December 2019CIOAPPLICATIONS.COM8IN MY ViewWhat are some of the widely prevalent challenges you notice in the Legal Tech landscape? One of the major challenges is validating information (the authenticity of the data) and finding out who did what and when. Because until now we were not collaborating appropriately, as it's a long manual process to figure out if a person committed a crime in my county or has any criminal background in other counties or other states. Thus manual discovery is slow and mostly impossible based on the information that we get or we find on the defendant. Navigating the policies in place is challenging and we have to make sure that we abide by them at all times. So how do we deal with this situation? How do we build that kind of collaboration without violating any of those policies? If we get hacked or design a certain approach that is not safe, then the nightmare that follows is terrible. The safety of the personal information of the public and the citizen is of the utmost importance to us, which brings us into the need for digital transformation.Then the question becomes,"how do you adopt digital transformation and collaboration while simultaneously ensuring the safety of the citizens' information for both victims and defendants?"There are many advanced technical products, and we would be keen to adopt them, but at the same time we have to be careful with the data. So these are the pain points that we are facing to help us achieve the transformation necessary without endangering our citizens' information. Could you shed some light on the approach that you follow while choosing the right solution provider?Collaboration is the most important trend between the law enforcement industries and all legal agencies that deal with any type of crime. It is the way to choose the right solution provider. We meet with Law enforcement agencies on regular basis, if it's within the region or within the state or the nation and we try to figure out how we can collaborate. I communicate with a lot of people throughout the state and nation and if I see a method that's proven good in any county or state, I will ask their permission to use the technology or for the code to see if we can use it. When our employees go out for conferences, they come back with solutions that other counties have implemented, and so we work with them to find the best way to apply it in our county. We will then look at the workflow and the idea behind it and will work with them to adapt it to our needs. In each case, we will notify them if we modify it and will pass it on to them and thank them for their idea. We try to stay with providers who comply with the DOJ and have compliance agreements to prove it. USAMA GEORGES, CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER, SAN DIEGO COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICECOLLABORATION IS KEY IN THE Future of the Legal ArenaUsama Georges
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