Overview[]
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection is developing the Analytical Framework for Intelligence (AFI) system to enable intelligence analysts to perform data queries and searches of multiple CBP data sources from a single platform/interface, the results of which are presented in the single platform. In addition, AFI is to provide access and federated search functions to other data sources and systems via interconnections. It is to provide automated tools and capabilities to support different kinds of analysis and visualization by CBP intelligence analysts, including link analysis, anomaly detection, change detection analysis, temporal analysis, pattern analysis, and predictive modeling of the data, and will assist with production management and work flow of intelligence products and reports.