C5IS reviews Verint Web Intelligence, a popular suite that includes WebAlert for social media monitoring - and Deep Web & Dark Web surveillance. Outside the U.S. and U.K., arguably the world’s leading hotbed for innovative ISS companies is Israel, where many of today’s top players in surveillance and cyber are spawned by the Army’s famous Unit 8200 - including Verint, … [Read more...]
Big Data & OSINT – TMI (Too Much Information)
C5IS considers whether the difficulty in preempting lone wolf attacks stems from too much Big Data & OSINT - or not enough analytics. In tandem with the uptick in lone wolf terrorist attacks across Europe, the Middle East and Central Asia, demand for ISS solutions has soared, benefitting the finances of private firms and boosting stock prices of those … [Read more...]
Knowlesys KIS: China’s World Class OSINT Extraction Engine
When the Peoples Republic of China needs to monitor its citizens on social media or other OSINT sources, they don't have to look far - Knowlesys KIS (Knowlesys Intelligence System) is already on the case providing detailed insights that can be gleaned from any website, social media or news engine. The Peoples Liberation Army as well as local government bureaus in China also … [Read more...]
Kofax Deep Web Harvesting: Still Going Strong Under Lexmark
Partnership with Palantir gives Kofax Deep Web Harvesting an important edge: detailed visualization. When Lexmark completed its acquisition of Kofax in May 2015, no public mention was made of Kofax Deep Web Harvesting, an invaluable OSINT tool used by military, government and law enforcement agencies worldwide. But rest assured that Lexmark’s acquired OSINT asset is alive, … [Read more...]
Natural Language Processing: The Power Behind Social Media Monitoring
2016 has seen a flurry of analysis on social media monitoring (SMM) for ISS purposes. Much of it focuses on well-known brands such as In-Q-Tel-backed Geofeedia, used by law enforcement agencies to fathom potential threats and locate their source. Most is only surface deep and overlooks a key driver behind advanced SMM: natural language processing. Too often, analysts proceed … [Read more...]