Ribbon Retains Subsentio to Meet Law Enforcement Assistance Mandates
June 5, 2018Enables Communications Service Providers leveraging Kandy to accommodate law enforcement requirements seamlessly
WESTFORD, Mass. – Ribbon Communications Inc. (Nasdaq: RBBN), a global leader in secure and intelligent cloud communications, today announced that its Kandy Communications Platform as a Service (CPaaS) now leverages its technology partnership with Subsentio, LLC. Ribbon’s initiative means that its Communications Service Provider (CSP) customers around the world now can assist criminal and terrorist investigations with a law enforcement compliance program that includes a full-featured cloud communications suite.
“Today’s CSPs must manage and respond to law enforcement assistance requests on multiple technology fronts,” said Patrick Joggerst, Chief Marketing Officer and EVP Business Development for Ribbon. “Having access to a law enforcement compliance program that includes a differentiated solution is a key asset in an age of widespread public safety threats. A leading APAC carrier has already taken steps to deploy services which implement our compliance program, and more CSPs are in the pipeline to embrace this solution.”
The expanded partnership supports Ribbon with an on-call team of experts who specialize in meeting a wide variety of global requirements for lawful intercept, records production, and data retention. As an FCC-recognized trusted third party for law enforcement assistance, Subsentio helps CSPs meet their law enforcement assistance requirements under mandates such as the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA) and the Stored Communications Act through a blend of regulatory and technical resources. On the regulatory side, a trained staff implements law enforcement requests for subscriber information while meeting the growing requirements of subscriber privacy law. Technically, the staff discloses the subscriber information using secure technical solutions designed to protect the privacy of the investigations and non-suspects.
“A large part of the fight against terrorism and other types of crime now takes place in our communications networks”, said Steve Bock, president and CEO of Subsentio. “We’re thrilled to extend our partnership and give CSPs access a complete law enforcement compliance program that includes a virtualized technical solution with a single contract.”
About Ribbon Communications
Ribbon Communications is a company with two decades of leadership in real-time communications. Built on world-class technology and intellectual property, the company delivers intelligent, secure, embedded real-time communications for today’s world. The company transforms fixed, mobile and enterprise networks from legacy environments to secure IP and cloud-based architectures, enabling highly productive communications for consumers and businesses. With a global footprint, Ribbon’s innovative, market-leading portfolio empowers service providers and enterprises with rapid service creation in a fully virtualized environment. The company’s Kandy Communications Platform as a Service (CPaaS) delivers a comprehensive set of advanced embedded communications capabilities that enables this transformation. To learn more, visit ribboncommunications.com.
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Subsentio CTO Marcus Thomas at BerkeleyLaw Symposium “Criminal Justice at a Crossroads”
October 17, 2017November 3, 2017, 1:30pm PT
University of California, Berkeley School of Law
Warren Room, Boalt Hall 295, 215 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, CA 94720
BERKELEY, CA, OCTOBER 17, 2017 – On Friday, November 3 at 1:30pm Pacific Time, Marcus Thomas, Chief Technology Officer of Subsentio®, the CALEA Compliance Company®, will participate in a BerkeleyLaw Symposium panel on “The Intersection of Technology and Criminal Justice.” The panel is part of day-long symposium, “Criminal Justice at a Crossroads.”
The panel will be moderated by John Yoo, Emanuel S. Heller Professor of Law at UC Berkeley School of Law, and include Richard Salgado, Director for Information Security and Law Enforcement at Google, Inc., and other distinguished experts from the law enforcement and legal affairs community.
As Chief Technology Officer for Subsentio, Thomas leads technology planning and development for the nation’s largest trusted third party of CALEA compliance, Records Production, DMCA Records Production, and International Legal Demand Tracker services. Before joining Subsentio, he was Assistant Director of Technology for the FBI, where he oversaw operational technologies and supported the mission needs for that agency and the Intelligence Community.
SUBSENTIO® LAUNCHES INTERNATIONAL LEGAL DEMAND TRACKER
September 26, 2017Unique Data Retention Platform with Records Production Capability Creates Unified Outsourced Solution for Communications Service Providers
DENVER, SEPTEMBER 26, 2017 – Subsentio, the CALEA Compliance Company®, today introduced its International Legal Demand Tracker, a unified platform that combines data retention and legal records production services in a single, simplified solution for communications service provides (CSPs) worldwide. With the introduction of this new capability, CSPs that do business internationally may now outsource their entire data retention and records production requirements to Subsentio.
Subsentio International Legal Demand Tracker is an outgrowth of the company’s successful Records Production service, an economical solution capable of providing automation and legal expertise 24X7X365 to meet the demand for customer records by law enforcement, law firms and customers themselves. As a unified platform, Subsentio International Demand Tracker gives CSPs a secure, single-source solution for both records production and data retention.
“With the launch of International Legal Demand Tracker, the once finite realms of data retention and records production have crossed into the universe of 21st century telecommunications and Internet services, which are global and borderless,” said Steve Bock, Subsentio CEO and Founder. “CSPs throughout the world now have a one-stop shop that banks all customer communications data, and provides a sophisticated records production service that ensures fast, accurate and economical document retrieval.”
SUBSENTIO® HONORS LAW ENFORCEMENT AT “CITIZENS APPRECIATE STATE TROOPERS” AWARDS EVENT FRIDAY, JULY 28 – 11:00AM MTN GOVERNOR’S RESIDENCE AT THE BOETTCHER MANSION
July 28, 2017DENVER, JULY 27, 2017 – On Friday, July 28 at 11:00am MTN time, Centennial-based Subsentio, the CALEA Compliance Company®, salutes members of the Colorado State Patrol selected to receive the “Citizens Appreciate State Troopers” or “C.A.S.T.” Award.
Held in the Governor’s Residence at the Boettcher Mansion, the event honors Colorado State Troopers for their courage and commitment in preserving the law and protecting public safety.
Subsentio CEO and Founder Steve Bock will join host Deputy Chief Mark Savage and members of the C.A.S.T. Board of Directors in presenting awards to the following members of the Colorado State Patrol:
- Corporal Jason Sparks who safely disarmed a suicidal woman and coaxed her into a waiting ambulance – saving her from death by prescription drug overdose. Corporal Sparks will receive the C.A.S.T. Distinguished Service Award.
- Trooper Eduardo Henriquez and Trooper Justin Richards for preventing the murder of an innocent bystander by an individual suspected of involvement in human trafficking. Fleeing arrest, the suspect jumped into a truck while the vehicle’s owner lay underneath doing repairs, then placed it in gear with the intent running over all three men. Troopers Henriquez and Richards discharged their weapons, striking and killing the fleeing suspect, and saving both the truck owner’s and their own lives. Troopers Henriquez and Richards will receive the C.A.S.T. Distinguished Service Award.
- Trooper Adam Jennings for disarming an individual under pursuit for shooting four individuals, three of whom had died from their injuries. Seeing that the suspect had no weapon in hand, Trooper Jennings single-handedly tackled and disarmed him before the suspect could kill or harm others. Trooper Jennings will receive the A.S.T. Distinguished Service Award.
- Trooper Cody Donahue (posthumously). While assisting with the investigation of a motor crash on I-25 near Castle Rock in Douglas County, Colorado, Trooper Donahue was struck by a commercial vehicle and killed instantly. Trooper Donahue will be honored posthumously with the A.S.T. Purple Heart Award.
SUBSENTIO® WEBINAR ON LEGAL LIABILITY OF NON-COMPLIANCE WITH CALEA AND INTERNATIONAL SURVEILLANCE LAWS WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14, 2:30PM ET
June 12, 2017WASHINGTON, DC, JUNE 12, 2017 – On Wednesday, June 14, 2017 at 2:30pm ET, Subsentio, the CALEA Compliance Company®, will hold a webinar on the legal risks and financial penalties that can strike communications service providers (CSPs) that fail to meet compliance requirements of the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA) – or of the diverse surveillance laws that CSPs are subject to when providing services in other nations.
Host: Joel Margolis, Subsentio General Counsel and Executive Vice President Government Affairs, and former attorney for the US Department of Justice – Drug Enforcement Administration, and Federal Communications Commission.
Enacted in 1994, CALEA is the law used by US law enforcement agencies for court-ordered lawful intercept. CALEA compliance is mandatory for the great majority of CSPs doing business in the US. Webinar topics on relevant legal liabilities for non-compliance will include:
- Legal action and financial penalties for CSP failure to obey a CALEA court order.
- Escalation of CSPs’ CALEA compliance infractions to the Federal Bureau of Investigation and U.S. Department of Justice.
- Financial penalties ranging into the US $millions when a CSP overcharges law enforcement agencies for CALEA compliance support.
- Penalties for violating Federal Communications Commission rules that protect call data records of innocent CSP subscribers not subject to a court-ordered lawful intercept.
- Class-action and private lawsuits, including legal action undertaken by one CSP against another, for transgressing the bounds of CALEA and other US surveillance laws.
- Broad variation of international laws, and liability in a foreign country for conducting surveillance practices considered lawful in the US., but illegal in that nation.
To join this webinar, register here.