Streamlining Covert Authorities under RIPA, IPA and the Police Act
A set of Covert Authority modules to manage your Source, Surveillance, Prison Authorities, Equipment Interference, Undercover Authorities and Intelligence needs.
Covert is a set of intelligence modules enabling the authorisation, direction, capture and dissemination of intelligence relating to the covert policing world. The modules each connect and interoperate to allow your Covert Authorities bureau to undertake all their essential diligence activities.
Our Covert solution is Investigatory Powers Act (IPA) 2016 compliant, Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) 2000 compliant, Human Rights Act (HRA) 1998 compliant and fully GDPR compliant. We provide a comprehensive set of Record and Process Management (RPM) tools to manage your own oversight of the solution and we work closely with the Investigatory Powers Commissioner’s Office (IPCO) on both the independent authorisation and independent inspection of your activity and data.
With role-based access controls and built upon highly secure technologies we are able to provide our Covert solution as both a cloud hosted platform in AWS and also on-premises where access is perhaps restricted. Our solution is continually monitored and there is real-time threat detection in operation in order to mitigate risks and protect persons.
Our Covert suite provides a fully integrated way in which to ensure end to end oversight of all your covert activities.
Source
- Source management for all source types: CHIS, recruitment, whistleblowers, information in confidence and Crime Stoppers
- Extensive profiling, searching and analysis
- End to end authorisation workflows, including risk assessment and policy log controls
- Full source tasking, with meeting planning, contact sheets and intelligence dissemination
- Secure cloud hosting with RPM and role-based access controls
Surveillance
- Compliance for directed surveillance, property interference, intrusive surveillance and other non-regulated applications
- Integrated with prison surveillance (OPT / PAS) and equipment interference activities
- Compliance with RIPA and RIP(S)A 2000, the Police Act and IPA 2016, R v Johnson and R v Sutherland
- Manage the targets of surveillance and any product acquired
- Secure cloud hosting with RPM and role-based access controls
Technical Surveillance Unit
- Searchable asset database tracking the entire history of every technical asset, including deployments, faults, repairs and servicing
- TSU job application, managing feasibility, authorisation, deployment and withdrawal of equipment
- Capture and record surveillance product from creation to destruction, with full movement tracking and exhibiting
- Secure cloud hosting with RPM and role-based access controls
Undercover
- Secure management of undercover deployed staff and the online deployment of personas
- Track deployment to targets and operational deployment
- Build an undercover legend and manage the authorisation process with risk assessment
- Integrated with source management to manage over-exposure to targets
- Secure cloud hosting with RPM and role-based access controls
Intelligence
- National Intelligence Model (NIM) POLE based intelligence solution
- Workflow to manage intelligence submission, review, tasking and dissemination using 3x5x2
- Fully searchable, with entity visualisation and exploration
- Demonstrates legislative compliance and scrutiny, with RPM controls
- Secure cloud hosting with RPM and role-based access controls
Where it sits
Built on the same platform
Covert runs on the same platform as every other GSA product, with the same security and the same compliance: configurable workflow, document management, audit and access control, time clocks, reporting and integration, built in from day one.
See Covert running on your own casework
Established in 1997, built with serving officers, hosted in the UK and supported from a police assured secure facility in Leicestershire.