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Examines the Future of Data Mining
for National Security
In 2004, the Government Accountability Office provided a report detailing
approximately 200 government-based data-mining projects. While there is
comfort in knowing that there are many effective systems, that comfort
isn’t worth much unless we can determine that these systems are being
effectively and responsibly employed.
Written by one of the most respected consultants in the area of data min-
ing and security, Data Mining for Intelligence, Fraud & Criminal
Detection: Advanced Analytics & Information Sharing Technologies
reviews the tangible results produced by these systems and evaluates their
effectiveness. While CSI-type shows may depict information sharing
and analysis that are accomplished with the push of a button, this sort of
proficiency is more fiction than reality. Going beyond a discussion of the
various technologies, the author outlines the issues of information sharing
and the effective interpretation of results, which are critical to any inte-
grated homeland security effort.
Organized into three main sections, the book fully examines and
outlines the future of this field with an insider’s perspective and a vision-
ary’s insight.
• Section 1 provides a fundamental understanding of the types of data
that can be used in current systems. It covers approaches to analyzing
data and clearly delineates how to connect the dots among different
data elements
• Section 2 provides real-world examples derived from actual operational
systems to show how data is used, manipulated, and interpreted in
domains involving human smuggling, money laundering, narcotics
trafficking, and corporate fraud
• Section 3 provides an overview of the many information-sharing
systems, organizations, and task forces as well as data interchange
formats. It also discusses optimal information-sharing and
analytical architectures
Currently, there is very little published literature that truly defines
real-world systems. Although politics and other factors all play into how
much one agency is willing to support the sharing of its resources, many
now embrace the wisdom of that path. This book will provide those indi-
viduals with an understanding of what approaches are currently available
and how they can be most effectively employed.
Catalog no. AU6723, December 2008, 440 pp.
ISBN: 978-1-4200-6723-1, $69.95 / £36.99
100% of the book’s royalty proceeds go to benefit the
National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund (NLEOMF)
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FEATURES
• Provides a significant number of examples based
on real-world data, systems, and operations
• Identifies the principles of integration using
multiple sources of data, and compares virtual
and traditional information and data
warehousing techniques
• Offers analytical applications and solutions
designed to assist in detecting money laundering
schemes, human smuggling operations, narcotics
trafficking, and exposing fraud patterns
• Presents analytical approaches heavily based on
graph theory (e.g., connect-the-dots), which
holds the most promise for understanding large
quantities of discrete-valued information
• Addresses a number of information sharing
issues and explains why no large-scale
capabilities are currently deployed throughout
the government.
• Explores several governmental efforts that
have achieved limited success in sharing data
CONTENTS
Part 1: Interpreting Patterns and Analytical
Methodologies
Overview
The Quality of Data
What Are Patterns?
Part 2: Real-World Examples and Operations
Border Protection
Money Laundering and Financial Crimes
Money Service Businesses
Fraud Analytics
Part 3: Information Sharing and Fusion Centers
Information-Sharing Protocols
Information-Sharing Systems
Summary
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