• They could not keep pace with the high alarm volume created by multiple sensors.
• There was no means to easily recognize known intruders or view historical data of past intrusion attempts.
• Incident reporting required manual entry of intrusion detection data into a standalone database.
• Use of multiple commercial products required additional user training and workstations, and alarm data was not integrated.

Spitfire was developed by working with the operators at several agencies, including the 609th Information Warfare Squadron, the Naval Security Group and the Army Land Information Warfare Activity. By incorporating ideas from the end users, the tool evolved to provide the capabilities needed in day to day, real time operation, as well as providing a robust historical database of intrusion activity that could be queried to detect trends and patterns. Customized data loaders provide real-time alarm notification and loading into the Oracle database. New sensors can be incorporated by modifying the database loader. Operators can independently configure their workstation, and all users can access the entire database of new and stored alarms.