NIDMS is a next-generation security shield against terrorism

Subhashis Mittra

Billed as the next-generation security shield against terrorism, the National IED Data Management System (NIDMS) of the National Security Guard (NSG) is expected to be extremely important in the coming days for the investigation of all types of terrorist incidents occurring in the country and for the analysis of their various aspects.

Inaugurating the system, Union home minister Amit Shah said the ministry of home affairs (MHA) has generated various types of data in the past years, but until now they were in silos—separate from each other. “In the last six years, significant work has been done to generate various types of data and collect it in a systematic manner. Now, we are making efforts to connect all these data sources with one another and to develop advanced Artificial Intelligence-based software for their analysis,” he said, noting that the launch of NIDMS will accelerate this process and prove to be an important milestone in the direction of making the country safe from terrorism.

The NIDMS is a two-way comprehensive, integrated and online data platform to be available to National Investigation Agency (NIA), Anti-Terrorism Squads (ATS) across the country, state police for