Where is your CJIS data?

Where is your CJIS data?  

Every agency is different.  Your agency may store CJIS data in places where other agencies don't. But it isn't just where you store CJIS data.  It's actually where you store, process and transmit CJIS data. Those three words (Store, Process, Transmit), come up quite often when we talk about where your CJIS data is.  The CJIS Security Policy, (CJISSECPOL) is all about protecting the data, but not just how and where you store it, but also how and where you process it and how and where you transmit it.

The most common places where we find CJIS data are:

• NCIC
• State HOT Files
• III
• State Criminal History Repositories
• CAD/RMS Systems
• Email systems
• IAFIS
• NICS
• Sex Offender Registries
• N-DEx
• Fusion Centers
• Multi-Jurisdictional Intelligence Networks

Although these are the most common places, it is not an all inclusive list.  Inadvertently, CJIS data finds its way into plenty of other places that you wouldn't expect to find it. 

We've been helping agencies understand the CJISSECPOL and manage their compliance issues for 14 years and we can help your agency too.  Protect your CJIS operational data by calling the C.O.P.S. and become part of the growing family of law enforcement agencies that place their trust in us.