Situational Awareness

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Situational Awareness

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The application focuses on the 17 high threat diplomatic missions, based on the State Department's directorate within the Diplomatic Security Service (DSS). The application analyzes data from multiple sources, including data from the Global Terrorism Database and the Department of State website, to provide the user a complete picture on situational awareness.

Discoveries

The #1 category of weapons used by terrorists are explosives. Also, the vast majority of terrorist incidents are not linked to any terrorist group.

Impact

The app helps enabled diplomats to gain a better understanding of terrorist activities within their respective regions across the globe.

Audience

It could be used by Department of State, or any government entity.

Data and advanced analytics

It allows for an easy and fast way to do in-depth analysis on terrorism.