Increasing terrorist activity against the backdrop of digital intelligence is creating new cyber terrorist threat for nations across the world. In response to these threats and challenges, governments are increasing their spending on counter-terrorism and data-driven solutions, helping to fuel a new era of modern warfare and tactile combat preparation.
In the United Kingdom, spending on equipment and support in the current Defence Plan is estimated to cost the government more than £186 billion over the decade stretching from 1 April 2018 to 31 March 2028.
Elsewhere in Europe and North America, NATO Allies are projected to spend more than $360 billion this year, or a combined 2% of GDP on defence training and modernisation. This is on top of the $266 billion NATO Allies and Canada have spent between 2018 and 2024 to modernise their defence capabilities and to increase their fight against terrorism.
For the United Kingdom, and other nations, data-driven insights in modern counter-terrorism policing play a critical role. Having access to accurate and reliable information can assist defence departments and contractors to build and provide secure and robust intelligence platforms.
DCIs’ experience in defence intelligence solutions helps to support suppliers, contractors and governments with a robust selection of security tenders and intelligence platforms that are tailored to every buyer’s needs and help to provide powerful data solutions.
Tenders for Counter-Terrorism Data Platforms & Analytics: DCI’s Intelligence-Driven Solutions
For organisations, the ability to win counter terrorism contracts and participate in counter terrorism procurement allows domestic law enforcement agencies and other public sector organisations tackle evolving threats, counter violent extremism, help to provide training materials for various agencies to help keep the country secure and ultimately promote increased risk assessments of intelligence agencies and military alliance.
Data Integration
Data integration oversees the implementation of data software that helps provide businesses and government agencies with more tailored solutions to ensure that valuable insights are more freely available, accessible and reliable.
DCI’s experience in data integration allows your business to tap into diverse sources, such as surveillance, open-source intelligence (OSINT), social media and databases. Through this collaboration, your business can lower the need for additional IT professionals, and help free up data resources in your company.
Advanced Analytics
The rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning have helped to fast-track a new era of advanced analytics for companies and governments. Newer analytics models can help provide descriptive, diagnostics, predictive and prescriptive analysis.
With the use of this technology, defence contractors and government agencies can harvest AI-powered pattern recognition, detect any anomalies, and create predictive modelling to help reveal potential threats.
Visualisation & Reporting
DCI visualisation and reporting tools, among other things, assist with effective decision-making and can provide more tailored intelligence summaries, dashboards and actionable reports.
Having access to these tools enables companies and defence departments to have clearer insight and understanding of threat development, and any market-related trends, and help improve short-term decision-making.
Security & Compliance
In modern times, security is one of the most valuable assets any government agency, defence contractor, supplier or business can have. Tailored solutions provided by DCI help to encourage data protection protocols, and align with government security standards.
DCI exceeds standard data protection protocols and instead follows a path that ensures companies, suppliers and contractors can have access to the software that will help them take active steps to meet internal security and legal requirements.
Collaboration and Bespoke Design
The government’s counter-terrorism strategy requires a unique approach that takes into consideration suppliers, contractors, counter terrorism related projects and individual needs. DCI understands these needs and offers fully customisable platforms to enhance the user experience.
By collaborating with a team of experienced members, you provide yourself with the opportunity to better understand the complexities of counter-terrorism, and find more innovative solutions to navigate the playing field.
Proven Success
DCI’s track record sees us working with some of the biggest and most reputable defence contractors in the world. In 2023, we published more than 9,000 counter terrorism tenders and security tender contracts, attracting thousands of suppliers and partnering them with the appropriate government agencies.
What are the key considerations for a counter-terrorism data platform?
Security Emphasis
Due to the sensitivity and complexity of counter-terrorism work, having the right security and compliance protocols is a cornerstone requirement for every supplier and organisation. DCI exceeds traditional and standard security protocols and has developed a long-lasting reputation for providing advanced security measures to organisations across the world.
Non-Disclosure
Privacy plays an important role in counter-terrorism and data analytics solutions. Where possible, alluding to successful applications without compromising confidential information can help organisations transform their ethics procedures and further ensure the long-term safety and success of their projects.
Thought Leadership
Make sure to have resources and information available for people to use, and to better understand how to navigate data platforms. Investing in the necessary resources could help other team members stay more informed about data analytics trends in counter-terrorism, without disclosing sensitive information.
How does AI/machine learning aid counter-terrorism efforts?
There are multiple advantages to using data analytics to predict potential terrorist attacks. By combining data analytics with machine learning, government agencies and organisations can effectively assist law enforcement to detect and overcome localised criminality, and prevent future incidents.
Provides informative answers: Data analytics and machine learning can help answer questions that ordinary humans can’t, and uses comprehensive data and research to support responses.
Increases data sets: With more data on hand, government agencies and organisations will have more information regarding a particular terror attack, group or entity. This will help to make these data sets more distinct and develop countermeasures.
Detecting inaccuracies: False data can corrupt the overall success of counter-terrorist activity, leading to increased security risks. With data analytics, agencies can perform more tactile responses and use machine learning algorithms to enforce national security.
Finding patterns: With the full-scale integration of machine learning and data analytics, national defence agencies can apply this technology on a broader scale, such as with mass surveillance. This will allow algorithms to learn and understand basic patterns, and seek any anomalies in patterns that could potentially erupt as a terrorist attack.
Access to valuable information: When used according to privacy and security standards, agencies can have access to valuable information from anyone or any place in the world. Tracing phone calls, text messages and even social media accounts of suspected terrorists could help better understand the intentions of terrorist organisations.
Final thoughts
To some extent, modern warfare and terrorist activity are becoming more prevalent online and through the digital ecosystem. Countering these attacks, and protecting civilians requires government agencies and defence contractors to fully understand the capabilities of data analytics, and how to use machine learning, artificial technology and metadata to their advantage to overthrow terrorist organisations.
DCI provides an extensive system of resources that are aimed to assist organisations, suppliers and government contractors better navigate the ever-changing defence landscape. By partnering with a highly skilled and resourceful team, your business can find new opportunities to provide world-class counter-terrorism technology and security protocols that can withstand any of the UK’s biggest and most dangerous adversaries.
