C5IS reviews the Nokia 1357 ULIS (Unified Lawful Interception Suite) inherited from Alcatel-Lucent. When Nokia acquired Alcatel-Lucent in January 2016, one of the lesser-known assets picked up was the 1357 ULIS. Similar to products made by its larger competitors Huawei and Ericsson, the 1357 ULIS still plays a central role in government and LEA surveillance by building in, … [Read more...]
Iskratel: SORM & ETSI Lawful Intercept Hardware from Slovenia
C5IS reviews Iskratel, maker of the SI3000 mediation device suite, compatible with SORM and ETSI standards. One of the constants of ISS World Europe is Iskratel, a quiet US $100 million giant that has maintained a presence at this sole spyware event going back to 2014. Iskratel's presence at an ISS World conference might come as a surprise to some. The Slovenian company is … [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...]
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...]
Trovicor – Masters of End-to-End Lawful Intercept
Any time "Jersey" crops up in our location-tracing, we can say with certainty that the visitor is Trovicor, island king of lawful intercept and intelligence solutions that span that span the full gamut of requirements. Trovicor's footprint is a mile wide in the ISS marketplace, testimony to the company's prominence as one the oldest, best-established and most reliable providers … [Read more...]