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?Let people see only the things that they are tasked with handling, not the clutter of unnecessary infor- mation.? Steve Dryden, CEO, Mariner Group www.maritimeprofessional.com Maritime Professional 35 CommandBridge ing, the WEB based technology (browsers) can be discon- nected (from the outside) and run inside the port itself.Conversely, and according to specific needs, it can be put out on the Internet for larger consumption in a secure, encrypted fashion. Ports can thereby share information in a given situ- ation. Mariner Group CEO Steve Dryden points to a marine terminal might have two or three events occurring simultane- ously. He adds, ?They decide that ?this is bigger than us? and then disseminate it to a wider (federal / state) audience foranalysis and help.? Providing maximum awareness between separate parties, the Mariner Group approach allows for exposing data ? with security ? to be used in outside systems, as needed.ELIMINATING DATA CLUTTER The CommandBridge ?rules-based? situation managementworks by cutting through the clutter to get to the importantdata, or what Dryden characterizes as ?actionable informa-tion,? without losing sight of the big picture. Everyone does- n?t need the same view to achieve good situational aware- ness. Mariner?s CEO insists, ?Let people see only the things that they are tasked with handling, not the clutter of unnec- essary information.? Using a Rich Internet Application (RIA) approach, the CommandBridge User Interface (UI) employs rich media and highly visual interface metaphors. The result focuses users on situation anomalies ? providing what is important, to the right person, at the right time. Information received and not acted upon is useless. Dryden gives the example of a certain port where the customer want- ed Mariner to integrate a chemical sensor so it could be dis- played in the Command Center. He explains, ?We said, ?That?s great and we can do it. But, what do you do with that when it comes up positive?? They had no answer. There was no pre-defined action. So, if you have information coming up and no one does anything with it, then it is just ?background? noise or a ?so what?? This, unfortunately, is not an isolated or uncommon situation at a lot of places.? Decluttering the information flow enhances maritime domain awareness. By showing anomalous events and boats via rule-based organization, an otherwise innocuous event can trigger a response. Hence, in a port where fog has set inand no vessel movements are expected between 1800 hours and midnight, the inbound track of a single vessel would invoke the rules of response. Using business rules and process activity modeling, CommandBridge can assess, define, or even govern behavior. High-performance rules and workflow engines drive process execution and resolu- tion, reducing the time required for data processing and elim-inating redundancies. Mariner Group CEO Steve Dryden puts it succinctly: ?You bought what you bought ? we bring it all together.? He elaborates, ?Fences and cameras ? all of MP #3 (34-49):MP Layouts 8/17/2011 4:18 PM Page 35