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Tools Used To The Department Of Homeland Security (DHS)

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Data warehouses are databases that stores large amount of data that is obtained from various database sources. Databases stores structured data or records, which are used to perform transactions or queried to create reports. Data warehouses are analytical tools used to help companies with their decision making. Data mining is analytical software that is used to query the data in warehouses to uncover unique relationships between the data (Turban, Volonino, Wood, & Sipior, 2013). Data warehousing and data mining can be value tools to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). First, the tools can be used in the war against terrorists. Data can be analysis to look for patterns of suspicious activity such as credit card purchases of bomb making materials. It can also be used to search for drug …show more content…

For example, it can search of patterns of frequent border crossing. They can also use data mining to locate illegal immigrants. According to Newsweek, the Trump administration plans to hire 10,000 more immigration officers to help locate illegal immigrants (Quigley, 2017). The administration may be able to decrease that number by using data warehousing and data mining technology to help with this effort. It can also be used to track traveling patterns. For instance, they can track the number of individuals coming from different countries into the United States. As a matter of fact, it is assumed that DHS is already using data mining for these purposes. In 2014, the DHS created the TSA/CBP Common Operating Picture (COP) program, which involved the creation of a data warehouse system that imported data from various database systems, such as the Terrorist Screening Database (TSDB). The warehouse is used to help with the

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