Information analysts face critical challenges in accessing and sharing the information they need to do their jobs. They must find the appropriate information from amongst a wide variety of sources; they also need to extract the information expeditiously and accurately, in order to act on it. In addition, these analysts need to disseminate the information to the appropriate audience (both within and outside their respective agencies), and must do so ensuring the highest level of integrity in the information.
Accessing data and sharing information is critical. The following three examples illustrate some of the challenges faced daily within government agencies.
1. Finding the Needle in the Haystack of Information A CIA analyst needs to know all of the people who have recently traveled to Yemen. It might be relevant to a terrorist investigation. There are literally thousands of intelligence reports but it is almost impossible to get to the information one needs using keyword searches. Moreover, some of the reports are written in languages other than English, and multilingual analysts are already assigned to other activities.
2. Disseminating Information that Complies with Security Policies A Department of Justice analyst is required to share information with other agencies (for the purposes of homeland security) and the public (under freedom of information requests). She is required to share the requested documents, but she must ensure that they have been sanitized of any classified information. Her team’s current process is time-consuming, error-prone and inconsistent. The analyst is concerned about the risk of an accidental release of confidential information. In addition, she wishes she could get her highly trained analysts back to more productive work.
3. Monitoring New Information A Navy analyst is deluged with dozens if not hundreds of pieces of data on a daily basis. The data comes in the form of Observation Reports (OB Reps), Record Message Traffic, email and daily intelligence briefs. He is also required to monitor news feeds for information regarding ship movements. Additionally, he is responsible for generating analysis reports and updates to intelligence summaries and early bird reports. He is concerned that he might miss important information because the incoming data contains so much “noise” that is not relevant to his job.
The Axonwave Content Intelligence System addresses these problems and provides the following functionality:
Axonwave CIS benefits government organizations through: Reduced Cost - The need for specialized and multi-lingual analysts is reduced Enhanced Productivity - Analysts work more productively Quick ROI - The Axonwave CIS fits seamlessly and easily into the workflow of all users Improved Consistency - Government policies are applied consistently across all document, report, and email collections