As a journal focused on analysis, C5IS typically relegates news coverage to media outlets, but this week we'll make an exception for stories everybody else missed: new moves in France promoting surveillance law overhaul; zero day king VUPEN's apparent no-show at the annual InfoSec Pwn2Own competition; the demise of the EFF's "Jewel vs. NSA" lawsuit; and on a lighter note, a … [Read more...]
“All Greek to Them” – The Debate over Lawful Intercept Security
Greece’s recent subpoena of a former U.S. Embassy official with suspected ties to the CIA has revived a long-running debate over lawful intercept security. Do surveillance systems pose security risks via backdoors that can be opened by law enforcement, intelligence agencies -- or anyone? The answer: Given all the other ways to intercept mobile, why bother? Surveillance … [Read more...]
Utimaco LIMS: Porsche of Lawful Intercept (at Audi Prices)
When Time scribbles the history of 2011’s Arab Spring it will be a shocker: how fanatics traded stability for bloody chaos, unleashed the demons of Islamic fascism (arguably to the point of making those they “liberated” sentimental for dictatorial rule) -- and gave respected lawful intercept companies such as Utimaco an undeserved black eye or doing the honest job of protecting … [Read more...]
Revival Time: New Era of Global Intelligence Cooperation
Word that cooperation between intelligence agencies in the U.S. and Europe has reached new heights, and that the U.K. has threatened to suspend intel cooperation with Germany if the latter proceeds with its investigation into American and British intel activities leaves no doubt: the “Edward Snowden effect” is over, replaced by a new era of global intelligence … [Read more...]
Lost in Translation: Indian Surveillance Market Research By Way of Dublin
It's not every day that original market research on the surveillance biz hits our inbox. Most industry analyst groups greet the topic with the same enthusiasm given the plague or economic collapse. So on the rare occasion new market research on the commercial surveillance sector surfaces, we hit the brakes to see what's up. And here it is: Global Electronic Surveillance … [Read more...]