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On July 19 or 20, 2014, after a software update, CCD started having significant performance issues. On July 23, CCD was brought back online with limited capacity. The Department of State worked with Microsoft and Oracle to restore the old level of performance. Due to issues with CCD, visa caseload
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for CCD gives a lengthy list of systems within the Department of State that are connected to CCD. The 2008 PIA lists a number of databases with which there is bi-directional data flow, along with the type of data in each, but the list may be outdated.
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processing was slowed down, disrupting travel experiences of people around the world. The system was processing at normal rates as of August 2, but the problem was declared fully fixed a month later.
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In April 2016, it was revealed that an internal review by the U.S. Department of State of its cyber-defenses had found that CCD was at risk of being compromised, though no breach had been detected.
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Some CCD records date back to the mid-1990s. Since February 2001, CCD has stored photographs of all visa applicants in electronic form. Since 2007, CCD has been storing ten-print scans.
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The Department of State's Bureau of Consular Affairs additionally uses data from the Consular Lookout and Support System (CLASS) to augment the data in CCD when processing visa cases.
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report about visa issuances, published November 18, 2015, discussed the CCD at some length.
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Automatic Biometric Identification System (IDENT; formerly ABIS) managed by the
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have been conducted for CCD. The list below is not necessarily comprehensive.
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Estimated number of records in CCD of U.S. citizens living overseas
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The following are the two main databases linked with CCD:
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Original document seems unavailable online (except via
346: 344: 561: 320:Levine, Mike; Fishel, Justin (March 31, 2016). 341: 258:Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements 169:); however, it is referenced in a few places. 109: 63:EStimated daily rate of growth of visa cases 413: 411: 319: 51:Estimated number of passport records in CCD 510:Grafeld, Margaret P. (December 11, 2008). 505: 503: 501: 485:"State's passport and visa system crashes" 444: 442: 440: 425:Bureau of Consular Affairs. August 4, 2014 408: 482: 541: 537: 535: 509: 498: 437: 386:Wasem, Ruth Ellen (November 18, 2015). 562: 191: 57:Estimated number of photographs in CCD 478: 476: 474: 388:"Immigration: Visa Security Policies" 385: 381: 379: 377: 375: 373: 371: 369: 315: 313: 311: 281: 279: 277: 54:Estimated number of visa cases in CCD 532: 224:U.S. Department of Homeland Security 263:Consular Lookout and Support System 213: 13: 542:Lyngaas, Sean (October 20, 2014). 471: 366: 308: 274: 14: 586: 570:United States Department of State 519:United States Department of State 457:United States Department of State 423:United States Department of State 354:. Security Affairs. April 6, 2016 294:United States Department of State 40: 30:United States Department of State 483:Rockwell, Mark (July 24, 2014). 229:Federal Bureau of Investigation 395:Congressional Research Service 205:Congressional Research Service 18:Consular Consolidated Database 1: 268: 24:) is a database used by the 7: 246: 10: 591: 116:Privacy Impact Assessments 110:Privacy Impact Assessments 35: 26:Bureau of Consular Affairs 240:Privacy Impact Assessment 192:Qualitative history 189: 188: 133:Additional notes 107: 106: 582: 575:Consular affairs 555: 554: 552: 550: 539: 530: 529: 527: 525: 516: 507: 496: 495: 493: 491: 480: 469: 468: 466: 464: 459:. March 22, 2010 454: 446: 435: 434: 432: 430: 415: 406: 405: 403: 401: 392: 383: 364: 363: 361: 359: 348: 339: 338: 336: 334: 317: 306: 305: 303: 301: 291: 283: 214:Linked databases 179: 159: 143: 121: 120: 45: 44: 590: 589: 585: 584: 583: 581: 580: 579: 560: 559: 558: 548: 546: 540: 533: 523: 521: 514: 508: 499: 489: 487: 481: 472: 462: 460: 452: 448: 447: 438: 428: 426: 417: 416: 409: 399: 397: 390: 384: 367: 357: 355: 350: 349: 342: 332: 330: 318: 309: 299: 297: 296:. July 17, 2015 289: 285: 284: 275: 271: 249: 216: 194: 167:Wayback Machine 130:Number of pages 112: 43: 38: 12: 11: 5: 588: 578: 577: 572: 557: 556: 531: 497: 470: 436: 407: 365: 340: 307: 272: 270: 267: 266: 265: 260: 255: 248: 245: 233: 232: 226: 215: 212: 193: 190: 187: 186: 183: 180: 175: 171: 170: 163: 160: 155: 151: 150: 147: 144: 139: 135: 134: 131: 128: 127:Month and date 125: 111: 108: 105: 104: 101: 98: 95: 92: 89: 85: 84: 81: 78: 75: 72: 69: 65: 64: 61: 58: 55: 52: 49: 42: 41:Size estimates 39: 37: 34: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 587: 576: 573: 571: 568: 567: 565: 545: 538: 536: 520: 513: 506: 504: 502: 486: 479: 477: 475: 458: 451: 445: 443: 441: 424: 420: 414: 412: 396: 389: 382: 380: 378: 376: 374: 372: 370: 353: 347: 345: 329: 328: 323: 316: 314: 312: 295: 288: 282: 280: 278: 273: 264: 261: 259: 256: 254: 251: 250: 244: 241: 236: 230: 227: 225: 221: 220: 219: 211: 208: 206: 201: 197: 184: 181: 176: 173: 172: 168: 164: 161: 156: 153: 152: 148: 145: 140: 137: 136: 132: 129: 126: 123: 122: 119: 117: 102: 99: 96: 93: 90: 87: 86: 82: 79: 76: 73: 70: 67: 66: 62: 59: 56: 53: 50: 47: 46: 33: 31: 27: 23: 19: 549:November 21, 547:. Retrieved 524:November 22, 522:. Retrieved 490:November 22, 488:. Retrieved 463:November 22, 461:. Retrieved 429:November 21, 427:. Retrieved 400:November 21, 398:. Retrieved 358:November 21, 356:. Retrieved 333:November 21, 331:. Retrieved 325: 300:November 21, 298:. Retrieved 237: 234: 217: 209: 202: 198: 195: 114:A number of 113: 103:No estimate 74:100 million+ 21: 17: 15: 142:December 11 97:No estimate 94:184 million 91:290 million 80:No estimate 77:75 million+ 71:No estimate 564:Categories 269:References 100:25 million 28:under the 238:The 2015 327:ABC News 253:E-Verify 247:See also 158:March 22 178:July 17 83:35,000 36:History 515:(PDF) 453:(PDF) 391:(PDF) 290:(PDF) 551:2017 526:2017 492:2017 465:2017 431:2017 402:2017 360:2017 335:2017 302:2017 174:2015 154:2010 138:2008 124:Year 88:2016 68:2009 48:Year 16:The 185:-- 149:-- 22:CCD 566:: 534:^ 517:. 500:^ 473:^ 455:. 439:^ 421:. 410:^ 393:. 368:^ 343:^ 324:. 310:^ 292:. 276:^ 203:A 182:15 162:20 553:. 528:. 494:. 467:. 433:. 404:. 362:. 337:. 304:. 146:9 20:(

Index

Bureau of Consular Affairs
United States Department of State
Privacy Impact Assessments
Wayback Machine
Congressional Research Service
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Privacy Impact Assessment
E-Verify
Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements
Consular Lookout and Support System



"Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) Consular Consolidated Database (CCD)"
United States Department of State



"EXCLUSIVE: Security Gaps Found in Massive Visa Database"
ABC News


"Homeland Security – US Consular Consolidated Database vulnerable to cyber attacks"





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