A specialist in secure cloud software is joining the fight against serious and organised crime.

Alliantist is the Brighton company behind ‘pam’ – the platform for achieving more – the only cloud-based, pan government-accredited software for restricted information sharing in the UK.

The firm has joined up with Charter Systems, leaders in covert information management, to help police agencies fight crime.

It is hoped the partnership will reduce costs by enabling agencies to work together efficiently and avoid technological barriers.

Alliantist chief executive Mark Darby said: “This alliance naturally builds on the work we are doing with our customers.

“We are really excited to be working with another market leader and collaboratively focused organisation like Charter Systems.

“It is central to our own partnering philosophy and the combined proposition will deliver even more towards lowering that £24 billion cost of organised crime.”

Alliantist says its unique software can help crime agencies overcome barriers in secure collaboration and technology to keep ahead of serious criminals.

Restricted pam software promises to solve issues around failures of information- sharing and has been championed by police forces.

It enables partners to have a shared environment with powerful tools to collaborate and work together at lower cost than before.

It means probation, police, health, local authorities and their partners can carry out multi-agency operations, offender management, victim management, management of domestic violence cases, multi-agency risk assessment, restorative justice and other services, like serious case reviews and multi-agency operations to enforce the law and disrupt crime.

The firm’s founder Mark Darby wrote Alliance Brand, the leading book on partnering.

The book demonstrates how to get a positive reputation and results from alliances and partnerships, while reinforcing the importance for organisations to concentrate internally before considering anything externally.