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Don Roberts , DHS S & T Program Manager

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Efficient forensic review is a major capability gap in existing commercial video management systems .

Speeding up this process makes security operators more efficient , and also reduces reaction time in the case of in-progress events .

This effort aims to address this gap through the development and evaluation of prototype video analytics , which have been combined into the FOVEA tool suite .

“ The Video Forensic Tools monitor for potential threat

Don Roberts , DHS S & T Program Manager

indicators as well as criminal or other suspicious behaviors ,” explains Program Manager Don Roberts .

“ There are three distinct tools in the suite , each facilitating a unique analysis .”

“ The tools are flexible and can be used on many scene types and for unpredictable investigation tasks .”

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