Intelligence Support Systems: Technologies for Lawful Intercepts

Published:
July 27, 2005 by Auerbach Publications - 488 Pages
Editor(s):
Paul Hoffmann; Kornel Terplan, Brooklyn Polytechnic University, New York and The Stevens Institute of Technology, New Jersey

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Features

  • Addresses the intelligence needs of service providers, law enforcement, government, and vendors
  • Presents ISS basics and summarizes law enforcement requirements, legal background, and lawful intercept architectures
  • Covers service portfolios, networking technologies, and infrastructure components
  • Examines lawful intercept frameworks and tools offered by vendors, and provides case studies of ISS solutions for various technologies
  • Discusses operational principles and technical recommendations for the US, Europe, and Japan
  • Explains cost components, positive business models, and cost reimbursement strategies
  • Explores outsourcing issues, consulting roles, sourcing guidelines and contract management issues

    • Summary

    Telecommunications service providers face increasing information assistance requests to help law enforcement while they simultaneously struggle with CapEx and OpEx reductions. On the other hand, law enforcement agencies face expensive telecommunication interface options for data collection as they battle with a growing backlog of subpoena requests. Intelligence Support Systems: Technologies for Lawful Intercepts addresses the information and intelligence needs of service providers, law enforcement agencies, representatives of governments and international standards bodies, and product and service vendors.

    This volume offers solutions for many technological challenges, explaining how to provide networking equipment and probes for lawful intercepts, and detailing methods for reducing the performance impacts on network equipment that result from intercepts. It explores how to access, collect, and deliver information in real-time and how to improve mediation efficiency while serving multiple functions. The book also covers data retention and preservation issues and examines how to standardize intercept technologies for various service portfolios and infrastructure components.

    Focusing on intelligence support systems (ISS), the text demonstrates how the information that an ISS gathers can be applied toward security, and illustrates how an ISS interfaces with billing, ordering, provisioning, authenticating, and law enforcement systems.

    Table of Contents

    Setting the Stage
    Positioning Lawful Intercepts (LIs) and Surveillance
    ISS Basics and Application Areas
    The Position of ISS among Other Support and Security Systems
    Basic Requirements for LIs
    Electronic Surveillance Laws
    Framework of LIs
    Challenges

    Service Portfolios Overview
    Basic Principles for Networking Technologies
    Service Portfolios
    Circuit-Switched Voice and VoIP
    Internet-Related Technologies
    Wireless Networks
    Cable Networks
    Summary

    Legal and Technical Standards for Lawful Intercepts
    Principal Functions of Interception
    Surveillance Rules and Procedures in the United States
    Surveillance Rules and Procedures in the European Community
    Surveillance Rules and Procedures in Japan
    CALEA Reference Model with the J-STD-025 Standard
    European Telecommunications Standard Institute (ETSI)
    Reference Model for the European Community .................................85
    Summary

    Intercept Access Points in Infrastructure Components
    Blueprints and Guidelines for TSPs
    Reference Model of the Infrastructure
    Principles of Monitoring and Intercepts (Hardware and Software Probes)
    Use of Signaling Systems for LIs
    Resource Planning for LIs
    Summary

    Extended Functions for Lawful Intercepts
    Principal Functions of LIs
    Role of Mediation
    Handover Interfaces (HIs)
    Data Retention and Data Preservation Solutions
    Document Management and Document-Related Technology (DRT)
    Information Life-Cycle Management
    Receiver Applications
    Summary

    Lawful Intercept Solution Architectures
    Frameworks for LIs
    Key Products and Players
    Siemens AG Monitoring Center
    Selection Criteria
    Summary

    Case Studies for ISS Solutions
    Case Study 1: Wireline Voice Intercept and Surveillance
    Solutions from Lucent Technologies
    Case Study 2: Lawful Interception in CDMA Wireless IP
    Networks from SS8 Networks
    Case Study 3: LIs for 3G Networks Using ALIS
    Case Study 4: Lawful Interception for IP Networks Using ALIS
    Case Study 5: Lawful Intercepts for Cable VoIP Networks from
    SS8 Networks
    Case Study 6: Monitoring and Logging Web Activities
    Case Study 7: Lawful Interception of VoIP by NetCentrex and
    GTEN AG
    Case Study 8: Lawful Interception for E-mail Server Providers
    by GTEN AG
    Case Study 9: MC Case Examples from Siemens AG
    Summary

    Operating Lawful Intercepts
    Operational Requirements
    Prerequisites of Lawful Interception in the
    United States, Europe, and Japan
    Executing LI Missions in the United States, Europe, and Japan
    Functional Role Model
    Administration and Management
    Security Considerations
    Human Resources
    Summary

    Costs and Reimbursement of Expenses for
    Telecommunications Service Providers
    Cost Components
    Quantification of Costs and Reimbursement Strategies
    Return on Investment (ROI)
    Summary

    Outsourcing Lawful Interception Functions
    Forces Driving Outsourcing
    The LEA Model
    The ASP Model
    The Service Bureau Model
    Sourcing Governance
    Who Are the Principal Players?
    Summary

    Summary and Trends

    Appendices
    A Glossary
    B Acronyms
    C References

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