Jared Rose
VP of Sales
When you boil the concept of law enforcement down to its essentials, there is one quality that organizations around the country depend on to do their jobs on a daily basis: intelligence. When something as inherently fluid as a crime situation is developing, police officers and other professionals depend on actionable, accurate and real-time information in order to make the best decisions possible moving forward.
In a classic case of “be careful what you wish for,” agencies are now responsible for dealing with huge volumes of data above and beyond what they had been familiar with in the past. So much data is being generated at any given moment from a nearly limitless number of sources that it’s difficult to keep track of it all. Luckily, as soon as technology asks the question, it seems to have also provided the answer: hyper-scale cloud computing and agency management systems like SmartForce have come along to help further the law enforcement mission and to empower these organizations with a full range of security and operational needs.
Critical Compliance Standards
If keeping track of a huge influx of data is the number one priority of law enforcement agencies, keeping all that information as safe and as secure as possible is definitely priority number two. Built on the Microsoft cloud, SmartForce takes a rigorous approach to cloud-based compliance as an enterprise cloud services provider. The Microsoft cloud in general sets the standard for not only maintaining and exceeding contractual commitments for the FBI’s Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) security policy requirements, but was also built with all federal, state and local government requirements in mind.
Enterprise Level Security
We live in an era where the average cost associated with a data breach is increasing all the time – according to the Ponemon Institute, the average cost of a single incident rose to $3.5 million dollars during 2015 alone. How many of our law enforcement partners could really withstand that type of financial burden? We understand that for many, this would be a devastating blow that would do little more than get in the way of the hugely important roles that they play in society on a daily basis.
This is another one of the many reasons why SmartForce is built in the Microsoft cloud – for over 25 years, Microsoft has been committed to security, privacy and compliance processes, generating a nearly unheard of experience in terms of both expertise and commitment in terms of delivering the most secure cloud platform possible.
The Comprehensive Solution You’ve Been Waiting For
In terms of hyper-scale cloud computing, law enforcement agencies need to work with a provider that has them covered from every conceivable angle, allowing them to build a true infrastructure that will usher in bold new eras of productivity that will benefit us all. SmartForce and the Microsoft cloud provide law enforcement agencies with all of the cutting-edge capabilities that agency professionals need, from infrastructure as a service to productivity tools like Microsoft Office 365 and more.
This doesn’t just let law enforcement agencies work harder – it lets them work smarter. It creates a situation where law enforcement agencies are no longer required to piece together data from different solutions spread across multiple vendors. They have ONE point of access to distil the capabilities that are already there into one all-powerful force that can act as the trusted partner they need when they need it the most.
The SmartForce Touch
As an agency management system, SmartForce runs on the Microsoft cloud – putting it in the best possible position to allow law enforcement agencies around the country to leverage the power of modern technology and big data to their advantage. It doesn’t matter WHERE your data is coming from – be it standard information-sharing techniques to footage from body camera systems and beyond. All of that mission-critical information is distilled down into one easy-to-manage source, putting the power of data into the hands of the people who work so hard to protect us and our communities.
Never before has it been easier to get the RIGHT data into the hands of the RIGHT people at the RIGHT time, allowing them to glean valuable insight and make the most informed decisions possible moving forward.
Parties interested in the SmartForce™ Agency Management System and how it improves intelligence and community collaboration, click here. After watching the demo video, you are invited to request a free trial of the agency management system to try for yourselves.
