Government Agencies at all Levels Face Overwhelming Cybercrime Challenges
CYBERCRIME GROWTH: According to Alan Paller, Director of Research, SANS Institute, "Organized crime, terrorist groups and hostile nations now account for most major attacks, and they’re making huge amounts of money from identity theft and extortion. The FBI estimates that organized crime now reaps more profit from cybercrime than from the drug trade."
THE CHALLENGE: A December, 2009 news story calls for a Cyber Security Overhaul in the U.S. (Grant Gross, IDG News Service). "If the promise of an open, efficient and technology savvy government is to be realized, some key challenges must be overcome." stated Tim Herbert, VP, Research at CompTIA. "Currently, it's up to county prosecutors to pursue cybercrimes, but most prosecutors' offices do not have computer experts on staff to help investigate cases and pursue prosecutions," stated Chief Deputy Attorney General Fran Hughes on Jan. 21, 2010.
THE OPTIONS: In April, 2009, US Senators, Jay Rockefeller and Olympia Snowe introduced a wide-ranging bill that would have the U.S. Government create cyber security standards for private businesses. “A federal law that would require businesses to report data breaches to potential victims could help law enforcement agencies fight the growth of cybercrime," said Jeffrey Troy, chief of the FBI's Cyber Criminal Section.
THE SOLUTION: Technologically advanced tools are now available to real-time monitor, capture, and instantly reconstruct content of Internet traffic. If the crime involves the Internet, this solution provides a lawful-interception advantage that is easy to use and affordable for all levels of Government.
With a one day deployment, NetSentry can be ready to go as an undetectable monitoring solution on almost any network. Internet traffic can be monitored in real time, reconstructed to its original format, and captured to a searchable database. All major protocols are covered, with email, web, chat, video, FTP, Telnet, P2P, Skype, and VoIP sessions are 100% reconstructed! The content is accessed using a point-and-click interface, and is stored for future forensic investigation, analysis, or presentation. Alerts can be created using keyword, IP address, email address, chat names and other search criteria. Automatic email notification occurs when search criteria are met.
When illegal activity is suspected, and lawful-intercept is permitted, this solution can run 24/7, collecting Internet traffic for future inspection. NetSentry personnel provide on-site assistance through every step of the implementation and training process.
THE BENEFITS
- Monitor all users on the network or only designated users—undetected
- No software or hardware required on users' computers
- Deploy, implement and train in one day
- No software pre-requisites
- No changes to the network
- Privilege-level alerts based on pre-defined parameters, wildcard and keyword search, array of reports
- Runs 24/7 x 365
Bottom line—when the need arises to investigate the facts involving Internet traffic; like originating IP address, receiving IP address, time, and date; or when investigating a child predator through chat sessions; or when investigating fraud, crime rings, or selling trade secrets, and most all other illegal activity orchestrated in cyber space, NetSentry will play an important role in the detection, investigation and supporting evidence for the arrest and conviction of those who chose the life of crime! To learn more about NetSentry, contact us or call 1-888-50NetSentry today.
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