Integrated Common Analytical Viewer (iCAV)

iCAV is a secure, Web-based, geospatial visualization tool that integrates commercial and government-owned data and imagery from multiple sources.

Using iCAV, homeland security partners can establish a comprehensive situational and strategic awareness across the nation and around the globe to better prepare, prevent, respond and recover from natural and man-made disasters.

 

Capabilities

iCAV allows users to see critical infrastructure information in a dynamic map form and provides access to numerous data sources in one central location. Through iCAV, the Department connects previously stove-piped information sources providing consistent, mission-specific common operating pictures (COPs) across organizational boundaries, thereby fostering information sharing.

Benefits

iCAV provides a single access point to multiple data sources, which saves time and provides greater situational awareness essential for planning, responding and recovering from disasters, such as hurricanes or real-time events. Geospatial information links systems and homeland security-specific missions, and iCAV delivers a geospatial context to engage partners. Additionally, iCAV is provided at no cost to state and locals users.

iCAV can be accessed from any Web-enabled system, so it can be used in an office via a desktop computer or in a mobile-command unit on a laptop or hand-held device.

Access

iCAV access is granted to authorized state and local emergency responders, emergency managers, homeland security officials and other personnel with official infrastructure protection responsibilities, through the Homeland Security Information Network (HSIN). HSIN credentials are used as the username and password to log into iCAV.

iCAV is also integrated into the Automated Critical Asset Management System (ACAMS), which is a tool designed specifically for the emergency responder community.