The USA Patriot and Homeland Security Acts as well as CALEA have placed numerous requirements on all service providers and law enforcement officials. Particularly challenging is lawful intercept of voice over the Internet (VoIP) and real-time Internet surveillance. On the other hand the need for lawful interception and Internet surveillance has never been greater. With the military successes in Afghanistan, Iraq and elsewhere, the terrorists have no place to live but on the Internet. They recruit, raise money, distribute propaganda, communicate and more in cyberspace. What’s more the Internet can be attacked from remote locations.

What topics will be covered?

This conference brings together the telecommunications industry, government and law enforcement to find solutions to these issues and problems and challenges.

Service Provider Issues:

Lawful intercept mandates for most service providers are like Emergency 911 and Local Number Portability mandates. Each requires additional capital investment and increased operating expenses with no return of investment other than doing what’s in the public interest. Our conference faculty will address what real-time Internet surveillance technology solutions are available, what tariffing mechanisms are available to pass costs off to the general public and how investments in Intelligence Support Systems (ISS) can generate a financial return without jeopardizing consumer privacy.

Government and Law Enforcement:
As voice and data services converge on an all IP network, there has to be a consensus among law enforcement, service providers and vendors as to what can and can’t be done regarding lawful interception and at what cost.

Our conference faculty will address these issues and what can be done regarding real-time surveillance and how to reduce the cost for state and local law enforcement in mid size towns and rural areas.

Equipment and Service Vendors:
There are no lawful intercept or real-time Internet surveillance barriers that can’t be solved with adequate research and development investment and service provider commitments. Our conference faculty will address the technology readiness of the ISS industry.

Exhibit Showcase

Over one dozen vendors and system integrators will be a demonstrating the latest lawful interception products and real-time Internet surveillance solutions.

Exhibit hours will be Thursday (11/13/03) from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and Friday (11/14/03) from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Note, of the 11 hours of exhibit time, 4.5 hours will be held without simultaneous conference presentations.

This event is being held at:

TeleStrategies
7918 Jones Branch Drive
McLean, Virginia 22102
(703)734-2639