Analyst's Notebook


IBM Security i2 Analyst's Notebook is a software product from IBM used for data analysis and investigation. It is a software tool based on ELP methodology, which give the user the ability to have insight in relationship between data entities to discover patterns and insight in data. Analyst's notebook is common used tool by digital analyst's at law enforcement, military and other governmental intelligence bodies, or at fraud departments in financial, regulators etc. It is a part of the Human Terrain System, a United States Army program which embeds social scientists with combat brigades. Several investigations, including an investigation into fraud in the U.S. Army, are reported to have used Analyst's Notebook capabilities. It is also used by the Swedish police to analyse social contacts and social networks.