Lawful interception of voice by LEAs harkens back to a time when unencrypted phone calls over a wireline carrier network defined electronic communication. In the smartphone era, other methods have proliferated.
Intelligence implementations can involve thousands of network functions. Discover the benchmark for reliable mission-critical deployments, including a multi-layered approach for security and high availability.
Security is a core engineering requirement for the SS8 platform, governed by strict sets of requirements at every stage, including ongoing automated scans of code, builds, packaging, and network traffic.
By gathering, collating, and drawing possible conclusions from all available information, AI and ML can act as resource multipliers for lawful and location intelligence, just as they do for network operations.
The limited scope and rigid architectures of some lawful intelligence platforms can lead to expensive change orders. SS8 is built to scale on demand while minimizing cost and operational impact.
Individual privacy and effective law enforcement are both necessary ingredients for democratic civil societies. Those two goals are often at odds with each other, as
As criminal activity spreads from the real world to cyberspace and now to virtual worlds, protecting the integrity of digital evidence has become even more
The ability to ingest and analyze an unlimited range of data sources is a key requirement for a modern lawful intelligence practice. The data may
Accurate, immediate, reliable caller-location information is critical for public safety answering points (PSAPs) to guide the response to emergency services calls. While international standards help
Regulators have required geographic redundancy for the network resources operated by communication service providers (CSPs) for some time but meeting this mandate has become more
Codes and ciphers have long been used to hide communications, and the practice continues to evolve and become more sophisticated and widespread today. When the
While lawful interception is often thought to have begun with wiretapping, pen registers actually predate that practice and telephones themselves, having been developed during the
The evolution of international 5G standards has brought increased privacy and security protections for users and data, which can be at odds with the needs
Communication service providers (CSPs) realize significant agility and cost benefits from cloud and edge deployment models made possible by cloud-native network architectures. Edge computing consumes
In the decades since it was first adopted in Western Europe, 112 has become the most prevalent emergency services number worldwide. While there are significant
The evolution of telecommunication industry standards has been marked by a steady and methodical progression of revision and refinement. The gradual nature of standards development
The transition from one year to the next is a natural time for assessment. At SS8, that appraisal helps illuminate the present state of lawful
As emerging technologies such as the internet of things and autonomous vehicles expand the scope and volume of traffic transmitted over public communications networks, new
National border crossings provide unique touchpoints for lawful intelligence operations. Controls at a country’s points of ingress and egress require travelers to present identification, submit
Mobile devices have long been capable of peer-to-peer networking using their built-in Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and cellular radios. The technical term for this connectivity is Sidelink,
Generally, people have a greater expectation of privacy at home than in public, and rightfully so. Regulatory measures such as search warrants protect those expectations
Vertical positioning is critical for location intelligence and emergency response in large, dense urban areas. Longitude and latitude alone are not enough to identify a
Quality of Experience (QoE) and Quality of Service (QoS) are at the forefront of every communication service provider’s (CSP) efforts to build a loyal subscriber
As the scope of digital information generated by subjects and devices of interest continues to grow, law enforcement agencies (LEAs) must evolve their techniques for
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
THE DATA SILO DILEMMA FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT
How to Ingest, Filter and Query 5G Volumes
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