Cobwebs Technologies, a new competitor to the Annual ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards Program, is pleased to announce the company’s Web Intelligence Platform has been nominated to compete in the 2020 ‘ASTORS’ Awards Program for Best Web Intelligence Solution.
Cobwebs Technologies is a specialized web intelligence company that supports national security agencies, law enforcement agencies, and corporate security departments to rapidly identify and locate malicious threat actors on the open, deep, and dark web, making it highly difficult for terrorists, active shooters, hackers, drug dealers, and other criminal entities to hide, plan, communicate, or ply their nefarious trade in any part of the online world.
(Using Cobwebs’ automated web intelligence platform, analysts can now easily identify new targets and groups, reveal hidden data and complete an entire investigation within minutes. Courtesy of Cobwebs Technologies and YouTube. Posted on Apr 30, 2019.)
The Cobwebs Platform not only identifies threat actors, it also identifies members and supporters of their network as well as the links that connect them.
Additionally, Cobwebs points investigators in the direction of potential evidence, located on all layers of the web, that could be used to prosecute the threat actors.
Online criminal investigations on the open, and dark web that may have taken days, weeks or even months to be conducted, can now be successfully completed in mere minutes with little more than a few clicks of a mouse thanks to the Cobwebs Web Intelligence Platform.
“In high-risk situations, rapid access to accurate data is crucial,” explains Johnmichael O’Hare, Business Development and Sales Director of Cobwebs Technologies.
“The challenge for many in the security and risk fields is figuring out how to best navigate through the surface, deep, and dark webs to locate threat actors and discover the data needed to solve a crime.”
“Cobwebs provides investigators with a multifunctional online intelligence and investigative tool that addresses this problem effectively.”
Investigators only need one small lead such as a name, photograph, keyword, hashtag, cryptocurrency wallet, social media account, etc., to start the process.
After they enter the term in the Cobwebs platform, with little more than a click they initiate a rapid, deep search through open-source information located on all layers of the web and all social media platforms and blogs around the world.
Working similarly to an Internet search engine, the platform finds information data that matches the search term requirements, then analyzes and displays it on an intuitive user dashboard.
“While the system displays all collected data, it does not determine if the data is valid evidence,” added O’Hare.
“Rather, it points users toward potential evidence and leaves it up to the investigators to determine if the information is relevant to the case they are working on and if it is, in fact, usable evidence.”
“Cobwebs also gives investigators the ability to identify who the threat actors are and how they are connected to other people in their group.”
“They can obtain a deeper understanding of people who may be associated with the threat actor but not necessarily an active member of their group.”
“They can identify new threats, proactively prevent incidents, and/or rule out irrelevant information.”
With Cobwebs, law enforcement agencies of all sizes have the same online investigative capabilities as large federal agencies.
Designed by intelligence experts with operational experience in the field, Cobwebs is a machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) powered web intelligence and investigation platform with strong Natural Language Processing capabilities, recognized by Frost & Sullivan in their 2019 Global Technology Innovation Award.
Cobwebs has the capabilities to extract targeted intelligence from Big Data and automatically generates intelligent insights.
HOW IT WORKS
Cobwebs works like an Internet search engine.
Investigators input search terms relevant to the case they are working, ranging from names, keywords, hashtags, locations, websites, social media accounts, photographs, batches of numbers including telephone numbers, and cryptocurrency wallets.
Cobwebs then conducts a global search of the surface, deep web and dark web, as well as blogs and social media platforms.
As soon as data is located that matches the search term requirements, it is analyzed and displayed on an intuitive user dashboard.
This gives investigators the ability to identify threat actors and new threats, prevent incidents, confirm and validate evidence needed for both subpoenas and prosecution purposes, or rule out irrelevant information.
Its fully automated capabilities enable the user to perform active intelligence operations with minimal effort.
The Cobwebs platform also can help investigators identify and reconstruct profiles that link suspicious individuals to their contacts, and it reveals how they connect and come together as a group.
People outside of a group can also be identified so that investigators can determine if they should be conducting additional investigations.
(Hear from Johnmichael O’Hare from Cobwebs NY office and Security Guy TV as they discuss OSINT, AI, web intelligence and how it helps police national security and homeland security agents locate threat actors and potential evidence online. Courtesy of The Security Guy, Cobwebs Technology and YouTube. Posted on Feb 23, 2020.)
Cobwebs Technologies Competes in 2020 ‘ASTORS’ Awards Program
The Annual ‘ASTORS’ Awards Program is specifically designed to honor distinguished government and vendor solutions that deliver enhanced value, benefit and intelligence to end users in a variety of government, homeland security and public safety vertical markets.
The Annual ‘ASTORS’ Awards is the preeminent U.S. Homeland Security Awards Program highlighting the most cutting-edge and forward-thinking security solutions coming onto the market today, to ensure our readers have the information they need to stay ahead of the competition, and keep our Nation safe – one facility, street, and city at a time.
Nominations are now being accepted for the 2020 ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards at https://americansecuritytoday.com/ast-awards/.
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| Access Control/ Identification | Personal/Protective Equipment | Law Enforcement Counter Terrorism |
| Perimeter Barrier/ Deterrent System | Interagency Interdiction Operation | Cloud Computing/Storage Solution |
| Facial/IRIS Recognition | Body Worn Video Product | Cyber Security |
| Video Surveillance/VMS | Mobile Technology | Anti-Malware |
| Audio Analytics | Disaster Preparedness | ID Management |
| Thermal/Infrared Camera | Mass Notification System | Fire & Safety |
| Metal/Weapon Detection | Rescue Operations | Critical Infrastructure |
| License Plate Recognition | Detection Products | And Many Others! |
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The 2019 ‘ASTORS’ Awards Program surpassed expectations with a record number of nominations received from industry leaders and government agencies, and drew over 200 attendees to the ‘ASTORS’ Awards Presentation Banquet – an exclusive gourmet luncheon and networking opportunity which filled to capacity, before having to turn away late registrants.
The event featured an impassioned and compelling keynote address by William J. Bratton, former police commissioner of the New York Police Department (NYPD) twice, the Boston Police Department (BPD), and former chief of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), as he walked attendees through 50 years of American policing history, the impacts on the communities, and the evolution of critical communication capabilities in our post 9/11 landscape.
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Cobwebs Technologies is a worldwide leader in web intelligence, offering innovative solutions tailored to operational needs of national security agencies, law enforcement and the private sector, identifying threats with just one click.
Designed by intelligence and security experts, Cobwebs solutions include vital tools for the collection and analysis of data from all web layers such as social media, open, deep and dark web.
The company’s exclusive technology extracts targeted intelligence from big data using the latest machine learning algorithms, automatically generating intelligent insights.
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