Published on May 10th, 2022 | by Kevin McTiernan & Kevin Metcalf
Child abduction and trafficking is one of the most shocking crimes against society. Every parent has unfortunately had to consider the potential for their child to be a victim of deception and exploitation, but today that reality is accentuated by…
Published on January 28th, 2022 | by Dr. Cemal Dikman & David Anstiss
Encrypted Over The Top (OTT) messaging platforms such as WhatsApp, iMessage, Signal, and Telegram have seen extraordinary adoption over the past 10 years. WhatsApp in particular has emerged as the most popular messaging app in the world, with more than…
Published on January 11th, 2022 | by Dr. Cemal Dikmen & Ernest Ng
Today’s lawful intelligence measures draw on a long legacy of intercepted communications. And while the days of simple wiretaps are long gone, the foundational idea of deploying “eyes and ears” to “overhear” illicit communications persists, even in sophisticated intelligence and…
Published on December 14th, 2021 | by Dr. Cemal Dikmen & Ernest Ng
The massive, ever-growing role of social networks in human communication comes with a unique set of hazards. In particular, the layer of concealment provided by online contact can easily be abused by bad actors who either choose to remain unidentified…
Published on October 27th, 2021 | by Kevin McTiernan
Distributed 5G network topologies have forever forced mediation for lawful interception out beyond the network core. As computing moves closer to the subscriber, mediation nodes must be provisioned at the network edge, dramatically reducing backhaul requirements by ingesting massive data…
Published on October 7th, 2021 | by Dr. Cemal Dikmen
Just a tiny fraction of cryptocurrency transactions are related to criminal activity, but they are still a critical mechanism for payment associated with crimes that range from human and drug trafficking to terrorism and ransomware. Cryptocurrency transactions associated with criminal…
Published on August 4th, 2021 | by Dr. Keith Bhatia & Syed Hussain
Most telecommunications carriers operate equipment from different generations of technology, and often have multiple vendor environment. Carriers can accrete these layers over time, as their networks transition from 2G to 3G to 4G and now to 5G. This same accumulation…
Published on July 20th, 2021 | by Dr. Keith Bhatia & Syed Hussain
As unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) become more common, they are of growing interest to law enforcement agencies (LEAs). Drones have been widely adopted as part of the investigative arsenal for surveillance, monitoring, and intelligence, broadening capabilities for gathering evidence and…
Published on July 8th, 2021 | by Kevin Isacks & Jonathan Fong
As 5G networks roll out across the world, law enforcement agencies (LEAs) are being forced to reimagine investigation methods related to lawful intelligence. The types of data that traverse public networks—from the Internet of Things to virtual and augmented reality—offer…
Published on June 24th, 2021 | by Kevin Isacks & Jonathan Fong
The metadata that surrounds the data payloads for lawful intelligence intercepts has become as important as the payload data itself. Location data, for example, can place a subject of interest at specific places and times to reveal personal habits and…
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