Data Integration and Analytics within the National Bio-Surveillance Integration System

This presentation introduces the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) National Bio-Surveillance Integration System (NBIS) and the analytics functionality within the NBIS that integrates and analyzes structured and unstructured data streams across domains to provide inter-agency analysts with an integrated view of threat scenarios. The integration of Human and Animal incidences of Avian Influenza will be used to demonstrate initial capability.