The European Union has introduced the 15th sanctions package, in its continued effort to address sanctions circumvention and undermine Russia’s military and industrial capabilities. It targets 52 additional ships involved in high-risk activities, including transporting oil, arms, and stolen Ukrainian grain. Escalating Measures Against Russia’s Shadow Fleet The EU’s focus in this sanctions package is...
Windward customers keep winning! A Spanish operation in the Atlantic led to the seizure of 4 tons of cocaine, according to a LinkedIn post from the Maritime Analysis and Operations Centre – Narcotics (MAOC-N). Shared Intel & Operational Plan Lead to Huge Drug Bust The MAOC-N is an initiative by nine EU Member Countries (France,...
Windward Advanced Intelligence is an AI-powered, automatic target generation and investigation solution designed to transform unknowns into actionable insights. Leveraging Early Detection technology, it flags critical behavioral anomalies and emerging trends, enabling the identification of hidden threats in key areas. With an AI-driven system that connects the dots and provides powerful investigative tools, users can drastically reduce the time required to achieve insights, all within a unified, common operating picture.
The Biggest Security Challenge? Uncovering Unknown Unknowns
Before 2022, many nations focused on preventing terrorism, especially by securing borders. But today’s heightened tensions and the “great power competition” require a constant state of readiness for geopolitical disruptions anywhere, with major security impacts. Law enforcement and intelligence agencies now seek a broader view to anticipate emerging threats.
Maritime threats are increasingly concerning for the intelligence and security sectors, with rising attacks on commercial vessels, illegal fishing in exclusive economic zones (EEZs), drug trafficking, and piracy. These organizations conduct complex investigations tailored to their specific goals and need advanced tools for analysis and early anomaly detection. Whether scanning vast oceans or targeting specific regions, they face challenges like intelligence blind spots, vast data volumes, and limited maritime expertise.
The biggest challenge is uncovering unknown unknowns: new threats that, by nature, lack historical context. This requires AI systems capable of ongoing monitoring to detect hidden patterns and vessel anomalies, identifying threats without relying on pre-existing data. By analyzing behaviors, patterns, and anomalies, AI models provide early warnings to decision-makers about potential or unexpected threats. The goal is to go beyond observation, using AI to predict, investigate, and enable informed decision-making.
How Windward’s Advanced Intelligence Works
Windward’s Advanced Intelligence offers law enforcement and intelligence agencies a comprehensive solution with early detection, automatic target generation, and streamlined investigation workflows. This technology enables agencies to uncover previously unknown threats, detect shifts before they’re visible, and respond to global events before they impact maritime safety and security.
1. Early Detection
Windward’s Early Detection solution passively monitors commercial vessel activity, identifying both global and local anomalies and trend shifts in real-time. This solution incorporates external data feeds, offering immediate insights for effective response.
Backed by over a decade of proprietary data from the Maritime AI™ platform, it forecasts expected behaviors and flags irregularities, providing clean, accurate, and globally comprehensive data. Powered by MAI Expert™, a Gen AI virtual analyst (see #4 below), early detection delivers data-driven insights and recommended actions, enabling foresight into unanticipated risks.
2. Automatic Target Generation
The near real-time insights on anomalies and trend shifts from the Early Detection technology may indicate geopolitical events, or military/paramilitary operations that can affect national security and global trade. Whether your area of interest is contained to a specific region or spans the globe, the model instantly generates targets indicative of sudden or gradual process changes.
Windward Advanced Intelligence is the only solution that generates new targets based on Organized Defined Risk (ODR), Gen AI, Windward’s predictive risk models, and Early Detection technology.
3. End-to-End Investigations
Early detection insights are available in a customizable workspace, where users can manage leads, conduct investigations, and take action. This workspace includes data analytics tools with guidance from MAI Expert™, supporting a seamless investigation workflow. Here’s how it works:
Discover the unknown unknowns by receiving AI-based anomalies and targets
Research the vessels to identify new risk profiles and suspicious patterns
Locate more risky vessels by searching for the same patterns
Monitor the new profiles and vessels, get vessel insights and risk assessments from MAI Expert™, and share your findings
4. MAI Expert™ – GEN AI Expert Analysis, Built-In
MAI Expert™ is a virtual analyst and expert, providing real-time insights and guiding investigations with actionable suggestions from automatic vessel screenings to report generation. MAI Expert™ empowers both maritime and non-maritime professionals with easy-to-understand explanations and recommendations, enabling faster, more confident decisions.
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