2014 Digital Yearbook of Homeland Security Awards
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GSN <strong>2014</strong> <strong>Digital</strong> <strong>Yearbook</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Homeland</strong> <strong>Security</strong> <strong>Awards</strong> Recipients<br />
Vendors <strong>of</strong> IT <strong>Security</strong> Products and Solutions<br />
NICE Systems –<br />
<strong>2014</strong> Winner<br />
<strong>Awards</strong> Category:<br />
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Best Forensic S<strong>of</strong>tware<br />
Name <strong>of</strong> Nominated Product, Service,<br />
or Program:<br />
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NICE Suspect Search<br />
Reason this entry deserves to win:<br />
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An active shooter is on the loose. An airport checkpoint<br />
has just been breached. Police are frantically searching<br />
for a lost child amid a crowded location. A suspicious<br />
bag is left behind in a busy transit station. In each <strong>of</strong><br />
these situations, time is <strong>of</strong> the essence. Surveillance<br />
video can provide clues to finding a suspect, but will<br />
you be able to pinpoint the exact video you need in<br />
time? Here’s where NICE Suspect Search can help.<br />
Suspect Search is a patent-pending video analytics<br />
technology that helps you quickly locate and retrace<br />
the movements <strong>of</strong> a person <strong>of</strong> interest within a video<br />
surveillance network. It can scan an hour <strong>of</strong> video in<br />
less than a minute, automatically filtering out 95 percent<br />
<strong>of</strong> irrelevant images. Suspect searches can be initiated<br />
using a recorded image, an uploaded full body photo,<br />
or a suspect composite. As the search reveals snapshots<br />
<strong>of</strong> the suspect over time across different cameras, it<br />
evolves into a history <strong>of</strong> their movements before and potentially<br />
after the incident. Timely situational awareness<br />
is critical so snapshots are presented on an actual map.<br />
This answers questions like how did the suspect get<br />
here? Where did he go? Did he meet up with anyone or<br />
was he alone? And is he<br />
still on premise? Suspect<br />
Search revolutionizes<br />
video forensics, both<br />
for real-time use and for<br />
after-the-fact investigations.<br />
<strong>Digital</strong>ly stamped<br />
images, video, and location<br />
information associated<br />
with each search<br />
can easily be shared with<br />
police departments and<br />
district attorneys for<br />
forensic investigations.<br />
WHAT SETS SUSPECT SEARCH APART<br />
There are technologies on the market that can search<br />
for a specific color, but until now, none <strong>of</strong> them could<br />
search for a specific person, especially not in real-time.<br />
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