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U.S port authorities have for more than 10 years funded security infrastructure, in large part, via federal port security grants. The collective weight of these enhancements left secu- rity personnel to decipher multiple streams of new informa- tion. But, simply collecting and displaying huge quantities ofdata is no longer enough. Command-and-control centers andwatch-standers need sharply focused, relevant information. They also need a system that will sift through millions of bytes of data to find the one or two bits that allow them to make sense of the larger picture ? and to help anticipate the future. If so-called situational awareness is the key to staying safe, then the security challenges facing America?s port authorities have never been more daunting. Retired U.S. Coast Guard Commandant ADM James Loy, in the unsettled wake of 9/11, coined the phrase ?Maritime Domain Awareness? and then defined what it would take for the U.S. waterfront to achieve that metric by cautioning stakeholders, ?If you?ve seen one port, you?ve seen one port.? If that?s the problem, then CommandBridge ? Mariner Group?s flagship technology ? might be the solution. TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM Specifically designed to cope with security issues presented by constantly advancing technologies that allow traditional functions to be carried out more efficiently, CommandBridge also allows organizations to plan technology investments over time and bring them on line periodically while reaping thebenefits of investments in current infrastructure. Within this platform approach, seamless integration of existing technolo- gy is possible, as well as a baseline to integrate emerging technologies. CommandBridge creates a model of an organization?s information assets, which can then be ordered by contexts of community, role, mission, time, or geographic location. Using a combination of rule-based modeling and Mariner?s proprietary Dynamic Data Linking (DDL) technology, evolv- ing data is instantly placed in context and constantly moni- tored. This process cuts through the clutter by focusing on the relevancy of the data. It allows CommandBridge to reveal behavioral trends, identify potential threats, and perform advanced operations such as information classification, ana- lytics, anomaly detection, alerting, and summarization, all inreal-time. CommandBridge can be adapted to incorporatesecurity data from video surveillance, access control systems, RADAR, and a myriad of other sources. Unique and config- urable to the specific threats of the area and industry it is serv- 34 Maritime Professional 3Q 2011MARITIME SECURITYCommandBridge screen shot. MP #3 (34-49):MP Layouts 8/17/2011 4:17 PM Page 34