Glossary
absolute time
In AXIS Case Insight, absolute time refers to the
actual recording start and end times of the video evidence. For example, 08:35:00 AM -
08:40:00 AM.
access policy
An access policy refers to the permission levels granted to
various integrations, users, groups, and departments on a particular case or file in a
AXIS Case Insight account.
account
An account defines a customer organization's settings for
AXIS Case Insight. There is one account per AXIS Case Insight system.
Account Administrator
The Account Administrator in AXIS Case Insight is a predefined user group with full access to the site,
whose members typically act as site administrators. Only members of the Account
Administrator group have access to the Configurations menu, from which they can create
and manage users, groups, departments, categories, and access policies.
body worn camera
A body worn camera (BWC), also
known as a wearable camera, is a video recording system that is typically used by law
enforcement to record their interactions with the public or gather video evidence at
crime scenes.
Acronym:
BWC
case
A case in AXIS Case Insight is a record of an
incident. You can share cases with internal and external organizations, and add digital
evidence such as videos, images, and documents to cases.
category
Categories in AXIS Case Insight are used to
classify cases. Each category defines an incident type and a retention
policy.
department
A department in AXIS Case Insight is a collection
of users, integrations, and groups. The department's access policies are added to the
policies that its members already have. Users, integrations, and groups can belong to
more than one department.
eDiscovery
In AXIS Case Insight, eDiscovery is the process where
electronic data is sought, secured, located, explored, and retrieved with the intention
of using it as evidence in a civil or criminal case.
eDiscovery receipt
In AXIS Case Insight, an eDiscovery receipt
is an audit-compliant digital proof of receipt report (in PDF format) for evidence being
shared between two parties. For example, between the District Attorney's office and the
Attorney of the defendant. The report includes evidence shared, how it was sent, and a
list of items shared.
file
A file in AXIS Case Insight is a piece of digital
evidence, such as a video, image, document, or other type of file. Files can be grouped
within one or more cases.
AXIS Case Insight
is an evidence management
system that you can use to help accelerate investigations by securely collecting,
managing, and sharing evidence from different sources.
group
A group in AXIS Case Insight is a collection of users
and integrations. The group's access policies are added to the policies that its members
already have. Users and integrations can belong to more than one group.
integration
An integration in AXIS Case Insight is an
external device or application that is authorized to transfer data to the AXIS Case Insight account.
participant
A participant is an individual or business that wishes to
share videos with a AXIS Case Insight account. You can add participants'
cameras to the AXIS Case Insight registry to make them available to system
users.
permission level
Permission levels in AXIS Case Insight are
used to define the level of access granted on a case or a file. The different permission
levels include View only, View and download, Edit, and
Manage, and they can be granted to an integration, user, group, or
department.
redaction
Redaction in AXIS Case Insight is the act of
obscuring faces, audio, or other sensitive information from supported video
files.
relative time
In AXIS Case Insight, relative time refers to the
duration of the video recording with no reference to when the recording started. For
example, a 5 minute recording would be shown as 0:00 - 05:00.
retention policy
A retention policy in AXIS Case Insight
defines how long a case remains in the system after it is closed or how long a file is
retained before it is permanently deleted. A retention policy can prescribe a finite or
indefinite duration.
security policy
A security policy in AXIS Case Insight
defines which users and groups have access to a particular system
feature.
Trimming
Trimming is the act of shortening a recording and isolating
parts that are relevant to your case. When trimming is performed, the original video is
preserved and the trimmed version is saved as a copy.
user
A user identifies a person in a AXIS Case Insight account. You configure what cases and files a user can access
through access policies, and what features they can use through security and video
request policies.