The following data on Multi-Play Surveillance Vendors is excerpted from our forthcoming book, "Surveillance Industry Buyer's Guide." Which company offers the most versatile array of surveillance technologies -- France's AQSAQAM, Germany's ATIS Uher, India's ClearTrail, China's Sinovatio? What about Pen-Link, Savvius and Verint of the U.S? Is there an advantage in choosing … [Read more...]
FBI Blows Its Cover on “Going Dark”
We’ve all heard about law enforcement “going dark” in the face of encryption and other technologies that render suspects’ communications services and devices impenetrable to evidence collection and surveillance. The current standard bearer is FBI Director James Comey. His plea: that tech companies should cooperate in providing “back doors” into their products to facilitate … [Read more...]
Introducing “Surveillance Industry Buyer’s Guide”
C5IS is at work on a unique product: the first-ever Surveillance Industry Buyer's Guide. The new book will be "one of a kind" -- a ground-breaking compendium and review of the world's leading surveillance companies by category type. The Guide will be available to C5IS members only. In the coming weeks we will share key data from the book here as a preview of the final … [Read more...]
Lawful Intercept Solutions: What’s Best – “Active” or “Passive”?
If you are a communications service provider (CSP) or law enforcement agency (LEA) in the hunt for lawful intercept solutions, you are dealing with one of the most complex technologies decisions you will ever make. The global marketplace spans hundreds of vendors. Products can vary by feature, functionality, performance and price. Some, like cloud-based LI systems, are … [Read more...]
Perfectly Legal: What China’s ZTE Really Sold to Iran
Rumors continue to crop up about ZTE's alleged sale of U.S. surveillance products to Iran, a deal involving some of the biggest names in American technology -- Microsoft, Cisco, Juniper Networks, Oracle, Symantec and Hewlett Packard. The controversial sale hails all the way back to 2011 but was only disclosed this year when Reuters leaked word of an investigation by the FBI and … [Read more...]