UK Ministry of Defence Implements FileTrail Oracle Solution

Sunday, December 06, 2009

The UK’s Defence Vetting Agency (DVA) migrated yesterday to a FileTrail system for tracking and managing Security files that are built in the process of doing background checks.

The DVA migrated from FileTracker for Windows – a Windows-based application – to FileTrail’s browser-based application. The legacy system required installation at any desktop where staff would want to access the system to search. As a browser-based solution, FileTrail was immediately accessible by all staff, with access and capabilities controlled by the powerful security within the application.

The FileTrail system is tracking and managing 350,000 active folders representing background checks and clearances. The system is licensed for 150 CALs and is running on an Oracle database.

About DVA

The Defence Vetting Agency (DVA), a division of the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) carries out national security checks, through a process called "vetting". It vets people in the Armed Services the MOD civil service, defence contractors, and certain other government departments and organisations. It performs around 140,000 checks and clearances each year.