NPF-NIIS Front Page Architecture

USER ACCESS LAYER

Police Officers(All Ranks) Command & Control(HQ, Zonal, State) Investigation Units(CID, PSFU, Cybercrime) Partner Agencies(Authorised Access)

CLIENT DEVICES

Intelligence for a Safer Nigeria

Desktop(Web Browser)

NPF-NIIS

Laptop(Web Browser)

Safer Nigeria

Mobile/Tablet(Responsive Web)

FRONTEND (USER INTERFACE)

NPF-NIIS Home Features Modules About Contact Login

Intelligence for a Safer Nigeria

Integrated data · Real-time intelligence · Faster investigations

Mobile & IMEI IP Address Email & Bank Social Media Crypto Tracing Passport & Travel

API GATEWAY & BACKEND SERVICES

API Gateway

Request routing
Authentication
Rate limiting
Security monitoring

Application Services

Investigation Modules
Case Management
Data Processing
Workflow & Approvals

Integration Layer

External API Connectors
Data Transformation
Response Handling
Error Logging

EXTERNAL INTEGRATIONS (APIs)

Telecom OperatorsMTN, Airtel, Glo, 9mobile (Authorised Integration) NIBSS & BanksBVN, Account Verification (Authorised Integration) NIMCNIN Verification (Authorised Integration) NISPassport & Travel Records (Authorised Integration) Commercial IntelligenceIP, Domain, Crypto, OSINT (Licensed Providers) Other Government AgenciesInter-Agency Data Exchange (Authorised Integration)

KEY APPLICATION MODULES (FRONT PAGE ACCESS)

Unified Search Search across multiple data sources Mobile & IMEI Device information and tracking IP Address Network and location intelligence Email Intelligence Account and domain investigation Social Media Profile and activity analysis BVN & Bank Account verification and fraud tracing Cryptocurrency Transaction analysis and tracing Passport & Travel Identity and movement records Case Management Investigations and evidence Reports & Analytics Intelligence reports and insights

DATA LAYER

Primary Database PostgreSQL

Users, cases, records
Investigation data
Audit logs

Geospatial Database PostGIS

Location data
Mapping and tracking
Geospatial analysis

Search Engine OpenSearch (Optional)

Indexed records
Full-text search
Fast retrieval

Evidence Storage Encrypted Storage

Files, images, documents
Chain of custody
Tamper-evident hashes

Cache & Queue Redis

Session management
Background jobs
Real-time updates

Backup & Archive Secure Backup

Automated backups
Disaster recovery
Long-term archive

SECURITY & ACCESS CONTROL

Authentication

Multi-factor authentication
Session management
Password policies

Role-Based Access

Rank and unit permissions
Case-level access
Least privilege

Audit & Monitoring

Activity logging
Access tracking
Security alerts

Data Protection

Encryption (at rest & in transit)
Data masking
Compliance with NDPA 2023

Approval Workflow

Legal/manual authorisation
Restricted data access
Request tracking

INFRASTRUCTURE LAYER

Cloud / Data Centre

Secure government cloud
High availability
Disaster recovery

Load Balancer

Traffic distribution
Auto-scaling
Failover support

Web Servers

Frontend application
SSL/TLS encryption
DDoS protection

Application Servers

Backend services
API processing
Background workers

Monitoring & Logging

System monitoring
Performance metrics
Error tracking

Firewall & Network Security

Network protection
Intrusion detection
Access control

INTERNAL NETWORK & COMMAND CENTRES

National Command Centre (Abuja)

Zonal Commands

State Commands

Specialised Units

Partner Agencies

External services shown here are architecture labels. They are not connected on this host.