Well we’ve passed through to a new year and a new decade. I hope it is a good one for all and also wonder if we are ready for what awaits us in the future. As most of you know, the top story in the news is once again focused on airport security and issues around the screening. This has escalated the discussion and movement to enhance airport security with additional devices to monitor people as they pass through airport security. Being a road warrior myself, I am not against this and will plan accordingly to accommodate the new requirements with the expectation it is all there to keep our skies safe and friendly.
While I am no expert in the field of security, one of the areas that to me seemed obvious in all of this is a lack of information sharing or the capability to share information between agencies and/or various counterparts in other countries. The incident on Christmas day has garnered a lot of attention to this point as it appears some information had been collected about the suspect but not made available in ways that may have signalled a potential problem. (Again, this is my view as I have heard it through various news outlets.)
As fate would have it, last week I read in the St. Petersburg Times about how as many as 34 police agencies in the greater Tampa area are sharing information through a resource called Coplink. Through this system, officers post and share information that is considered public in nature rather than sensitive to the case, and is as fragmented as the description of a tattoo, in an effort to generate tips and search for clues found from other cases and officers that may lead to identification and an arrest. While Coplink is one approach that seems to have a positive impact on the local level, the FBI is in the process of establishing a master resource called Law Enforcement National Data Exchange, or N-DEx. Expected to be fully operational and deployed in 2010, N-DEx will provide capabilities for:
A single access point for nationwide search
Search criteria that include “modus operandi”, clothing, tattoos, associates, cars, etc.
Investigation and suspect notification
Identification of criminal activity hotspots and crime trends
Threat level assessments
In my view, these are great initiatives and examples of what is needed to make security measures tighter and more complete through enhanced information sharing or what we like to refer to as intelligent information management. These are also examples that can be used in the private sector to ensure that corporate information is collected and its use maximized for the benefit of the organization as a whole. Security measures in both the public and private sector will benefit greatly from higher levels of information exchange enabling intelligent and sound decisions that could make a substantial difference in future outcomes.
What say you? How do you share and maximize information within your organization? Do you have a story to tell? I want to hear from you.
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