Welcome to our choices for Top Surveillance Companies of 2016, the latest iteration of an annual and popular exercise conducted for members of C5IS. This year’s list includes well-known brands as well some that are less familiar. All earned gold cups in 2016. Our recommendation: Get to know them in 2017. As a natural offshoot of market competition, the majority of ISS … [Read more...]
Forecast: Trump Impact on Surveillance = Zero
Our take: Unless by surprise Executive Order, any Trump impact on surveillance by US law enforcement and intelligence will be nil. In the wake of the highly contentious U.S. Presidential election, it is worth noting that surveillance for national security -- an issue so contentious just three years ago that it commanded public attention for months and led to Congressional … [Read more...]
Shoghi Communications: A Tale of Scandal and GSM/LTE Interception and Location
India-based Shoghi Communications, established in 1998, is a provider of active, passive and semi-active mobile interception/location, plus SATCOM, RF monitoring/jamming and encrypted security solutions for military, government and law enforcement clientele. With such an impressive array of products, it is a pity that the company carries the hint of corruption from a long ago … [Read more...]
Network Functions Virtualization for ISS – Still Up in the Clouds
Of the many “disruptive” technologies to emerge in recent years, few have aroused greater fanfare -- or confusion and even anxiety in certain quarters -- than Network Functions Virtualization (NFV), the proposed migration of network tasks from proprietary hardware to more economical “virtual” systems comprised of software and white boxes. Stripping away the tech jargon that … [Read more...]
Machine Learning, Predictive Analytics – What’s Best for ISS?
Writing in The European Business Review, Big Data pundit Eric Siegal opines that predictive analytics is the backbone of the NSA's intelligence apparatus. Taking the podium at ISS World Americas today, Israel's Fifth Dimension takes a stand on deep learning, a branch of machine learning and AI, being the future of intelligence support systems that not only identify … [Read more...]