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FRAGMENTATION
TREND 2: DATA IS GROWING RAPIDLY AND IS HIGHLY FRAGMENTED, MAKING IT HARDER TO CONNECT THE DOTS
TERROR ATTACK IN VIENNA, AUSTRIA
In the aftermath of the deadly November 2020
terror attack in Vienna, Austria, it was discovered
that the Austrian police had received information
from their Slovakian counterparts that the
attacker, Kujtim Fejzulai, had attempted to
purchase AK-47 ammunition. In addition, the car
he traveled in was registered under the name of
a known Islamist extremist’s mother.
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If fused
and analyzed effectively, these two pieces of
information, along with Fejzulai’s previous arrest
for affiliating with a terror organization after he
attempted to cross into Syria from Turkey, should
have raised a red flag prior to the attack.
ILLUSTRATING WHAT HAPPENS WHEN
THE DOTS ARE NOT CONNECTED IN TIME
Compounding the previous issues, when data is
siloed (i.e., stored across disconnected systems,
within and outside of the organization), it becomes
almost impossible to apply analytics on a large
scale due to the work required to integrate, fuse,
and analyze data manually.
And even if all data has been gathered into
one data lake, and is no longer siloed, the
organization’s security teams often lack the right
tools and knowledge to connect the diverse types
of data into one unified data layer and to extract
meaningful insights. As a result, they are often
dependent on small teams of data scientists -
who end up being the bottleneck in the process.
Without the proper solutions, organizations cannot
fuse and analyze siloed and diverse data. This
prevents them from generating high-value and
actionable insights, effectively detecting threats
ahead of time, and making optimal decisions.
SITUATIONAL INTELLIGENCE
Physical security SOC teams typically have
a siloed and incomplete situational awareness
view. While they may have hundreds or thousands
of security cameras, typically the cameras are
feeding into separate, siloed systems. And none
of these cameras are necessarily connected to
door keypads, fire alarms, etc. Imagine someone
carrying a suspicious package into a shopping
mall - today, the onsite security team is left to
guess whether that person is where they should
be, whether the package poses a threat, whether
the person is a known criminal, and what they
intend to do.
An investigative analytics platform should
connect data from all cameras, door alarms,
keypads, license plate readers, facial recognition
tools, and various databases to help quickly
identify the person as a serious threat and get
the right responder to the location, thereby
preventing an attack or other serious incident.