Know how to better your internal security

NEW DELHI, INDIA: Accenture and the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) today released a joint report on how security agencies can be better equipped with effective information management tools, methodologies and analytic capabilities to protect national interests and safeguard citizens in the face of rising security threats, such as cyber attacks or terrorism.

According to the report, titled Better Information Management Leads to Better Internal Security internal security agencies are tasked with developing pursuable leads from a mountain of data that is often incomplete and imperfect, so analysts waste valuable time on dead-end leads and fail to capitalize on essential information that might enrich a critical investigation.

Achieving High Performance in Internal Security

The report states that by implementing intelligence-led law enforcement -– a proven model of internal security management in which information serves as a guide to operations -– security agencies can leverage advanced IT-based information gathering and analysis platforms for integrated knowledge modeling, link analysis and discovery. This innovative investigative capability merges strategy, process and technology to improve the quality and reliability of knowledge discovery.

“The need of the hour is effective and intelligent information management that enables security agencies to reduce costs, by minimizing waste and duplication, and increase efficient use of information gathering resources,” said Krishna Giri, managing director for Accenture’s Health & Public Service business in India.

Gurpal Singh, deputy director general and head of Defence, Aerospace & Security for CII said, “The CII-Accenture Report is an effort to design a workable approach to address today’s most pressing internal security challenges. The right stride, along with the right strategy and greater involvement from the industry, can help India not only play a significant role domestically but regionally and globally as well.”

Key findings

To achieve effective information management, security agencies must develop a consolidated information management architecture – a layer of processes, functions, policies and solutions that ensure the effective and secure creation, collection, storage, communication, valuation, analysis, sharing and use of information.

The report identifies the following Information Management Framework for Internal Security Management:

    * Utilization: Transforming information into actionable insight and intelligence to improve strategic, operational and cost-based decision making.

    * Accessibility: Ensuring secure and efficient access to information held in highly distributed environments across different systems.

    * Sharing: Enabling security agencies to collaborate and share information efficiently and effectively within and beyond their organization.

    * Quality: Ensuring information is meaningful, accurate, and internally consistent and can be used for its intended purpose.

    * Security: Preventing data corruption and unauthorized access.