Are LTE and fibre network surveillance worlds apart, requiring separate high-end monitoring appliances? Not necessarily, when the solution solutions provider is TraceSpan. Whilst some ISS hardware vendors specialise in surveillance of fibre nets and others in UMTS, 3G and LTE, TraceSpan goes where these seemingly disparate worlds can cross paths: the network-agnostic realm of … [Read more...]
The Staying Power of Septier Mobile Location
Israeli-based Septier is a diversified ISS vendor whose products cover the span of law enforcement requirements: mediation devices for CALEA or ETSI-based law enforcement; data retention of CDRs and IPDRs for metadata; Big Data analytics; and Septier mobile location and interception at both the strategic and tactical levels. Each product can operate as a standalone module for … [Read more...]
Verint ENGAGE Tactical Off-Air Interception
Widely recognized as a market leader in mediation devices and probes used in lawful intercept, Verint also offers an equally impressive suite of mobile interception and location solutions tailored to the needs of the special ops, government agency and law enforcement clients: the Verint ENGAGE Tactical Off-Air Interception Solutions Portfolio. The Verint ENGAGE Tactical … [Read more...]
Shoghi Communications: A Tale of Scandal and GSM/LTE Interception and Location
India-based Shoghi Communications, established in 1998, is a provider of active, passive and semi-active mobile interception/location, plus SATCOM, RF monitoring/jamming and encrypted security solutions for military, government and law enforcement clientele. With such an impressive array of products, it is a pity that the company carries the hint of corruption from a long ago … [Read more...]
Italy’s Innova – King of the GPS Tracking Device
An inside joke of the ISS industry is that Italy has more surveillance companies per square mile than any other nation on earth-- upwards of 200 vendors including recognized brands such as AREA, BEA, Endoacustica, ESIM Global, The Hacking Team, Innova, iPS, RCS and SioS. The punchline: They're really just one company with 200 aliases. Of course that's not true, although given … [Read more...]