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What is Workstation?

Cogynt Analyst Workstation is an investigation and case management system powered by Cogynt's Hierarchical Event Processing (HCEP) abilities. Workstation facilitates reviewing model results, sharing intelligence findings, gaining operational oversight, and providing actionable intelligence.

Workstation's features include:

  • Robust visualization and widget-based tools that let analysts see the entire picture from any angle.
  • Tools for analysts to examine, assess, annotate and enrich insight findings, and request contributors.
  • Integrated case management that improves productivity, oversight, and collaboration workflow.
  • Built-in dashboards and report writing capabilities that make it easy to convey intelligence insights.

Core Functions​

Workstation users typically use the application for the following:

  • Event Exploration – Search, filter, and view incoming or historical events.
  • Case File Management – Group related events and evidence into Collections and build an analytic product collaboratively.
  • Workflow Customization - Customize Workstation to meet your analytic and case file workflow.
  • Link and Map Analysis – Reveal relationships or geospatial patterns.
  • Reporting – Export findings or generate formal reports.

Supported Roles​

Workstation supports multiple permission tiers managed through User Management. For more information about User Management, refer to the User Management User Guide.

The available roles and their permissions are as follows:

  • Super Admin – Full control, configuration, and data administration.
  • Administrator – Configure Workstation settings, templates, and AI features.
  • Data Scientists and Modelers - View and and validate the events produced by the Authoring application.
  • Analysts and Case Managers – Analyze events, build cases, and export reports.

Relationship to Cogynt Authoring​

Data scientists and modelers use Cogynt Authoring to define the data models and analytic rules that determine how data appears and behaves in Workstation. Specifically, Authoring controls:

  • Which event types are produced and visible in Workstation.
  • The schema and fields available on each event.
  • The rules governing when and how event data can be updated based on real-world conditions.
  • Whether specific events are modified or deleted from Workstation entirely.

For more information about Authoring, refer to the Cogynt Authoring User Guide.