With the recent flurry of attention focused on the role of Big Data analytics in influencing not only consumer purchase decisions but even national elections, it is worthwhile to step back and review this dual purpose technology, which is applicable in both the both the public domain and the very private world of intelligence support systems. What exactly is it, and how does it … [Read more...]
The Relevance of Axilent ACE Profiler to Surveillance
Available information on Axilent founder and CEO Loren Davie is as spare as data on the company itself: scattered career tidbits on Linkedin; tweets that reveal an array of personal interests ranging from music to Tor, the Dark Web, and an affinity for Satoshi Nakamoto, inventor of the Bitcoin protocol. Davie’s self-profile is as puzzling as that of Axilent’s new website, which … [Read more...]
Don’t Confuse Pre-Crime with Predictive Analytics
C5IS examines how rampant media hype leverages Hollywood’s “Minority Report”? to distort the capabilities of pre-crime tools The current issue of TIME magazine carries a remarkable and contrarian cover story on a day-in-the-life of Philadelphia policemen. Remarkable because the article provides an unprecedented look by national media at the dangers police officers face with … [Read more...]
Modus Operandi’s Via: AI or Just Big Data Analytics Re-Branded?
Modus Operandi’s launch of its Via platform shows how far companies will go to differentiate their products in the hotly-contested Big Data Analytics niche, in this case by pretending the software is something it isn’t -- artificial intelligence (AI). Either that or certain journalists reporting on Via deserve a thrashing. Or maybe both. A story in the Feb. edition of … [Read more...]
The Little Black Book of Electronic Surveillance: 2015
In early February Insider will release The Little Black Book of Electronic Surveillance: 2015, the new and revised 2nd edition of the book that shook the marketplace. LBBES is the industry's most comprehensive guide to the biggest and most influential players in the industry, and has been expanded to include 200 companies. The book is available to members only. Who you'll … [Read more...]