(Erscheinungstermin: 14. Juli 2009)

In 2006, the three-day Wiretappers’ Ball was held in Crystal City’s Hilton in late May. A sense of the atmosphere can be gleaned from the highly confidential program of lectures. On Monday, May 22, at 4:00, one could attend a talk on “Combining Data and Voice over Broadband into a Unified Interception Solution” given by an employee of Verint Systems. On Tuesday at 1:30, another Verint employee addressed “Broadening theScope of Interception: Data Retention.” A half hour later an employee
of Agilent Technologies spoke about “Comprehensive Data Extraction for Flexible and Accurate Intelligence.”

Then at 2:45, still another Verint worker discussed “Comprehensive Solutions for Packet Data Collection: DEEPVIEW.” “Verint’s DEEPVIEW,” said the description of the talk, “is
a packet data collection system with the comprehensive functionality to penetrate deep into communications and turn raw, intercepted data into actionable intelligence and compelling evidence.”

And on Wednesday, at 10:15, an employee of NICE Systems ad-
dressed the topic of “Unifying Telephony, VoIP and IP Interception for a Complete Overview of Your Target’s Interactions.”

For those still awake, another Verint worker then took on the topic of “Challenges of Implementing Passive Interception for IMS [Instant Message Systems].” Next, the company NSC discussed locating keywords in masses of information in a lecture titled “NSC Spotter.” “NSC’s Key-Word Spotting (KWS)
engine,” said a company employee, “is designed for locating predefined words in audio conversations in real-time and off-line calls.