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Is data federation the future of large scale IT systems?

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One of the most challenging parts of the investigative process is compiling a well-structured, thorough and method-ical case document – a package that is essential to help prosecutors establish a firm grip of facts and evidence.

There is a variety of ways technol-ogy can support investigators to meet the demands of prosecutors.

Hidden administrationFrom interviewing suspects, vic-

tims and witnesses, seizing financial records and writing lengthy reports, to analysing this information and drawing conclusions on the possible offences in a case, investigations contain signifi-cant hidden bureaucracy.The organisation of these files to a prosecuting authority is almost as important as the evidence gathered during the fraud examination.

Presenting a structured case package

In these time-intensive investiga-tions, it’s as important to assemble a comprehensive, cohesive package to the prosecutor. This saves a significant amount of time and money down the road.In the legal world, documents are increasingly produced online. A dual format (paper and PDF) case file submission gives enhanced flexibility – giving the prosecutor a paper copy to mark-up, whilst giving a full electronic copy allows for storage.

A digital solutionTechnology can help to ease this

process. Software exists with the pow-er to quickly and efficiently scan and convert bank statements into accu-rate, powerful and easy-to-understand spreadsheets, correct transaction errors and provide analysis on the data with-in – cutting down bureaucracy for of-ficers, and allowing them to get on with the investigation at hand.

What do Taurus - London Stock Exchange (1993), RISP - Wessex Health Authority (1990), NHS Con-necting for Health (2011), e-Borders - UK Border Agency (2014), Digital Media Inclusive – BBC (2013), Sur-rey Integrated Reporting Enterprise Network (SIREN) - Surrey Police (2013), LASCAD (on-going) - Ambu-lance dispatch and Universal Credit (on-going) - Central Government all have in common?

These are all examples of IT sys-tems that have either been abandoned during development or disregarded once completed as not fit for purpose. In other words, they are all failures.The common thread amongst all is that they are UK Government IT system projects.

The reasons for these IT projects’ failures have been long debated and there are many documented enquiries into their shortcomings and we do not intend to reopen these issues. There is however an alternative.

Organisations commonly use sepa-rate IT systems each of which is deliv-ering the required results to the users and are known and trusted by these

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users. What if the data held in the da-tabases of these discrete systems were shared yet the actual systems remain in place – a federated data system?

Data integration can be as simple or complex as an organisation demands. It can move data from a source to a tar-get or it can transform data according to established standards – it’s all con-tingent upon the organisation’s require-ments. Successful data integration projects will ultimately allow data to be accessed, profiled, enriched, de-du-plicated and consolidated to provide a single view.

Currently, many organizations automatically look to Extract-Trans-form-Load (ETL) as the “go to” data integration tool. However, while being the most common approach, ETL may not be the best one for all organisations or users within an organisation

Data federation is a relatively new approach to data integration. It pro-vides a virtual view of the organisa-tion’s data across multiple data silos without needing to move or copy the data. Data federation allows the data to remain wherever it happens to be with-out physically altering the data. When an organization wants to access the

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data for operational analysis or report-ing, it uses a query-processing system to create a virtual snapshot of that data. All a user is required to do is specify the information they wish to see, and the federation server will immediately deliver it as a virtual, integrated view. This is truly invaluable when data across multiple departments or oper-ations must remain siloed for compli-ance or security reasons.

The advantage to data federation is that it provides an intermediate layer between the data query and the source. It’s useful for light-duty and read-only applications, where a user needs quick one-and-done reporting or wants to extract only certain parameters of busi-ness intelligence for a specific vantage point in analytics. Additionally, data federation is particularly helpful in scenarios where it’s just too expensive to create and maintain a database spe-cifically for the integrated data. One disadvantage of data federation, however, is actually one of its strengths: it prevents data from being changed and this feature is great for retaining historical accuracy. This happens

because the user is only looking at a virtual copy of the data – not the ‘live’ database.

However if the requirements are fast, accurate on-demand or event-driv-en applications then real-time data in-tegration is the answer. Used whenev-er current and readily accessible access to data is required, the moment it is generated, to assist with tactical deci-sion making or with rapid updating of strategic planning.

The belief that a one-stop-shop IT system is the only answer to an or-ganisation’s needs should not be auto-matically accepted. The track record on deliverability and suitability is not entirely impressive.

As always the choice should be based on operational and strategic re-quirements and consideration should be given to the knowledge, skills and trust that the existing systems have. Data federation though promises to deliver most of the benefits of those large Government IT systems with demand set to increase dramatically in the coming years for systems designed implementing its principles.

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A new assessment released on 24 February 2016 has revealed that police forces are still working with outdated technology that is far behind modern requirements.

The report was published by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constab-ulary (HMIC) and compiled by Sir Thomas Windsor, the organisation’s chief inspector. It focuses on work by the police forces of England and Wales during 2015.

HMIC independently assesses po-lice forces in the public interest, and runs regular reports to offer clarity into where improvements should be made.Inefficient technology emerges as one

At Altia Solutions we pride our-selves in being experts in the field of technology in relation to policing. Over the past decade the knowledge and experience we have accrued ena-bles us to have a unique view on how technology, and especially software, can impact upon police effectiveness when used efficiently and also when misused.

Technology is not something to fear. Technology, and by that I mean both proven and new, should be em-braced.

Within the police and the pub-lic sector as a whole, budget cuts are paving the way for old and inefficient software, hardware and networks to be in place well past their use by date. The result of this is increased pressure being placed upon an organisation’s greatest asset, the people. In the long run, the failure to replace antiquated I.T. systems will have far greater costs than the budget savings today.

By having the correct systems and technology in place, combined with appropriate training for staff, invest-ments today can pay off for years al-lowing for a more effective and effi-cient police force.

I hope by highlighting these issues along with other relevant articles that you find this publication of interest.

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“Keep stretching...they’re nearly at breaking point now.”

“Technology has the power to completely

transform the way police forces operate.”

Recent changes have seen the UK government slash policing budgets.According to Steve White, Chair of the Police Federation of England and Wales, UK forces are under ‘extreme budgetary pressure’. He warns that any further ‘reform’ of policing should only happen if it improves service to the public.There have been some stark cuts in the UK – with West Midlands police announcing plans with some 500 positions to be lost over each of the five years to 2020.

Adapting to a funding crisisWith growing concern over

dramatic budget cuts, police forces face a future with less manpower – but

equally, less room for error.For an effective and successful

service, investment must be made to support police forces – ensuring they have access to the tools and resources they need. Better policing for less cost can be achieved by embracing the potential that technology can offer.

Technology has the power to completely transform the way police forces operate. It gives officers the opportunity to use their time more tactically – transforming data into real-time intelligence while targeting and

identifying issues head on.It also has the power to connect

officers back to the community – encouraging collaboration between local community groups and communication between services and the public.

And for officers themselves, it provides a powerful alternative to the target-centric culture that has shaped modern policing. With an increased focus on digital reviews, performance will not be measured solely on end-of-year crime figures.

of the main criticisms, and is an issue that Windsor himself says has been ongoing for a long time. Despite hav-ing mentioned it in previous reports, Windsor stated that there were still “too many instances where forces failed to keep up with technological develop-ments”.

This exposed issue follows news that the UK’s biggest police force, the Metropolitan Police Service, were forced to keep their 30 year-old control system after plans for an upgrade were delayed in October 2015.

Yet it’s an issue that stretches the country, with Windsor describing some of the systems used as “particularly old and inefficient”. With an increasing

need to tackle newer types of crimes such as cyber crime, technology needs to be prepared. As Windsor says in the report:

“If the present rate of improvement in police technology continues, the po-lice in 2020 will be even further behind offenders and the needs of the public”.

The assessment also pointed out that many forces vary in the systems that they’re using. Without a shared technol-ogy, it causes issues in communications between stations and is another problem that needs to be resolved.

In the face of a modern age of tech-nology, HMIC have demanded that po-lice forces upgrade to avoid being left behind. Without imminent change, they

may find themselves in further difficul-ties when the world’s technology im-proves around them.

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The right data at the right time

As force numbers fall can a solution be found?

Police IT inefficiencies hampering CJS digitisation

Investigations move at a rapid speed, and information can hide in many pockets and systems.Despite the growing awareness of the need to use intelligent ‘big data’ solutions to accurately manage the challenges of modern investigations – investigators must ensure that they are zoning in on the right data at the right time.Typically, many data solutions integrate data streams from disparate sources, in a variety of different formats. But for this data to acquire the status of valuable ‘intelligence’, investigators must ask themselves the right questions when it comes to Data Analysis. Data must be used with purpose.

Too much, or not enoughOften, investigators have found that there is too much information. There is so much information to shift through and examine, many of it hidden within silos and scattered across a variety of different formats, from online databases to paper files. There are also varying degrees of access and control

– from private and public networks, internal and external data-sources.Creating the manual systems necessary to aggregate and analyse this huge amount of data presents a huge cost, in terms of both time and resource. Human error and manual systems can also present a significant risk, creating crucial missed connections.

A solution that paysAn intelligent data solution that works in the real world must tackle these challenges.The next generation of ‘big data’ solutions should provide companies with the ability to integrate data from across a variety of sources and formats, allowing for enhanced visibility and increased use of predictive analytics.This will enable companies to take a more proactive approach to investigation, aiding a more immediate and predictive response to detecting crime.However, if we are to make the most of the data that’s at our fingertips – we must be able to access the right data at the right time.

Over the past year, more than 17,000 police jobs have been cut as part of efforts to reduce spending and increase efficiency. The roughly 100,000 police officers remaining in England and Wales are being expected to carry out the work of their departed colleagues, with no increase in the resources available to them. Meanwhile, criminals continue to adapt, using ever-more creative ways of evading the law.

In late 2015, the Police Federation of England and Wales carried out the National Detectives’ Survey [1], with the results suggesting that the workforce is under stress and lacks the time and resources to sufficiently cater to public requirements. While nearly 70% of the 5,557 responders said that they have a hard time providing the level of service they would seek to offer, even if we overlook reasonable adjustments for new working expectations, almost all responders said that the services provided had deteriorated as workload grew.

“Over the past year, more than 17,000 police jobs have been cut as part of efforts to reduce spending

and increase efficiency.”

The added strain of having to carry out the work of other people clearly impacts the level of work the police are able to do, and the knock-on effect this has on their own personal lives can reduce productivity even further. Around 6% of responders said that they had taken time off in the last year because of stress-related issues.

The time and effort each officer or detective can dedicate to an individual case correlates to the number of police in the force, and it is little surprise that they have raised significant concern about being over-worked and their own perceived under-achievement.

Add to this the rampant increase in the volume of financial crimes being committed and the transition of terrorism from ‘threat’ to ‘reality’, and we start to paint a very alarming picture of an emergency service that is stretched towards breaking point.

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“There has been a keen desire to modernise the CJS

for a number of years.”

In a new report titled ‘Deliver-ing justice in a digital age’, the HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspector-ate (HMCPSI) and HM Inspectorate of Constabulary have investigated the efficiency of police IT systems, unveil-ing the weaknesses that are hampering progress.

Released on 13 April 2016, the re-port shows that forces are dealing with mismatched IT systems and time-con-suming processes to digitise informa-tion. However, there’s an awareness that improvement is needed, with the report stating:

‘There has been a keen desire to modernise the CJS for a number of years and to use a digital approach to help achieve this aim. The substantial budget cuts announced in 2010 for the criminal justice agencies was another significant driver.’

The cuts referred to were in Octo-ber 2010, when new plans announced by parliament led to reductions in funding for the Ministry of Justice from £8.3billion in 2010 to £7billion in 2014. In the face of smaller numbers and resources, the need to make IT sys-tems efficient and as useful as possible has never been more important.

To compile the report, inspectors went to six police force areas, inter-

viewed representatives involved in the justice system and observed court cases. They found that whilst there was good management of digitisation programmes for the police forces, dif-ficulties were occurring when trying to manage the digital landscape overall. Forces are still using different systems and formats according to location, leading to a real issue in communica-tions.

On the surface, there is some ef-fectiveness in IT systems. Installing wi-fi in certain courts and an online facility that enables the police to pri-

oritise their workloads have proven to be well-received, and 92% of cases are now transferred electronically from the police to the Crown Prosecution Ser-vices. However, those cases are still of-ten organised by inputting paper docu-ments manually into an online system, taking up precious time that could be used for other occupations.

The report states that the ideal of a digital end to end system is still un-achieved, and work must be done to improve IT systems. Suggestions to implement improvements include a na-tional cost and benefits assessment on digitisation plans by police forces and settling on a shared system to deal with all forms of evidence.

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Rt Hon Theresa May MP - Home Secretary

Theresa was appointed Home Secretary in May 2010. In this role she is leading the Government’s work to free up the police to fight crime more effectively, secure the borders and reduce immigration, and protect the UK from terrorism. She was also Minister for Women & Equalities from 2010 to 2012.

Rob Wainwright was born in 1967 in Carmarthen, Wales, UK. Having graduated in 1989 from the London School of Economics, University of London with a BSc, he worked for the following ten years as an intelligence analyst in the UK in the fields of counter-terrorism and organised crime.

Ministeral Address- The Goverments approach to Serious and Organised Crime

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Mr. Boetig is responsible for leading all Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) relations in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and the Channel Islands. Over the past 18 years in the FBI, Mr. Boetig has served in a variety of positions, including his previous senior executive roles as the Special Agent in Charge of the Buffalo, New York Division and the Director of the National Cyber Investigative Joint Task Force in Washington, DC.

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The Wealth Management Associ-ation (WMA) held their 18th annual conference at the beginning on 2016 in London dedicated to Financial Crime, in which it was revealed that financial crime has a total cost to the UK econo-my of £52 billion.

Financial crime costs UK economy £52 billion

“The UK was an ‘appealing target’

for financial criminals”

Altia Solutions, a Scottish software company, is planning to double in size in the near future due to demand at home and abroad for their investiga-tion software.

Both public and private sector cus-tomers are provided with investigation and fraud detection software tools, however it is the police forces that are Altia Solution’s main market.

The products that are supplied al-low investigations to be managed and recorded electronically, bank state-ments to be scanned, organised and an-alysed, and also mange document in-tegration with the Home Office’s own large investigation system.

Counter Terrorism Units, Regional Organised Crime Units, HMRC and the Department for Work and Pensions are just a few of the many public sec-tor contracts that Altia Solutions have. Typical private sector clients are ac-countancy and legal firms that analyse large amounts of financial data.

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The financial investigators role in tackling organised crime

With increasingly complex and veiled criminal networks, it can be difficult to begin to tackle the issue of organised crime. It’s now widely recognised that financial investigation tech-niques have the potential to add value to the investigation of serious and organised crime.

And increasingly, many are calling for a routine assessment into whether investigating officers should employ financial in-vestigation techniques in all organised crime cases.

A specialist investigative approach, financial investigation is growing into an increasingly well-established and respect-ed discipline that helps to plug a key evidence gap. Operating within the legal framework of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA), financial investigators have the power to disrupt or-ganised crime.

The benefits of financial investigationThere are many options when exploring a line of financial

enquiry. By helping to identify ownership and use of proper-ty, locating assets and tracking the movement and behaviour of suspects, pursuing a line of financial investigation will see officers better able to identify and tackle organised criminality.

Crucially, financial investigation can also help place sus-pects at a particular place at particular times, linking them to criminality and mapping and identifying the extent of the crim-inal networks.

Practical applicationsIn a recent investigation published by the Home Office, over one-half of the cases investigated saw financial evidence play a significant role in the prosecution’s case. In a minority of

cases, it was seem as forming the basis of a conviction. Elsewhere, it played an integral role in clarifying the role of the offender, connecting suspects to the main offender or linking other crimes to the offence.

And in instances where full enforcement investiga-tions may not be possible, financial investigator’s use of the POCA act offers the potential power to disrupt organ-ised criminality when full-size enforcement investigation may not be possible – allowing for greater use of cash seizures, for example, where appropriate.

Providing greater collaboration between enforcement and prosecution teams, financial investigation can lead to greater understanding of the criminality of organised crime groups.

The challengesHowever, this practice is not without its challenges.

Obtaining evidence from financial institutions can be time-consuming, whilst presenting complex financial evidence to juries could be challenging. For overseas as-sets, investigation can be time-consuming, difficult and throw up a range of language or cultural barrier.

ConclusionsFinancial investigation presents clear, rich potential

for identifying and tackling the serious issue of organised crime networks. By enhancing the levels of intelligence gathering available to police, financial investigation can help disrupt organised criminality by recovering assets and ultimately, facilitate the identification and prosecu-tion of organised crime figures.

“The more you train, the better the users are with the system.”

tions, Ian Watson expects to supply to further departments and units with UK police forces over the coming years. He stated ““The market is there and we are pushing the products out. You can put systems in anywhere, but it is actually the training. The more you train, the better the users are with the system.”

An objective of Altia Solutions it to build lasting relationships with users and not see the deployment of software as an endpoint with a focus on training and user feedback to help improve ex-isting software and also develop new products.

Outwith the UK Altia Solutions are now expanding into South Africa, Hong Kong, Sri Lanka, Canada and now Panama!

James Phipson, commercial direc-tor of the Economic Crime Directorate, warned attendees that the UK was an ‘appealing target’ for financial crim-inals, and that despite a great deal of that crime being conducted online, 88% of cybercrime is still going unre-ported.

Not only that, but police forces spent 34% more of their time in 2015 investigating financial fraud and mon-ey-laundering, despite only inspecting a fraction of the estimated number of offences.

It’s a huge issue, and the National Crime Agency (NCA) has created new developments to deal with money-re-lated offences to recognise newer types of fraud, most notably in the creation of the Joint Money Laundering Intelli-gence Taskforce (JMLIT).

Established in 2015 as a one-year pilot, JMLIT has been developed with partners in government, the British Bankers Association, law enforcement and over 20 major UK and interna-tional banks. It has so far focused on high-end money laundering, analysing information to understand the scale and inner-workings of criminals.

To tackle broader financial crime, the NCA are behind the UK Financial Intelligence Unit (UKFIU). The unit is tasked with analysing Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs), pieces of in-formation that act as a red flag for po-tential criminal activity, such as large amounts of money being deposited in a bank.

Dealing with an incredible 380,000 SARs per year, the UKFIU organise this information. The sorted informa-tion is then used by a wide variety of law enforcement bodies to help inves-tigate all levels and types of criminal activity; from benefit fraud to interna-tional drug smuggling, human traffick-ing to terrorist financing.

SARs are kept on their database for a maximum of six years, and turna-round time for the unit’s response has averaged 4.7 days in the last year. The overall volume revealed in the NCA’s 2015 report to have increased in the last year, proving the growing scale of costly financial crime.

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Progress made by UK police fi ghting cyber crime globally

An inquiry began in the Home Af-fairs Committee on 21 January to audit the impact of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA). The act aims to re-cover any assets gained by criminals after committing offences.

Although the act has been in place for over a decade, MPs have launched the inquiry to check how it’s being practically implemented in recovery, particularly in regard to the use of con-fi scation orders. On an operational lev-el, the House of Commons have also enforced several codes of practice on 20 January relating to the proceeds of crime.

When cash is recovered from crimes, the sum is divided between the Home Offi ce and the police force. However, getting that cash is the often the toughest stage.

The legislation itself is lengthy and complex, and the inquiry seeks to fi nd greater clarity so that more proceeds of crime can be recovered. Some of the biggest problems named include: weaknesses in IT systems, ineffective co-ordination between agencies and a general lack of awareness regarding confi scation orders.

Criminals go to great lengths to hide their assets and it can take time for investigators to locate them. In one case, over 70 third parties held assets belonging to a criminal, and every one of those parties had to be notifi ed and pursued. Enforcement is therefore an on-going, arduous process.

The National Audit Offi ce has also been critical of progress made and has been monitoring any developments. In a recent report by Amyas Morse, Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG), he stated:

“All of the criminal justice bodies involved will need to show more deter-mination and urgency to implement the Committee’s recommendations, and

A spokesperson for the UK’s Na-tional Crime Agency has announced that the organisation’s National Cyber Crime Unit (NCCU) is now perform-ing better than ever in the international arena.

Despite cyber crime remaining a problem that frequently transcends national borders, Sarah Goodall, the Deputy Director of the NCCU, is en-thusiastic about the progress that is be-ing made.

In an interview with Computer Weekly, Goodall said “We are moving really quickly on international collabo-ration”, and pointed to a year that has featured signifi cant steps forward.

The fi rst was the development of the Joint Cybercrime Action Task-force, established in September 2015

to facilitate international collaboration between the NCA and other countries. Comprising of cyber liaison offi cers from a large number of global organ-isations, they’ve worked towards im-proving personal communications to speed up the response to cyber crime.

There have also been practical exer-cises to test the effectiveness of inter-national co-operation. One simulation, titled Exercise Silver Shadow, ran for two weeks in December 2015 as an artifi cial cyber attack on an imaginary petroleum company.

Supported by the UK’s Home Of-

fi ce, the countries involved were Bul-garia, Georgia, Lithuania, Moldova, Romania, Ukraine, the UK and the US. It was a successful experiment, testing investigators and prosecutors on their skills.

The UK is also a part of the Five

Eyes Law Enforcement Group, along with the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. It’s another way in which the National Crime Agency has tried to strengthen cross-border rela-tions and the NCCU is due to host a meeting of the group’s cyber crime section in April 2016.

MPsquestion effectiveness of recovering proceeds of crime

“We are moving really quickly on international collaboration.”

“The criminal justice bodies involved will need to show more determination and urgency.” www.thinkdi� erentevents.co.uk/

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The NCCU’s international relations aren’t without diffi culties however, and they’re restricted by government guidelines as to which countries can be collaborated with.

As for tackling cyber crime at home, Goodall has emphasised their planned work in educating online us-ers, as well as becoming more availa-ble to the public.

Further exercises have also been conducted, such as in January 2016 when the NCCU turned their attention to the organisation of money laun-dering by cyber criminals. The main emphasis has been on identifying the biggest emerging threats in the UK however, and along with international relations, will continue to be the NC-CU’s priority.

address the deeper systemic problems surrounding the management of con-fi scation orders.”

As recently as September 2015, the amount to be recovered from live orders totalled £459,442,010, with around 47.2% of that fi gure classi-fi ed as a ‘high priority’. The Home Offi ce now seek better co-ordination, improved online systems and some meaningful change to recover more proceeds than ever before.

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