Digital Rights Management for Technical Data Packages
Abstract
The current systems used by DLA allow prospective suppliers to download a TDP without ensuring the data cannot be withdrawn or destroyed. In addition, it is difficult to make changes to DLA's existing systems due to a variety of factors, such as cost of changes, competing requirements for limited system change funding, and achieving organizational consensus on change. Using our deep knowledge of DLA's players, processes, and systems, and the results of intensive market research and subject matter expert interviews, LMI developed 51 functional requirements tailored to DLA's unique needs, and evaluated 21 leading commercial digital rights management (DRM) solution providers against these requirements for their potential benefit to DLA. We assessed DRM's ability to enhance DLA's technical data security - while minimizing burden to end-users by exploring the ability of commercial DRM tools and techniques to improve the security of TDPs that DLA is required to provide its suppliers to support competitive procurements. In doing so, LMI determined that EDRM - that is, DRM technologies targeted toward enterprise use cases often related to information access and use - vice consumer DRM more traditionally deployed in the context of streaming media, is well-suited to DLA's specific and unique needs, and stands to enhance DLA's technical data security posture. Notably, while the team also found that blockchain solutions have some promise within the context of a broad EDRM solution, blockchain itself is not a standalone solution.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 15, 2022
- Accession Number
- AD1208077
Entities
People
- Charles J. Lorence
- Garrick W. Gibson
- Jason M. Sheridan
- Jenel H. Newton
- Jillian E. Clark
- Martin S. Shinko
- Matthew C. Bishof
- Shannon Marnien
Organizations
- LMI