Sovereign investigation technology

The force-owned operating system for modern investigations.

Trace Vantage brings intelligence collection, data interrogation, analysis, secure collaboration, evidence handling and disclosure into one governed platform installed within the force environment.

The force controls its data, chooses where AI runs, and can build new operational capability on a platform it owns for life.

Installed within your environment

Operational data remains under force authority.

Perpetual ownership

Purchase once and retain the platform for life.

Governed AI

Local or approved-cloud models, human-authorised, fully audited.

Built to evolve

Force-specific workflows on the governed foundation.

The strategic difference

Most investigation software is rented, generic and closed. Trace Vantage is none of those.

Conventional case-management and intelligence products are licensed by the seat, hosted on someone else's cloud, and closed to anything the vendor hasn't built. That model works against forces that need to control their own data, adapt quickly and plan capability over decades, not subscription cycles.

Consideration
Typical vendor SaaS
Trace Vantage
Where data lives
Vendor-hosted, multi-tenant cloud
Installed inside the force environment
Commercial model
Per-seat subscription, indefinite rent
Perpetual licence — owned for life
AI use
Fixed to the vendor's cloud AI, opaque
Local, approved-cloud or no-AI — human-authorised
Extending the platform
Locked to the vendor's roadmap
Vantage Builder — the force builds on a governed foundation
One investigation lifecycle

Connected from collection to courtroom.

Trace Vantage links the full investigative chain within one governed environment. Provenance, authority and audit travel forward at every stage, rather than being reconstructed later.

01

Collect

OSINT, provider returns, forensic extracts, structured data.

02

Interrogate

Parse into one timeline; question it in plain language.

03

Analyse

Entity, link, financial, comms and geospatial intelligence.

04

Collaborate

Secure case rooms, handling controls, evidence promotion.

05

Evidence

Hashing, provenance, exhibits, chain of custody.

06

Disclose

Schedules, court bundles, tamper-evident audit.

Every stage carries forward who acted, on what authority, and which material supports it — the record a disclosure officer needs is a by-product of the workflow, not a separate reconstruction exercise.

Product proof

Three views into the same governed record.

Command sees exposure across live operations. An analyst sees the network exactly as it stands. Disclosure sees exhibits with provenance intact. Same case, same audit trail, no shadow copies.

COMMAND · OVERVIEW
Active Investigations
SYNTHETIC DATA
14LIVE CASES
3OVERDUE
7PENDING
0BLOCKED
Op Cordage — network disruptionSIO REVIEW
Op Tradewind — firearms importation
Op Nightjar — gang networkUpdated 12m ago

Multi-entity investigation and command. Case intake, tasking and the war room in one attributed record. Investigations ›

ANALYSIS · NETWORK MAP
OCG Structure — Op Cordage
SYNTHETIC DATA
N11 N04 N07
42ENTITIES
118LINKS
6CLUSTERS
HIGHCONF.
Nominal 07 → Vehicle 2261Candidate — review

Network, OCG and data analysis. Entity resolution and link analysis with every edge traceable to source. Intelligence & Analysis ›

EVIDENCE · DISCLOSURE
Disclosure Schedule — Op Tradewind
SYNTHETIC DATA
236EXHIBITS
236HASHED
12SUB-THR.
0OPEN
MG6C — schedule of unused materialREADY
Exhibit 118 — chain of custodyVERIFIED
AI-use declarations (4)Attached to bundle

Evidence, disclosure and case delivery. Hashing, provenance and disclosure schedules from one governed record. Evidence & Disclosure ›

Interface renderings are illustrative — built from Trace Vantage's real information architecture, with synthetic case data.

Sovereign architecture

Installed where you decide. Controlled by you.

The force environment is the boundary. Trace Intel operates outside it, with no routine path into operational data.

Sovereign deployment architecture Force users authenticate through the force identity provider into the Trace Vantage application layer, which sits inside a dashed force security boundary alongside local data and evidence stores, connected force systems, and a local AI runtime. A human-gated route allows requests to leave the boundary only to approved cloud AI or controlled external intelligence sources, under explicit authorisation. Trace Intel sits outside the boundary with no routine access to operational data. FORCE USERS FORCE IDENTITY PROVIDER SSO · MFA · role-based access FORCE SECURITY BOUNDARY No routine vendor access to operational data inside this line TRACE VANTAGE APPLICATION LAYER case · evidence · disclosure · audit LOCAL DATA & EVIDENCE STORES CONNECTED FORCE SYSTEMS LOCAL AI RUNTIME AUDIT & SECURITY LOG — hash-chained, tamper-evident TRACE INTEL (VENDOR) deployment support only HUMAN-GATED CLOUD AI ROUTE authorisation required before egress APPROVED CLOUD AI policy-controlled · logged CONTROLLED EXTERNAL SOURCES approved connectors · lawful basis required

No routine vendor access

Trace Intel does not see, access, extract or monetise operational data, and supports the platform without routine access to case material.

Force-controlled keys & storage

Encryption keys, storage, retention and access policies remain under force identity.

Deployment options

On-premises, private force cloud, or air-gapped where required.

AI at the boundary

Local AI by default; approved-cloud AI only through a human-authorised, policy-controlled route.

Data sovereignty & deployment ›

Vantage Builder

Build new capability without creating new governance risk.

AI and low-code tools let forces create applications faster than traditional procurement cycles. Vantage Builder gives those applications a controlled foundation, so extending the platform never means starting a new, unaccountable data island.

01

Force need

A team identifies a gap current tools don't cover.

02

Builder workspace

Design the workflow or app on governed data and components.

03

Test

Validate against realistic cases before anyone relies on it.

04

Approve

A named authority signs off before release.

05

Deploy

Released into live use inside the force environment.

06

Inherit controls

Identity, audit, evidence and policy apply automatically.

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Built for scrutiny

Fragmented systems make completeness hard to demonstrate. Trace Vantage is built to answer the question directly.

Every action carries authority, provenance and a human decision forward into one immutable record, so the questions that follow an investigation, operational and legal, have an answer already attached.

01

Authority

Who authorised the action, and under what basis.

02

Action

What was done, recorded at the moment it happened.

03

AI declaration

If AI was used: which model, on what data.

04

Human decision

What a person confirmed, amended or rejected.

05

Audit entry

Hash-chained, tamper-evident, immutable.

06

Disclosure status

Where the material sits in the disclosure record.

Security & assurance ›

Trace Mesh

Cross-agency intelligence, without centralising raw data.

Trace Mesh lets participating agencies identify relevant overlaps while each retains its source data within its own sovereign environment. Human approval governs every disclosure.

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Sovereign by design

Query the network, not the raw data.

Match against partner holdings without exposing your case; escalate only what a reviewer approves. There is no central pool of raw operational data.

Ownership & assurance

Own the platform. Maintain the advantage.

Trace Vantage is supplied under a perpetual licence and installed within the force environment. The purchased platform remains operational without a mandatory annual subscription.

Perpetual licence

The selected deployed version is licensed for life. No mandatory per-seat rent, and the platform keeps running if optional assurance lapses.

Implementation

A one-time project: installation, configuration, integration and initial enablement for your force.

Optional assurance

Security updates, maintained connectors, jurisdiction updates, AI-governance updates, support and access to new releases.

Pricing and edition scope depend on force size, deployment model and selected capabilities.

View editions & commercial model ›

Next step

Bring your investigation environment under force control.

See Trace Vantage against your own operating context, deployment, sovereignty, governance and the investigation lifecycle.