Media Classifier for Computer and Digital Storage Evidence
Department of Homeland Security · ICE
Overview
- Development stage
- DeployedSource: c) Deployed – The use case is being actively authorized or utilized to support the functions or mission of an agency.
- High-impact designation
- Not high-impactSource: c) Not high-impact
- Impact justification
- Not reported
- Start date
- 2023-08-29 (day precision)Source: 2023-08-29T00:00:00
- Withheld from public reporting
- Not reported
Mission
- Topic area
- Law Enforcement
- Operational functions
- No function tag matched Derived by keyword rules; see methodology
Problem the AI is intended to solve
The AI is intended to solve the problem of analysts having to manually sort and review large volumes of media files from digital storage devices, which makes it difficult and time‑consuming to organize evidence and identify potentially relevant material.
Expected benefits
By automating the initial classification of large volumes of media evidence, the platform enables Homeland Security Investigations personnel to more efficiently identify and review potentially relevant information, improving the overall effectiveness of digital investigations.
System outputs
The platform incorporates a machine learning model that classifies media evidence from lawfully obtained computer and digital storage devices and suggests category tags based on user-selected categories, such as cars, drugs, or weapons.
Technology
- AI classification
- Computer visionSource: Computer Vision: AI that processes and interprets visual data (e.g., images and videos).
- System name(s)
- Not reported
- Custom-developed code
- No
- Public source code
- Not reported
Sourcing
- How it was built
- Purchased from vendorSource: a) Purchased from a vendor
- Vendor (as reported)
- Cellebrite
- Vendors (standardized)
- Cellebrite
A vendor is the supplier named by the agency. It does not identify the underlying model or AI technology.
Data and privacy
- Involves PII
- Yes
- Privacy Impact Assessment
- Not reported
- Authorization to Operate
- No
- Demographic features
- Not reported
- Training and evaluation data
- The vendor did not provide information on the data sets used to train its models. However, HSI does not provide the vendor with any agency data to train, fine-tune, or evaluate performance of the model(s) used in this use case.
- Federal Data Catalog
- Not reported
Governance
0 of 8 minimum-practice questions answered. A blank answer means the agency reported nothing; it does not mean the practice is absent.
Potential impacts and how they were identified
Not reported