At a recent surveillance trade show, C5IS was struck by the number of foreign law enforcement officers on hand for Lawful Intercept Training. Whole contingents of lawmen were on hand from Africa, the Middle East and Asia for vendor presentations on how to use solutions that ranged from active/passive devices to intrusive software, social media monitoring and beyond. Asked … [Read more...]
Law Enforcement and Tor: Can Anyone Peel Back the Layers?
Nearly a year and a half has passed since the Edward Snowden/NSA revelations prompted widespread interest in Tor and other methods of Web anonymity. Today, nearly 90 percent of Internet users rely on some form of encryption. That includes drug dealers, arms merchants and child pornographers who today openly hawk their wares on Tor without any fear of being identified, let alone … [Read more...]
Raytheon: Driving Big Data Evolution for Local Police
A look at Raytheon’s Big Data solutions for law enforcement agencies shows that local police definitely benefit from leveraging analytics to pursue criminal investigations -- particularly when they share data with other police departments. The most common use of Big Data is to conduct searches for available data on a target: to identify patterns, detect anomalies and … [Read more...]
Telesoft Technologies: Probes for Voice, Data and DPI
Serving more than 250 communications companies in 100 countries, Telesoft Technologies is one of the world’s most formidable and prestigious providers of systems used by law enforcement and intelligence to intercept voice, data and packet content. Located in Dorset, UK -- and not to be confused with another Telesoft, a provider of fixed and mobile telecom expense management … [Read more...]
Deep Surveillance With Roke Manor Research
Say the words “Roke Manor Research” and many industry observers immediately think in terms of advanced radars for the military, smarter air traffic control and state-of-the-art “manpacks” that outfit today’s soldier for electronic warfare -- but not necessarily the sophisticated array of surveillance technologies expressly designed for law enforcement and intelligence gathering … [Read more...]