After the terrorist attacks of 9/11, intelligence agencies and law enforcement organizations in Washington realized they had a problem. Federal agencies had pockets of intelligence spread all over the place and needed to consolidate them into massive data repositories. Big data security analytics is a new market so CISOs may be open minded toward vendors with big data experience at the CIA, DoD, and NSA. To succeed, BEA, CSC, Lockheed, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, and others must adopt a commercial sector go-to-market strategy.”]

