AI tools offer 'near-real-time' analysis of data from seized mobile phones and computers | Computer Weekly

"Cellebrite's Guardian Investigate platform aims to help law enforcement agencies investigate major incidents, such as shootings, terrorist attacks or large organised crime investigations, by gaining rapid insights from data as it is gathered. The platform allows investigators from multiple departments and agencies to work on the same data - which is held on a central cloud platform - allocate tasks and identify further avenues of investigation."

"The technology enables investigators to analyse data as soon as it is retrieved from a mobile phone and uploaded into Cellebrite's Guardian cloud for decoding and analysis, without having to wait for forensic experts to submit reports on each mobile device."

"Guardian Investigate uses AI to spot anomalous behaviour - for example, it can identify when two people who are in regular phone contact suddenly stop communicating, or when someone suddenly puts their phone into airplane mode."

Cellebrite, an Israeli digital intelligence company, has developed AI-powered tools that significantly enhance police investigative capabilities. The Guardian Investigate platform allows law enforcement to rapidly interrogate call records, text messages, images, and videos from multiple electronic devices simultaneously. The system enables investigators from different departments to collaborate on centralized cloud-based data, allocate tasks, and identify new investigative leads. Key features include real-time data analysis upon retrieval, location mapping using cell site data and Google Maps integration, timeline construction, and anomaly detection such as identifying sudden communication gaps or airplane mode activation. The platform replaces traditional investigation methods like whiteboards, automating the discovery of relationships between disparate data sources and accelerating insights for major incidents including shootings, terrorist attacks, and organized crime investigations.

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