C5IS reviews CSRA GangNET. With gangs contributing to some 80 percent of violent crimes in the U.S., analytics solutions that can identify and track criminals in real time are always popular with law enforcement. One player in this marketplace is Washington, DC-based CSRA. While primarily known as a private contractor serving the US Department of Defense and Intelligence … [Read more...]
In U.S., Subpoenas for Records Far Outnumber Wiretaps
One overlooked fact in the ongoing debate over surveillance is that the volume of warrants for records far outweighs the annual number of court orders for wiretaps. Of the two -- lawful intercept court orders or warrants for call data -- the latter presents the far greater burden on a service provider’s time and resources. A company such as Verizon, for example, may receive a … [Read more...]
NetQuest OptiCop Interceptor: Policing Targets on 100G DWDM Fiber
C5IS reviews NetQuest, provider of OptiCop Interceptor monitoring solutions for DWDM fiber networks. Monitoring DWDM (dense wavelength division multiplexing) presents a challenge familiar to law enforcement and government agencies vying to intercept target communications on 10GB/40GB and 100GB fiber optics: the high cost and complexity of using conventional methods to … [Read more...]
Lumacron – Lighting Up Enemy Forces and Terrorists at Wire Speed
C5IS reviews Lumacron, a provider of FPGA-based solutions for 100% signal capture – led by industry legend Ian Graham. Ask any military intelligence or law enforcement agent what their greatest challenge is, and they might respond, “packet loss on high-speed networks.” By the same token, the switch from 1G to 10G, 40G or 100G networks can be a problem of comparable magnitude … [Read more...]
Netcope Technologies – Helping Investigators “Cope” with 100G Ethernet
C5IS reviews Netcope, a maker of FPGA interface platforms for wire speed packet capture and filtering of 100G networks. Before getting in line to purchase ISS solutions capable of intercepting traffic on 100G Ethernet networks, it is wise to begin with a sanity check. Just how prevalent are 100G networks? Is the trend real or merely hype? The short answer is that 100G is … [Read more...]