulated workloads, and address stringent security and compliance requirements. In addition, the solution is CJIS compatible, allowing users to remain CJIS compliant when following suggested usage guidance. Data within DEA is encrypted. Comprehensive audit logs can be generated at the file, user, case, and system level. Access controls allow permissions to be granted on an as-needed bases. Files are hashed on upload creating a digital footprint that can be used to verify evidence has not been altered from its original form, allowing users to maintain chain of custody.

External Identity Provider Integration: DEA integrates with external identity providers, such as Microsoft Active Directory and Okta, enabling users to minimize administrative burden.