C5IS kicks off this month’s focus on the British surveillance industry with a report on BAE Systems Applied Intelligence. The United Kingdom has some 20-plus significant vendors of electronic surveillance products and services, perhaps surprising for a country Britain’s size. Then again, this is the land that developed the world’s first modern foreign intelligence agency … [Read more...]
Israel’s NICE: Comprehensive Lawful Intercept and Intelligence
Analysts often speak of real time predictive analytics as the “next wave” in surveillance for preemptively taking action against acts of crime or terror. At Israel’s NICE Systems, the future of lawful intercept and intelligence has arrived. Launched in 1986 by a group of former Israeli soldiers, NICE (short for “Neptune Intelligence Computer Engineering”) began operations … [Read more...]
Ukraine’s Secret Weapon: World-Class Surveillance Technologies
Ukraine. Europe’s bread basket. It has well-developed manufacturing and technology sectors. Lately these positives have been overshadowed by civil war and the country’s unwanted status as poster child for Russian aggression. But Ukraine is far from helpless. A hidden asset that helps keep Putin & Co. in check: Ukrainian companies that field surveillance and intelligence … [Read more...]
Tech Leaders’ Role in Running Lawful Intercept Aground
Newsflash: FBI General Counsel Valerie Caproni warns that current surveillance laws prohibit law enforcement agencies (LEAs) from using lawful intercept to tap new communications services increasingly favored by criminals and terrorists. No, that’s not really news. It’s from testimony delivered Feb 27, 2011 in Congressional hearings on “going dark” -- a phrase that describes … [Read more...]