The International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases was first convened in 1998; ICEID 2015 marks its ninth occurence. The conference brings together public health professionals to encourage the exchange of scientific information on global emerging infectious disease issues in the United States and abroad.

1. What is Cloud Computing & What does it Mean
for Public Health?
New Data Systems/Platforms for Surveillance
August 26, 2015

2. Computers can fly!?

3. “There is NO
CLOUD, just
other people’s
computers”

5. What is Cloud Computing?
Who invented the Cloud?
How is Public Health using
the Cloud?

6. What is Cloud Computing?
• Internet-based computing composed of large
groups of remote servers networked
together:
• Allows for:
• shared data storage
• processing tasks
• access to resources.
• Can be private, public, or a combination.

7. Evolution
• Mainstream Grid Computing
– Collection of computing resources to complete
a common goal
• 1990’s Utility Computing
– Provisioned model of pay-for-service; the end
of the flat rate
• Early 2000’s Software as a Service
– “on-demand”; subscription basis pay-for-
service
• Modern-day Cloud Computing
– Next generation “data centers”; combination of
the above three

12. 3 billion
people have access
to the Internet

14. ?

19. “Cloud”

23. Models

24. Cloud Providers

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40. Case Study: AIMS
• AIMS: The APHL Informatics Messaging Services
(AIMS) platform is a secure, cloud based
environment that accelerates the implementation
of public health messaging solutions by providing
shared services to aid in the transport, validation,
translation and routing of electronic data.

41. Foundation

42. AIMS: Functional Architecture

43. Cyber Security and Compliance
• Approved for AWS GovCloud
• System Security Plan (SSP) in place
• Security Assessment (ST&E) and
Audit conducted in 2013 by RTI
International
• FISMA Moderate Compliance ATO
granted in 2013
• FedRAMP certified environment
• Business Associate Agreement in
place with AWS
• Several successful Penetration Tests

45. $1,000

47. $2,000

48. Cyber Security
Automated continuous configuration and
monitoring providing cybersecurity and
information assurance capabilities to information
technology environments on AIMS.

49. System Management Tools
Cybersecurity
Configuration Management
Monitoring

50. Ge rge

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53. Big Data
A I M S#2
#3
#4

55. E d d i e
Gonzalez Loumiet
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