Definition
Those roles which, being neither those of Hero nor Heroine, Confidante nor Villain, but which were nonetheless essential to bring about the Recognition or the denouement, were called the Fifth Business in drama and opera companies organized according to the old style; the player who acted these parts was often referred to as Fifth Business.
—Tho. Overskou, Den Daaske Skueplads
Source: Fifth Business by Robertson Davies
Key Features
Case Management
Register cases, record their information, associate them to DNA profiles and track their status and matching results through your personalized dashboard.
Profile Banking
Import DNA profiles in many analysis formats or chemistries to manage unlimited unknown reference profiles based on your role and access level.
Kinship Matching
Kinship analysis of all types, with likelihood ratio calculations, and configurable matching rules. Advanced search options and one-off keyboard search without profile upload.
Reports & Notifications
Real-time automatic notifications of hits and match results and reports on matching DNA profiles and statistical estimates of possible relationships.
Overview
Easy to Use
- Minimal responsive design and intuitive interface
- Automated workflows and real-time notifications
- Role-based access control and personalized dashboards
Lab Agnostic
- Any authorized lab can upload profiles or manage the database on behalf of the licence owner
- The licence owner controls access assignments and permissions
Data Privacy
- Data compliance in accordance with privacy laws and regulations
- The database holds DNA profiles “in trust”
- Reference profiles visible only to the authorized lab staff and removable in case consent withdrawal
Security Architecture
- Certified high-security cloud facilities
- Data encryption policies
- Access Control allows granular privilege levels to be specified on groups of data and application resources
- Availability & Auditability
Modular & Scalable
- Supports various DNA analysis systems and chemistries
- Ensures high performance with big data
- Enables various areas of application
- Allows analysis parameters customization
About Us
The Fifth Business was envisioned by forensic scientists and powered by information technologists.
The Fifth Business is an advanced technology platform that enables intelligent DNA databases for governments, law enforcement agencies, labs, military and other organizations.
The cloud-based platform uses cutting-edge technologies, a high-performance matching engine, a modular architecture that can support various DNA analysis systems (i.e., autosomal STR, YSTR, mtDNA, SNP, etc.) and different deployment scenarios.
The Fifth Business platform assures fast, flexible, scalable and secure DNA databasing and matching, applicable to criminal investigation, missing persons searches, and human remains identification (i.e., mass disaster victims), family reunification as well as laboratory contamination detection.
Valerie Blackmore, Forensic Biologist
Peter Christopoulos, Technology Lead