icu workbench - the art of where
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An overview of our core analytical platform - the ICU WORKBENCH.TRANSCRIPT
PRODUCT OVERVIEWThe Art of Where
The World’s leading Location Analysis solutionICU Workbench is a Location Analysis solution that delivers
fast, accurate analysis of raw geo-temporal data attributed
to a target or group of targets collected through various
forms of Location-Based Surveillance activities such as GPS
tracking or cellular location monitoring. The ICU Workbench
rapidly produces high quality results while saving an Analyst
up to a day a week in effort.
Answering the where, when, how often and who else of surveillance.
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Without ICU Workbench
Using Location-based surveillance only for real-time awareness and GPS points for simplistic plotting of stops.
Analyzing location points only in support of other investigative data that has been uncovered
Analyzing location data in small duration segments — resulting in non-continuous reporting
Unable to fully process long duration (multi-month) tracks due to time and complexity involved
With ICU Workbench
Easily process all location data to find out where they go, how often, for how long, who they meet, how
they get there, where they go next
Rapid processing of all location data to drive investigative activity
Easily append one tracking segment to the prior segment(s) and deliver continuous reporting
identifying all patterns — completed in minutes
Rapid, accurate processing of many, multi-month tracking missions with detailed reporting and visual
representation delivered in minutes
CHANGING THE LOCATION TRACKING PARADIGM
Maximize the Value of Your Tracking Mission Activity
“ICU Workbench saves me forty days of effort per year but more importantly, we can begin to do things we’ve never known to be possible with the data we have.”
Federal Criminal Intelligence Analyst, North America
Visualization versus AnalysisRegardless of the source of data, the ability to place the points
onto a map for review is available across several applications.
Visualization of data is far different than an analysis of it. Analysts
or Investigators using visualizations are still required to manually
analyze those products to arrive at critical intelligence. Most
often, due to the time required to do so, their efforts are focused
on stops at locations and not the Pattern of Life for a person of
interest. Those who leverage the ICU Workbench significantly
reduce the effort to identify key intelligence while also gaining
new insights.
Mapping Technology Visualization ICU Workbench
View location/route on a map X X
Duration of a visit to a
destination
X X
Frequency of visits to a
destination
- X
Stops made before and after
a visit to a destination
- X
Finding meetings across
groups
- X
Predicting future travel and
destinations
- X
Months to MinutesUsers routinely recover eight to twelve hours per week by using
the ICU Workbench. By automating the analysis of the raw data,
the ICU Workbench empowers the user to work instead with
an intelligence product. By proposing to the Analyst actionable
intelligence within the data, the analytical efforts and reporting
are significantly advanced while dramatically reducing the time to
arrive at that intelligence.
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Analytical FeaturesThe ICU Workbench is the only solution which analyzes geo-
temporal data and provides a number of features which provide
significant advantages beyond the visualization of the data.
Gain New Insights. ICU Workbench streamlines the location data
analysis process allowing a user to focus on higher value analysis.
The ease and speed of the tool allow an analyst to process the
complete set of data without the worry of time constraints. The
analysis of the complete data helps ensure that nothing is missed
and reveals new intelligence that can otherwise be overlooked.
Detailed Examination of Travel. Every destination that the ICU
Workbench finds can be interrogated to see the details surrounding
the visits including the time and day, as well as the destination
the target was at before and after each visit. Additionally, the
frequency of visits to each destination is recorded. After importing
new data, simply exporting a map of the day’s travel along with a
Daily Itinerary Report and Daily Highlights Report can reduce hours
of effort into a couple of clicks.
Data Comparison & Fusion. Disparate sources of data can be
viewed at the same time. Whether to compare multiple persons for
the same period of time, or to view multiple sets of data for a single
target, the ICU Workbench allows the user to compare different
data and compress them into a single track resulting in a single
report for all movements.
Multi-Target Analysis. Networks of targets can be found using
the ICU Workbench’s Multi-Target correlation capabilities. This ‘one-
to-many’ analysis includes insight into who may be meeting with
the person of interest, and where they are meeting.
Distributable Analysis Results. All of our reports can be saved
in multiple formats, including KML, PDF, Word and Excel for
distribution to analysis consumers.
Target Home and Work Location. The analysis engine will
automatically identify a target’s Home and Work locations. This
provides immediate insight into the target’s lifestyle. The engine
has correctly assigned Home and Work locations from tracks of
convicted criminals that have non-typical travel patterns and
lifestyles (Narcotics Distribution, Human Trafficking, etc...)
Level of Interest. The ICU analysis engine automatically assigns a
Level of Interest (LOI) to all the elements it finds in a track including
Destinations, Visits, Routes, Trips and Driving Events. These
assignments are based on a proprietary statistical model. All engine
assigned LOI’s can be overridden by the Analyst. The LOI attribute
is useful in generating investigative alerts and in filtering out
lower interest data from the map display and data panels, thereby
providing focus and clarity on the most important target activities.
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Proven ResultsICU Workbench is a proven intelligence and investigative asset
that has been used to support counter-terrorism operations,
investigate organized crime, and analyze serious criminal activity
in five countries on three continents. Intelligence Analysts rely on
ICU Workbench to provide accurate results in prosecuting criminals,
support mission planning and network association analysis. ICU
Workbench is a proven technology, operational throughout five
Western world governments at the Federal level.
Uniformity Across TeamsRarely do two people produce the same reports when looking at
the same data. The ICU Workbench provides a uniform approach
to the analysis of geo-temporal data. Without the requirement
of dedicated GIS training, the ICU Workbench ensures that the
intelligence products from a team of Intelligence Analysts or
Investigators are not only consistent but are based upon the analysis
of all data available for consumption.
Vital Add-On ComponentsICU MultiView. Persons of interest generate a varied array of data
to be analyzed. Disparate sources of data can be viewed at the same
time. Whether to compare multiple persons for the same period of
time, or to view multiple sets of data for a single target, the ICU
Workbench allows the user to compare different data and compress
them into a single track resulting in a singular reporting tool to
demonstrate movement.
ICU Predictions. Today’s predictive policing landscape largely
focuses on heat maps for past criminal activity. Our predictive tool
looks at the historical patterns of a specific individual and identifies
locations the target is likely to visit at any given time.
“By far the most beneficial feature has been the multi-track report that has allowed us to identify common residences and targets previously unknown. These have directly led to the creation of high priority targets and initiation of new and larger conspiracy cases.”
Narcotics Task Force, USA
ICU TrackNet. Comparing geo-temporal data spanning weeks or
months against multiple individuals could take months of effort.
The ICU TrackNet solution quickly correlates multiple data sources
and identifies potential meetings and/or dead drop locations. This is
a ‘many-to-many’ comparison and helps identify connections across
groups of individuals.
Technology• Supports multiple mapping solutions including ESRI ArcGIS,
Google Earth, and others
• Multiple deployment models including Web and Desktop
• Based on standard Microsoft technologies
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