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This group provides technology support and innovative
solutions on a partnership basis to government departments
and industry responsible for security, intelligence, law
enforcement, justice and correctional services. This is
achieved through breadth and depth in understanding of safety
and security technologies and the roles of key stakeholders.
Technology partnership starts with the development of a
technology strategy - the glue that ensures that the right
skills, right equipment and efficient processes, aligned
with departmental objectives, creates enhanced organisational
performance. The technology strategy reviews current technologies
and their effectiveness, develops requirements for future
technologies and a gap analysis from which prioritised technology
projects are defined.
This is followed by research into technology trends and
operational requirements, innovative problem solving and
new knowledge generation. Where appropriate, new solutions
are developed and tested through a systems engineering process.
As a non-commercial partner, this research group then assists
with acquisition and tender processes.
Through close interaction with departmental operations,
the research group provides support to improve operations,
develop skills and transfer technology.
A specialised capability in cyber security and forensics
supports law enforcement with an understanding of cyber
security requirements, the training of “cyber first
responders” that gather digital evidence at crime
scenes, the analysis of evidence and research into new cyber
crime threats and challenges.
Capabilities
- Technology management/strategy
- Cyber forensics
- Cyber security
- Data mining / knowledge discovery
- Information fusion
- Systems engineering
- Intelligent surveillance and sensors
Current R&D focus
- Establishing a national border coordinating centre
as well as research into communications, surveillance
and sensors in the border environment
- Digital evidence mining – to make sense out of
huge volumes of digital data
- Cyber forensics techniques and tools, including mobile
digital devices
- Tracking, surveillance and security technologies for
Correctional Services
- Electronic vehicle identification technologies and
systems
- Intelligent surveillance and sensor systems
Partners
- University of Pretoria, North West University and Universityof
Johannesburg
- Business Against Crime, Consumer Goods Council of South
Africa and South African Banking Risk Information Centre
- Government departments primarily in the Department
of Justice, Crime Prevention and Security Cluster, including
border control and e-commerce
- The Department of Science and Technology including
the European South African/SA Science and Technology Advancement
Programme.
Organisational contact details
Dr Barend Taute
CSIR Defence, Peace, Safety and Security
Tel: +27 12841 4063
Email: btaute@csir.co.za
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