In the months since Rafael PowerSpy rocked the ISS world with news of a revolutionary approach to mobile location, this remarkable advance has all but disappeared from view. The initial report emerged in the most innocuous way, via an obscure academic paper published by Stanford University Computer Science Department in coordination with financial backer Rafael Advanced Defense … [Read more...]
How the New ELTA Drone Guard Defeats ISIS Flying Bombs
C5IS reviews a new advance on the ELTA Drone Guard that not only jams but takes control of enemy drones. With the sudden uptick in use of drones by ISIS, U.S. military officials recently took immediate action to find a remedy: a contract with the North American division of ELTA Systems, among the biggest and best-known military equipment and ISS solutions providers based in … [Read more...]
NORSI-TRANS Vitok-3X or Big Data Analytics in a Box
As ISS World Middle East winds down in Dubai, participants will have the opportunity to hear from Russia's lauded surveillance vendor NORSI-TRANS on the company's Big Data Analytics solution - the NORSI-TRANS Vitok-3X. With the exception of the Dubai show, NORSI-TRANS spokespersons rarely venture in public outside the home country or CIS nations. Whether this novelty will wear … [Read more...]
From China and Russia – Knowlesys OSINT, NORSI-TRANS Analytics
Next week as ISS World Middle East 2017 opens in Dubai, we examine OSINT Intelligence and Big Data analytics solutions by two prominent players in the fields - China's Knowlesys and Russia's NORSI-TRANS. Both companies are presenting at the ISS World event. Founded in 2004, China's Knowlesys is a giant presence in data mining, Big Data analytics, and OSINT monitoring and … [Read more...]
Attack on France’s 2015 Intelligence Act Hits Mobile Monitoring
A court decision banning mobile monitoring undermines France's 2015 Intelligence Act - but the legal fight isn't over yet. European public furor over the UK's Investigatory Powers Act - approved by Parliament in November 2016 and blessed by the Queen shortly after - overshadowed controversy on surveillance law in a nearby country arguably the most severely impacted by recent … [Read more...]