Lawful Interception

Lawful Interception

Lawful Interception (LI) is a legally endorsed security process, stipulating that network or service operators are to provide Law Enforcement Agencies (LEA) access to the private communications of individuals or organizations for the purpose of detecting illegal, criminal and potential terrorist acts.

LI was originally designed to monitor postal and telegraph communications. However, with the technological advancements of today’s society, governments are reinforcing LI to include other more common forms of communication occurring over wireless/mobile networks and even more so, the Internet. Email, web-chat, e-commerce, broadband streaming, web-based information services and even ‘phone calls’ over the Internet (VoIP), make the Internet and even greater risk to the safety of our society due to the complexities in tracking the transfer of data and privacy concerns.

Netsweeper and Lawful Interception

Should governments have the right to intercept or monitor the private Internet usage of its country’s citizens?

The topic of LI, as it pertains to the Internet, has been and will continue to be a highly debated issue. Netsweeper does not actively support either argument; however, Netsweeper is uniquely positioned to assist service providers and regulators in adhering to the LI regulations imposed by their government bodies.

Netsweeper offers an industry leading, Core network-based software solution that can monitor, filter and/or block the Internet requests on its network, if it so chooses. Netsweeper’s unique architecture provides effective, flexible services-over-IP monitoring and filtering through a series of Internet-connected servers that can provide Administration and can access one of the largest URL databases of any IP filtering provider. Netsweeper houses most of the filtering technology in secure and redundant locations, so a service provider needs only to set up a Netsweeper Policy Server and an Enterprise Filter to manage its unique network use and traffic flow requirements. With expert Networking, authentication, and redundancy capabilities along with centralized administration and integrated reporting tools, the Netsweeper solution provides immediate access to an endless array of information that can be disseminated as required.

For more information on this subject or the Netsweeper product offering, please email us at sales@netsweeper.com

Case Studies

Waterloo Public Library Filters with Netsweeper

Waterloo Public Library now filters all workstations at 2 branches.

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