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Maritime Domain Awareness: Countering Hidden Threats
Smuggling networks, state-backed sabotage and other threats make today’s maritime domain a contested space. Governments and coast guards face the challenge of securing vast sea zones and coast lines where criminal activity, conflict and commerce overlap. One of the most striking examples is the rise of “narco subs” operated by cartels. These low-profile fiberglass vessels…
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The Role of Border Intelligence in Combatting Today’s Border Threats
Borders today are flashpoints. Alongside traditional military threats, security forces must confront cross-border crime, irregular migration, sanctions evasion and hybrid warfare tactics. Relying on siloed sensors or single-domain analysis is no longer enough. Vital clues and information must be sifted through and analyzed across communications networks, electromagnetic spectrum, imagery domains and in the field. Modern…
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Public Safety Predictive Analytics: Gartner’s Vision and Cognyte’s Role
In today’s fast-paced world, public safety agencies are turning to technology to stay ahead of threats. The most innovative agencies are transforming public safety by replacing reactive responses with proactive strategies. Predictive analytics, which leverages historical and real-time data, is rapidly reshaping how law enforcement, emergency responders and risk managers anticipate events before they happen…
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Criminal Gangs Go Digital: The Challenge for Law Enforcement
Criminal gangs no longer operate solely on the streets. They’re using digital platforms to scale a wide range of criminal activities, such as drug trafficking, extortion and money laundering, and to coordinate across borders with minimal physical presence. From extortion and human trafficking to identity theft or fraud using encrypted apps and anonymous networks, criminal…
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Unraveling Complex Crimes with Knowledge Graph Software for Police
Knowledge graph software is transforming how law enforcement agencies investigate and combat crime. Faced with complex criminal networks, sprawling digital footprints and tight investigative timelines, today’s law enforcement agencies (LEAs) need to go beyond traditional analytical tools. Knowledge graph software solutions are used not only to store records but also to uncover patterns and relationships…
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How GenAI Co-Pilots Are Changing Law Enforcement Investigations and Intelligence Analysis
Law enforcement agencies today are overwhelmed by the massive volumes of data that could be relevant to their investigations. This data comes from an endless variety of sources – smartphones, social media, wearables, body cameras, license plate cameras, CCTV and financial transactions – to name a few. Analyzing these massive datasets can provide critical insights…
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Why Law Enforcement Needs Smarter Financial Crime Software
In today’s digital and hyperconnected world, financial crime is evolving at an unprecedented pace. From global money laundering operations to multi-layered fraud networks, criminal enterprises are using advanced technologies to outpace traditional investigative methods. For law enforcement agencies, staying ahead requires more than expertise and intuition, it demands purpose-built financial crime software, powered by AI….
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Expert Reveals Blind Spots in Law Enforcement Data
What happens when law enforcement agencies have more data than they can handle, but still can’t find the answers they need? That’s the challenge facing agencies today, says intelligence and law enforcement expert Shane Britten. In Cognyte’s latest webinar, From Covert Ops to Crime Stoppers: Navigating Data in Law Enforcement, Britten, a former director at…
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The Power of Big Data Analytics Platforms for Police Departments
Law enforcement agencies are dealing with an overwhelming volume of data from multiple sources, making it difficult to extract relevant intelligence. Big data analytics helps process and analyze massive datasets, revealing patterns, connections and actionable insights. As of 2024, approximately 402.74 million terabytes of data are created each day, equating to around 147 zettabytes…
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How Predictive Analytics Software is Transforming Crime Prevention
As criminal tactics become more sophisticated, the challenge for law enforcement isn’t just to solve cases – it’s to predict and prevent them. AI-powered predictive analytics is key to staying ahead of criminal activity in 2025. Nearly half of all law enforcement agencies surveyed by Cognyte view predictive analytics as a game-changer for accelerating investigations…
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