DarkOwl Deepens International Relationships at ISS World Europe

June 28, 2023

Earlier this month, DarkOwl participated in ISS World Europe in Prague. ISS World Europe prides themselves on being “the world’s largest gathering of Regional Law Enforcement, Intelligence and Homeland Security Analysts, Telecoms as well as Financial Crime Investigators responsible for Cyber Crime Investigation, Electronic Surveillance and Intelligence Gathering.” ISS World events focus on the latest in cyber tools and methodologies specifically for law enforcement, public safety, government and private sector intelligence communities. The first full day of ISS events is dedicated to training and in-depth sessions. Trainings and topics covered throughout the event include how to use cyber to combat drug trafficking, cyber money laundering, human trafficking, terrorism and other nefarious activity that occurs all across the internet.

Representing DarkOwl this year at ISS World Europe was David Alley, CEO of DarkOwl FZE based in Dubai, Magnus Svärd, Director of Strategic Partnerships, and Caryn Farino, Director of Client Engagement, both based out of DarkOwl’s headquarters in Denver, CO.

As is the norm at ISS Prague, the networking opportunities with current clients, partners, opportunities and net new prospects alike are well worth the travel across the pond. The team saw great international attendance and interest this year, with visitors to the booth from Sweden, Germany, Italy, Turkey, Hungary, The Czech Republic, Serbia, Spain, South Africa, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, The Netherlands, France, UK, Poland, Ukraine, Romania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Saudi Arabia, Israel, among others. For the time at any ISS event, Magnus noted, “Our number of engagements on the booth needed a minimum of two people on the booth; three would be better as we were not able to engage with everyone that came to the booth.” What an incredible turn out! The team is excited to nurture these conversations and needless to say, looks forward to next year’s event! In addition the great conversations at the booth, the team hosted a dinner with Pegasus Intelligence, who DarkOwl works with to provide cutting-edge security solutions to government and military clients.

Throughout the event, top minds of the space share the latest technology, trends and thought leadership in the cyber community. Tracks this year included: Investigating DarkWeb, Bitcoin, Altcoin and Blockchain Transaction, Threat Intelligence Gathering and Cyber Security Product Training, Social Network Monitoring, Artificial Intelligence and Analytics Product Training, LEA, Defense and Intelligence Analyst Product Presentations, Lawful Interception and Criminal Investigation Training, Mobile Signal Intercept Product Training and Presentations, Electronic Surveillance Training and Product Presentations, and 5G Lawful Interception Product Training.

Due to the layer of anonymity it provides, the darknet is often a hub for illegal activity. However, investigating crime on the darknet and deep web poses technical challenges, including the fact that darknet sites are continually coming on and offline with pages vanishing from one minute to the next. The technology DarkOwl leverages to scrape and index hidden digital undergrounds are key to the mission of obtaining proactive situational awareness for protection of the nation’s security initiatives. DarkOwl Vision UI provides a user-friendly interface with powerful querying capabilities to search, monitor, and create alerts for critical information. DarkOwl Vision has been used to support local and federal police investigations, as well as work done in intelligence/fusion centers and federal agencies to uncover human trafficking, opioid selling, terrorism, security issues, and other illegal activity, making it the perfect tool for this audience to be able to dive into.

Live Demonstration of DarkOwl Vision: Darknet Intelligence Discovery and Collection

The first day of the event, before booths were open, David Alley was able to give a live presentation to attendees demonstrating DarkOwl Vision: Darknet Intelligence Discovery and Collection. The team is thrilled to share that the conference room was filled to the brim with standing room only. The goal of this session was to further educate the international intelligence community on how threat actors on the darknet are evolving in their use of new tools and methodologies.

Vision UI is the industry leading platform for analysts to simply, safely, and comprehensively search the largest commercially available source of darknet data. Vision provides a user friendly interface with powerful querying capabilities to search, monitor, and create alerts for critical information. You can read more about Vision UI here.