i2 Analyst's Workstation TCA 2

i2 Analyst's Workstation TCA

Practically every investigation includes some element of telecommunications analysis. Analyzing ever-increasing data volumes in many formats and from a variety of sources presents a huge challenge. The goal is to analyze all the available data and create a cohesive picture, revealing all activities associated with telephone call information, and optimizing the contribution of the analyst.

i2 Analyst's Workstation TCA is a dedicated telephone investigation environment, which provides an all-encompassing solution to manage every aspect of telephone call analysis. Built on i2 Analyst’s Workstation which incorporates i2 iBase, i2 Analyst’s Notebook, i2 Data Miner and i2 iBase GIS Interfaces, Analyst's Workstation TCA brings together a powerful suite of tools that integrate the management and analysis of telephone data with other investigative material. You are supported throughout your workflow from importing call schedules and recording forensic data from handsets, through analysis of calling patterns and subject relationships to presentation of outcomes. Start-up time is reduced; analysts are productive more quickly and spend time analyzing and not data processing.

Analyst’s Workstation TCA provides the integrated analytical solution for developing intelligence from volume data. Combining the ability to store, search, analyze and report results Analyst’s Workstation TCA ensures you can utilize your information to best effect.

Key Benefits

• Perform comprehensive analysis - analyze and manage your telephone call data through an integrated solution.



• Manage all your data - benefit from a scalable database solution, enhanced with dedicated analysis tools, to handle ever-increasing telecommunications data volumes.



• Deliver global and cross-case analysis - take a holistic view of your data and uncover significant shared references.



• Streamline data workflow - import and collate the varied data associated with your telephone call analysis.



• Share the caseload - manage your analytical resources across the team. You can allocate analysts to investigations according to workload.



• Ensure the integrity of case information - enforce security and integrity through administrative control of audited user roles.



• Deploy a consistent framework - utilize a common data representation for every case, saving time, simplifying training, and increasing opportunities for finding matches between new and existing data.

Key Functionality

• Telephone Task Manager - delivers a comprehensive solution that guides you through all stages of telephone analysis from data input through analysis to reporting. At every stage, a common starting point for the analysis process is provided.



• Importer - provides a powerful but simple graphical mechanism for importing from a variety of sources, and makes it easier to deal with changes in data formats. Continuity with previous and ongoing investigations is provided by seamless import of telephone call and subscriber information from i2 iTelTM. The system will always highlight matches between existing records and imported data.



• Template - delivers predefined entities, links, and fields optimized for analysis of handset and call related telecommunications data that can be extended by an Administrator to correlate telephone data with other sources of intelligence.



• Case-based and cross-case analysis - securely partitions information into individual cases in the database. Analysts work within the bounds of their cases as allocated by an Administrator, whilst the Global Analyst role supports cross-case analysis.



• Multiple data views - enables representation of your data in all standard analytical formats, delivering enhanced analysis capabilities: Association - shows associations via communication data between subjects and enables you to identify common contacts between subjects and groups. Spatial - displays your data geographically to help establish movements of suspects and their patterns of travel. Statistical - delivers data mining capabilities to develop telephone activity profiles and subject behaviour patterns.



• Pattern search - reveals repeating patterns in large volumes of telephone calls enabling the identification of relationships between subjects.



• Number lookup - references Ofcom data to annotate telephone records.



• Link browser - summarizes a subject's calls to determine frequency of contact.



• Management reports - delivers predefined reports, aiding compliance with data protection and disclosure obligations.

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i2 runs training courses in Analyst’s Workstation TCA for both the user and administrator, to ensure you get the most out of the product. You can download a list of courses, as well as a calendar of upcoming sessions by clicking here. Alternatively, visit the training pages of the website.

i2 Analyst's Workstation TCA User Course
Designed for anyone who wishes to use i2 Analyst’s Workstation TCA as a tool to help store and analyse telephone related information, this course will teach you to use the Telephone Task Manager to perform common tasks such as data entry, queries and reports. Additionally, you will learn how to use the other parts of Analyst’s Workstation TCA to present findings in different formats. A combination of lecture, hands-on work and exercises will be used in this interactive course. It is essential you have a good knowledge of Windows, and knowledge of the i2 Analyst’s Notebook, i2 iBase or i2 Analyst’s Workstation would also be advantageous

i2 Analyst’s Workstation TCA Administrator Course
Designed for those responsible for the administration of Analyst’s Workstation TCA, this course will teach you how to modify a database to hold the information required, to manage users and cases and to customize the data entry tasks. A combination of lecture, hands-on work and exercises will be used in this interactive course.