Big Data, Intelligence Management and Analytics Workshop

Big Data is the term applied to large and complex datasets that come from many sources such as financial transactions, social media and internet searches and have many applications especially within intelligence management and analytics for law enforcement agencies (LEAs). The handling of such large datasets can lead to a number of challenges, relating to the storage, sharing and analysis of data. The aim of this workshop is to facilitate a discussion around research on various aspects of Big Data, Intelligence management and Analytics with a key focus on the context of LEAs and other security organisations and to disseminate these results to the wider BigData community. The workshop is suitable for Big Data practitioners and researchers in the fields of security, crisis and intelligence management.
Workshop Site: http://bigdataworkshop.altervista.org/
Submission Site: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=bigdataworkshop2014


CENTRIC Event — July 2014

CENTRIC were proud to host the its annual CENTRIC event at ExperienceSAP on 9th July. The event contained keynote presentations from

  • Lord Alderdice (Co-chair of the Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Police Committee on Northern Ireland and Convenor of the Liberal Democrat Peers)
  • Edwin Meese III (75th United States Attorney General)
  • Sean O’Brien (VP Public Security and Urban Management at SAP)
  • Terrance W. Gainer (Sergeant at Arms of the Senate, USA)
  • Professor Greg Saathoff (Head of Critical Incident Analysis Group (CIAG))
  • Fraser Sampson (Chief Executive & Solicitor, Office of the Police & Crime Commissioner for West Yorkshire)
  • John Parkinson (Chair of the CENTRIC Advisory Board)
  • Darren Roos (Chief Operating Officer SAP)

followed by workshops on Counter Terrorism and Operational Policing.

CENTRIC would like to extend their thanks to all who participated.


The 1883 anti-terror law still relevant today

While new terror powers are still being debated in parliament, Andrew Staniforth examines a piece of the legislative toolkit which is still extremely useful 132 years after it was drawn up.

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