Identifying the physical locations of emergency callers is critical to delivering public safety services. When callers to Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs) can’t accurately provide their location,
In the past decade, there has been amazing growth in the amount of data available on individuals, their communications, and their patterns of life, but an increasing proportion of that data is encrypted.
Communication service providers (CSPs) all over the world are obligated to provide law enforcement agencies (LEAs) with customer communications data, only when its interception is properly authorized,
Kubernetes and Next-Generation Lawful Intelligence Deployment This is an era of unprecedented evolution for communication service providers’ (CSPs) network environments. While expensive, inflexible, single-purpose
Secure provisioning, monitoring, mediation, and handover of lawfully intercepted data have long been critical considerations for Communication Service Providers (CSPs) in the design and buildout of public
Overview There are two broad types of surveillance capabilities and they are classified as Targeted Intercept and Bulk (Mass) Intercept. Targeted interception, or targeted surveillance,
For the last 50 years, the telecom industry has been happily providing technology for people to make voice calls, and to assure proper accounting they
5G is the most exciting new technology when it comes to wireless communications. Just like when 4G/LTE enabled many application developments that changed the way
In March of 2018 U.S. Congress passed the CLOUD Act, which addressed a growing issue for domestic and international law enforcement, Internet service operators (such
The 5G world is upon us! Which means Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs) have a headache: 10X to 100X normal data rates are on the horizon. LEAs
“High-Risk” Providers Recently, we’ve heard a lot about “high-risk” network equipment providers and their potential security vulnerabilities. There is a fear they may be used
Today, the Internet of Things (or IoT) is a common part of our lives. Internet-connected thermostats enable us to make better energy decisions and we
Communication Service Providers (CSPs), including those that provide Over-the-Top (OTT) services, are obligated by law, to provide lawful intercept capabilities. This ensures that when law
The last decade has seen an explosion of virtualized deployments for cost saving and flexible deployment scenarios. Virtualization enables Service Providers to quickly deploy 5G
Location information is gathered from connected devices including mobile phones. It is a critical data point which, when used by Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs), tracks
Communications have shifted from traditional (voice, email and SMS offered by telecom operators) to encrypted, over-the-top (OTT) applications. Which unfortunately leaves law enforcement agencies (LEAs)
As bandwidth increases by up to 100x in the next 24 months, law enforcement agencies (LEAs) may find it difficult to manage the amount of
With 5G here, will 4G networks be going away? 5G is here. It’s being rolled out in countries around the world. You may have started
As telecom operators plan their rollout of the fifth generation (5G) of network services, two distinct services have emerged, mobile and fixed wireless access (or
5G Brings on new challenges for regulatory compliance. SS8 is leading in 5G Lawful Interception (LI) mediation, with the 1st 5G deployment in production. We are
Do not be left behind! The transition to 5G networks by wireless network providers will radically increase the number of new high bandwidth applications and
Gartner publishes Hype Cycle for Threat-Facing Technologies and SS8 is recognized as a sample vendor in the category of Network Traffic Analysis (NTA).
The network is the source of truth for uncovering both devices and suspects of interest. SS8’s unique ability to extract intelligence from network communications right
In part one of Kidnapping: The Social Impact, I provided background on the organized crime of kidnapping as a growing evil-industry by detailing the problem
The Problem Kidnapping is one of the felonies that have a larger social impact in a population. These crimes are usually conducted through organized crime,
THE DATA SILO DILEMMA FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT
How to Ingest, Filter and Query 5G Volumes
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