TrapWire is a unique, predictive software system designed to detect patterns of pre-attack surveillance and logistical planning and introduce the basis for a paradigm shift in the methodologies traditionally applied to securing critical infrastructure, key resources and personnel; a paradigm shift from the currently accepted and widely adopted philosophy of damage mitigation through increased physical security to a new and proactive approach of event prevention through the identification and disruption of pre-attack planning and surveillance activities.

The TrapWire system includes a variety of features and components that are configured and delivered based on the needs of the customer organization and its end users, for example:

• TW-CI (TrapWire Critical Infrastructure) focuses on the identification of pre-operational surveillance activities occurring around specific sites within the TrapWire Network
• TW-CM (TrapWire Community Member) supports the online reporting of suspicious behavior by community members, such as in the iWatch program in Los Angeles - the first deployment of the TW-CM software
• TW-LE (TrapWire Law Enforcement) provides the ability to gather, analyze and disseminate information about surveillance and logistical activities occurring across an entire geographic region

TrapWire was specifically designed to enable security personnel and law enforcement officials to detect patterns of behavior and anomalies indicative of pre-attack surveillance activity and operational planning, and to issue threat warnings in sufficient time to prevent an attack. A unique rules-based engine encapsulates terrorist surveillance methodologies and employs them to analyze suspicious event reports as they are collected over periods of time and across multiple locations. Through the systematic capture of suspicious events and the correlation of those events with activities recorded by public and private facilities and individuals across a network, terrorist or criminal surveillance and pre-attack planning operations can be identified, appropriate law enforcement counter measures employed, and steps taken to apprehend the perpetrators, thereby preventing the attack.