Establishing Data Fusion Center Baseline

Technology Capabilities

Paul Christin – ESRI

David Stampfli – Microsoft

Problem

The asymmetrical threat of organized crime, gangs, drug cartels

and terrorist organizations and natural disasters know no political

or geographical boundaries – thus secure and trusted horizontal

and vertical information sharing has become an imperative for

governments in order to prevent, prepare and respond to

manmade and natural incidents

What is Fusion?

The intake and analysis of disparate information from various

data sources into a collaborative environment resulting in the

production of actionable intelligence (connecting the dots)

disseminated in a timely manner to prevent, prepare and respond

to natural or manmade incidents

Fusion Core Solution Vision

Develop a referenceable and replicable

mission-critical technology architecture

for fusion centers that enhances

information sharing and security

Fusion Core Solution Objectives

• Create a collaborative environment for intelligence and

information sharing

• Leverage existing databases and systems to maximize

information sharing both internally and externally

• Create seamless information exchange using NIEM

(National Information Exchange Model) to integrate

existing systems

• Develop appropriate security measures to help ensure

that access to information is controlled and monitored

• Integrate people with technology through a senior

leader vision, operator analyst driven IT architecture

Operational Concept

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Disseminate

Analyze

Intake

Customers

Partners

Command

Field Officers Fusion Center

Operations

Management

Partner Framework

Platform

Horizontal Partners

Vertical Partners

Data Integration

Collaboration

Web, e-mail, instant messaging

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Conceptual Architecture

1. Begin with an Envisioning Session

What are your Senior Leader fusion center vision and goals and

how can Microsoft help?

2. Move to an Architectural Design Session

What are your requirements for a fusion center?

3. Initiate a development project:

Begin with an operational assessment – determine the day to day

activities and requirements of your operators and analysts.

Customer Based Solution

The role of GIS in Fusion Core Solution

Data Fusion Center Workflow

• Incident Data

• SARs

• Crime Data

• Open Source

Intake

• Process

• Transform

• Manage

Integrate• Identification

• Validation

• Evaluation

Analyze

• Feedback

• Map Products

• Situational Awareness

Disseminate

Geospatial Intelligence Framework

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How is the Data Fusion Intel Mission Accomplished?

Interpret - Analysts actively understanding the

criminal, threat, and hazard environment

Influence - Analysts creating a work product to

proactively influence risk mitigation decisions by

leadership

Impact - Leadership consuming information to modify

patterns, trends and behaviors

* Australian Federal Police

** Intelligence Led Policing – Jerry Ratcliffe

Applying GIS to the Intelligence Process

• Accessing spatial data

• Applying spatial logic and geo-processing

• Developing geospatial context

Interpret

• Threat Assessments

• Suspicious activity mapping and linking

• Verifying patterns, trends and behaviors

• Geographic profiling

Influence

• Mitigation planning

• Resource Management

• Improving operational tactics

• Operationalize assessments

Impact

Geospatial Operational Effectiveness

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EnablementPlanning &

Analysis

ESRI Geospatial Intelligence Framework

Data

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Situational

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Microsoft Collaboration and Security Foundation

AnalyzeIntake Disseminate

Fusion Core SolutionRepeatable and Referenceable Solution Architecture

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Fusion Core SolutionCapabilities

• Managed Intake — different types of intelligence and information service

requests.

• Enterprise Search — across multiple data sources including file shares,

web sites and databases.

• Robust Geo-databases – ArcGIS geo-database integrated with SQL

Server.

• Spatial Analytics — geospatial analysis extendable to integrate new or

existing applications.

• Analyst Collaboration — using SharePoint, Web sites, wikis, and blogs.

• Robust Security — integrated with existing authentication and auditing

systems or out of the box.

• Tools for Managing Operations — Manage analyst staffing and monitor

center activities

Fusion Core SolutionManaged Workflow

Field

EnablementPlanning &

Analysis

ESRI Geospatial Intelligence Framework

Data

Management

Situational

Awareness

Microsoft Collaboration and Security Foundation

Command

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Disseminate

Analyze

Intake

Customers

Partners

Command

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Operations

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Fusion Core SolutionCollaboration and Security Solution Patterns

Provide pre-configured forms to collect and manage requests

• Configurable to access and aggregate data from multiple, disparate sources, making

information much easier to access and analyze

• Comprehensive privacy and security features

• Supports exchange information through XML, NIEM, OASIS, CAP

Visual analytic tools to improve the ability of law enforcement and public safety personnel to

effectively prevent, prepare, and respond to emerging situations

• Templates and tools to facilitate data access and management in a simple way

• Visual analysis tools integrated with analytic workflow

• Visualize and access fused data in the context of a 3-D or 2-D map

Secured collaborative solutions for the operational and technological obstacles to information

sharing

• Audit and dissemination logging for 28 CFR Part 23 privacy and security compliance

• Develop and manage discrete business processes for information sharing and

collaboration via shared spaces, wikis, blogs, threaded discussions, email, and

meetings in a secure, online environment to annotate, edit, and add data

Intake

Analyze

Disseminate

Fusion Core SolutionMicrosoft + ESRI + Partners = Better Solutions for…

Field

EnablementPlanning &

Analysis

ESRI Geospatial Intelligence Framework

Data

Management

Situational

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Microsoft Collaboration and Security Foundation

AnalyzeIntake Disseminate

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Fusion Core Solution Software

• Microsoft

– SharePoint Server 2007 Enterprise

• Including InfoPath Form Services and the Business Data Catalog

– SQL Server 2008 Enterprise

– Windows Server 2008 Enterprise

– Office 2007 Professional (25 licenses)

– System Center Virtual Machine Manager

• ESRI

– ArcGIS Advanced 9.3 Enterprise Server

– ArcInfo 9.3

– ArcGIS Explorer

– 2D Viewer

• FusionX solution components including

– Customized site layout

– Electronic forms that can be used to collect service requests

– Workflows specific to fusion center service request types

– Reports to assist in making operational decisions

Example and Demo – Suspicious Activity Reporting

The new SAR is near along the Charles

River in Boston weeks before the 4th of July

Celebration. The SAR importance is

escalated given it’s proximity to this event.

InfoPath Form Services is used to build the

intake form. This technology provides

operators with a way to build electronic

forms on their own that save their data in

XML.

Fusion Core Solution

Demonstration

• To learn more, visit Fusion Core Solution in the

Public Safety Showcase