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Diplomatic Security’s Counter-Unmanned Aircraft System (C-UAS) operators in Post Alpha need a more centralized interface that autonomously gathers data from multiple C-UAS sensors and feeds the most relevant information into one single view.
Design engineers responsible for upgrading cameras at embassies need a policy that accounts for the capabilities of newly purchased high definition digital camera equipment in order to reduce costs and ensure full surveillance coverage of the compound to monitor for potential threats.
Political and economic officers at embassy Brussels need to be alerted when their personal devices’ unauthorized wireless capabilities are enabled in Controlled Access Areas (CAAs) in order to prevent adversaries from using wireless signals to collect classified information.
Security response teams at U.S. government diplomatic and consular facilities need to have simultaneous secure, reliable, and mobile routes of communication during threat incidents in order to avoid misunderstandings and confusion to avoid lost lives.
Network defenders in the Monitoring and Incident Response Division need a more reliable way to detect behavioral anomalies in order to counter malicious activity on DOS networks before incidents occur.
On-site security personnel at US embassies in the Middle East region need a Less-Than-Lethal (LTL) security systems that can be used multiple times in a short period of time in order to prevent large groups of attackers from breaching the facility..
Security engineering officers (SEOs) and security technical specialists (STSs) at overseas offices need a more streamlined way to account for on-site security technology assets in order to reduce the over-reporting of inventory shortages that cost hundreds of thousands of dollars a year.
The Countermeasures Program Division (CMP), headquarters, and regional security teams needs to, in real-time, identify the changing environment or forensic variables in embassies to help predict security risks, like the Havana syndrome, in order to more quickly gather environmental data and potentially save lives.
Security engineering officers and security technical specialists need a better way to determine the lifespans of explosive detection and X-ray equipment for over 2,000 worldwide units in order to reduce cost and increase time efficiency to fortify the physical security of U.S. embassies and consulates.
Security engineering officers and security technical specialists need a better way to determine the lifespans of explosive detection and X-ray equipment for over 2,000 worldwide units in order to reduce cost and increase time efficiency to fortify the physical security of U.S. embassies and consulates.
Network defenders in the Office of Cyber Monitoring and Operations need a better way to query and correlate data in a hybrid and multi-cloud data ecosystem in order to develop analytics capability at the network defender level and inform insight-driven decisions on cybersecurity incident response at the senior leadership level.
On-site security personnel at U.S. Government overseas offices need a way to quickly identify the location of imminent danger when the emergency notification system is triggered in order to create an escape plan or diffuse the threat before it causes harm to human lives and property.
Security engineering officers in U.S. Embassy Baghdad need a better way to detect and locate non-US autonomous drones within 1/2 kilometer of the US Embassy Baghdad in order to prevent adversaries from surveilling and harming the people inside the embassy.
Libyan customs agents need a tool to identify fraudulent documents in order to free up time and lessen the need for in-person training.
The Office of Export Control Cooperation (ECC) needs a way to encourage investment screenings in order to ensure countries are aware of potential security risks tied to these investments.
The Bureau of Counterterrorism and Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) needs a better way to deter individuals from joining violent extremist groups.
The U.S. Department’s Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons( J/TIP) needs a way to assist the private sector in better understanding their labor supply chains in order to identify factories and structures prone to trafficking.
The Bureau of Political Military Affairs (PM) needs a way to assess the effectiveness of peacekeeping support programs.
The Office of Space and Advanced Technology (SAT) needs a way to stop collisions from satellites and space debris from making space unusable.
The current information sharing mechanisms in the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration fail to encompass the full breath of humanitarian assistance on the ground and facilitate the entry of new individual and organizational actors.
The State Department Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations (CSO) needs a way to help embassies and diplomats get more information about informal leader networks.
The Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration lack data on refugee flows, particularly the missing and perished, preventing efficient policy and strategy decisions and limiting resource allocation.
National ship registries and port and customs authorities need to analyze shipping and corporate data to identify suspicious behavior and flag commercial entities, transactions and/or shipments for further due-diligence investigation.
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