Until splitting into two companies in 2015 – Flowmon Networks and Netcope Technologies – INVEA-TECH was for nearly a decade recognized as a leader in packet flow monitoring and Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) solutions that helped law enforcement and intelligence agencies track targets on high-speed networks. With the rapid growth of each marketplace, whether for … [Read more...]
VSS Monitoring: For Best-in-Class Network Packet Brokers
C5IS reviews VSS Monitoring: pioneer, market leader & arguably the very future of Network Packet Brokers. Network Packet Brokers (NPBs) and TAPs are systems designed to provide visibility into the network. Both have grown in popularity with the rise of software defined networks, virtualized networks, the cloud, and the attendant increase in the volume, bandwidth and … [Read more...]
NetFlow Versus Tor: Surveillance Winning That Fight
In NetFlow Versus Tor, the latest round of legitimate computer science vs. terrorists using the Onion Router, lab tests show it is now possible to deanonymize targets on the world’s most popular and infamous anonymous service. Tor enjoys legendary status as a service that encrypts network communications end-to-end, is completely impenetrable to surveillance and … [Read more...]
NORSI-TRANS: Russia Probes the Global Surveillance Marketplace
C5IS reviews Russia’s NORSI-TRANS, a provider of surveillance systems for lawful intercept, passive mobile monitoring, data retention and analytics. One overarching observation that can be made of Russian surveillance vendors: They mirror their counterparts in the Western marketplace, offering products used not only by law enforcement but also intelligence and … [Read more...]