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Welcoming Remarks and Top Ten Challenges

Wednesday, November 5, 2025

8:15-8:30 AM	Welcoming Remarks Tatiana Lucas, ISS World Program Director, TeleStrategies
8:30-9:00 AM	Top Ten Challenges Facing Law Enforcement and the Government Intelligence Community and Who at ISS World North America has Solutions Dr. Jerry Lucas, President, TeleStrategies

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ISS World North America Exhibit Hours:

Wednesday, November 5, 2025: 10:00 AM-6:00 PM
Thursday, November 6, 2025: 9:30 AM-1:00 PM

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ISS World North America 2025 Track Agendas

To Be Posted On Or Before August 4, 2025)

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Track 1: Lawful Interception and Criminal Investigations

Training

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Track 2: LEA, Defense and Intelligence Gathering

Product Presentations

* Note: Sessions in this track are only open to Law Enforcement, Public Safety and Government Intelligence Community Attendees.

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Track 3: Social Network Monitoring, OSINT, AI and Data

Analytics Product Presentations

* Note: Sessions in this track are only open to Law Enforcement, Public Safety and Government Intelligence Community Attendees.

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Track 4: Real-Time Cyber Threat Identification Product

Presentations

* Note: Sessions in this track are only open to Law Enforcement, Public Safety and Government Intelligence Community Attendees.

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Track 5: Investigating Dark Web and Cryptocurrency

Transactions Traceback

* Note: Sessions in this track are only open to Law Enforcement, Public Safety and Government Intelligence Community Attendees.

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Track 6: Mobile Signal Intercept, 5G and Electronic

Surveillance Product Presentations

* Note: Sessions in this track are only open to Law Enforcement, Public Safety and Government Intelligence Community Attendees.

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Track 7: Mobile Device and Network Forensic Product

Training

* Note: Sessions in this track are only open to Law Enforcement, Public Safety and Government Intelligence Community Attendees.

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Advanced HI-Tech Cyber Investigation Training

Seminars Led by Law Enforcement Officers and

Ph.D Computer Scientists

29 classroom training hours, presented by sworn law enforcement officers, Ph.D. Computer Scientists and nationally recognized cybercrime textbook authors and instructors. Distinguished ISS World Training Instructor sessions include:

Tuesday, November 4, 2025

Seminar #1
9:00 AM-5:00 PM

Online Social Media and Internet Investigations　

Presented by: Charles Cohen, Vice President at NW3C, the National White Collar Crime Center, Professor in Practice Criminal Justice, Indiana University and Retired Captain, Indiana State Police

This Seminar is open to all attendees but designed for practitioners who are actively collecting evidence and criminal intelligence, identifying unlawful online activity, and mitigating threats.  

While Tor is the most common Darknet Service, it is not the only one.  And, while Tor Hidden Service servers are the most well-known portion of the Darknet, there are other areas accessible through other tools.  The first two sessions will give practitioners the foundation that they need to understand these tools and communities—both how they function and how they are exploited by criminals.

Mobile devices collect, store, and transmit an ever-increasing amount of information that includes handset geolocation information collected from a combination of GPS, Wi-Fi, cellular trilateration, BLE beacons, and ultra-wideband sensors. The afternoon sessions will take a deep dive into information being collected by mobile handsets, operating system developers, and social media companies.

9:00-10:00
Proxies, VPNs, and Dark Web: Identity Concealment and Location Obfuscation

10:15-11:15
Tor, onion routers, Deepnet, and Darknet: An Investigator's Operational Perspective

11:30-12:30
How Criminals exploit Darknet Services and Dark Markets: A Deep Dive for Criminal Investigators

13:30-14:30
Tor, onion routers, Deepnet, and Darknet: Investigative Strategies & Case Studies

14:45-15:45
Device Geolocation through GPS, Wi-Fi Triangulation, Cell site Trilateration, BLE Beacons, and Ultra-Wideband: What Investigators Need to Know

16:00-17:00
Collecting Evidence from Online Communication: Building a Cyber-OSINT Toolbox

Seminar #2
9:00 AM-5:00 PM

(THIS SEMINAR IS ONLY OPEN TO LEA AND GOVERNMENT ATTENDEES)
Practitioners Guide to Internet Investigations
Presented by: Mark Bentley, Communications Data Expert, National Cyber Crime Law Enforcement, UK Police

The aim of this 1-day seminar is to take the attendees from the basics of understanding the Internet, 
how to find data, through to a full understanding of best practice of an Internet investigator, building their OSINT toolbox, and having awareness and knowledge of all the tools available to achieve this. It is aimed primarily at the investigator, delivered from the perspective of detective, to empower them to have the best methodology and tradecraft to profile and catch suspects.
This is exclusively Law Enforcement only, as Practical examples, covert and investigative methodology and tradecraft will be given throughout the seminar.

9:00-10:00 AM
The Internet, and how suspects leave a Digital Footprint. How the system works for us, as investigators

How it works. Why it works. How it works for us .How data traffic leaves a trace ; What the internet is; what is an IP and how is it significant to trace a person. IPv4 and IPv6 – understanding the changes- the benefits and pitfalls for the investigator. The internet has millions of copies of data on it - why, and where can we find this. Tracking and evaluating data. MAC adders tracking.

10:15-11:15 AM
Recognizing Traffic Data and digital profiling via social networks and devices - digital shadows

What data is available. How to harvest and analyze it. Best practice to identify suspects and build profiles. Good practice, virtual data 'housekeeping' and tradecraft .Data collection and interrogation, significance and value. IP usage, exploitation and dynamics; IP plotting and analysis how to look for suspect mistakes and exploit them ( where they show their id). Dynamic approaches to identifying suspects through internet profiles. What investigators get from tech and service providers, and how to analyze it. Investigator capabilities and opportunities.

11:30 AM-12:30 PM
WIFI, geolocation, and Mobile Data traces and tracking

A detectives look at Wi-Fi, attribution, cell site data, GPRS location services and technology. How an investigator can track devices, attribute suspects locations, devices and movement. Unique communication identifiers. Dynamic live time tracing. Geo location services and uses. Online Surveillance and tracking movement and speed.

1:30-2:30 PM
Awareness of Emerging Technologies, Masking Tech and Tools, TOR and proxies

How suspects are using emerging and new technologies.
An introduction to where technology is going, and how Law enforcement can use this to our advantages. dynamic and pro-active problem solving. Darknet, (Deep web) , TOR and IRC use. VOIP, Skype and FaceTime exploits. Advanced data sniffing and profile building. TOR systems, applications and ways to coax offenders out of the system.

2:45-3:45 PM
Advanced Techniques in Tracing Suspects, and lateral problem solving

Using innovative and dynamic methods to trace offenders. Tricks used by suspects and how to combat them- Play them at their own game?. Covert internet investigations. Proxy servers and hiding. Managing collateral intrusion. Reverse and social engineering. Thinking outside the box. Lateral thinking. Possible missed opportunities. Profile building and manhunts through device footprints, speed and movement.

4:00-5:00 PM
Open Source Tools, PART 1. Resources, tradecraft and techniques - highlighting the best free tools and resources

"Just google it" doesn't work anymore. A look at good tradecraft, practice and methodology in profiling, tracking and tracing digital footprints and shadows on the internet, by means of best available tools. A look at a selection of 200+ tools available on Mark's open source law enforcement tools website, that search engines can’t see, with login and password provided during the session. Do's and do nots. Best tools for best results. When was the last time you 'googled' something in an investigation, and it returned 5 results, all specifically relating to your suspect? This session will teach you how. PART 2 on the final day with free tools to download and keep

Seminar #3
9:00 AM-5:00 PM

(THIS SEMINAR IS ONLY OPEN TO LEA AND GOVERNMENT ATTENDEES)
A Real World Look at Investigations in the Dark Web
Presented by: Todd G. Shipley, CEO, Dark Intel, and CoAuthor of, Investigating Internet Crimes: An Introduction to Solving Crimes in Cyberspace and retired investigator, Reno NV, Police Department

9:00-10:00 AM
The Dark Web, what it is and what it is not 

10:15-11:15 AM
To TOR or not to TOR

11:30-12:30 PM
CryptoCurrency and its use in the Dark Web 

1:30-2:30 PM
Going Undercover on the Dark Web 

2:45-3:45 PM
Using web bugs and other technology to locate a suspect 

4:00-5:00 PM
Advanced Dark Web Investigations, identifying the anonymous user

Seminar #4
9:00-10:00 AM

Understanding 2G/3G/4G/5G Infrastructure for Lawful Intercept
Presented by: Dr. Jerry Lucas, President, TeleStrategies

Seminar #5
10:15-11:15 AM

Understanding 5G/5GA/6G LI for Investigators
Presented by: Matthew Lucas (Ph.D., Computer Science), VP, TeleStrategies

Seminar #6
11:30 AM -12:30 PM

Understanding How AI Empowers ISS Products, LEAs and Intelligence Agencies
Matthew Lucas (Ph.D., Computer Science, VP, TeleStrategies

Law enforcement and intelligence agencies have massive data sets to pile through in order to find the evidence and information they need for their investigations. This seminar will address how AI is helping. The presentation will first provide a background/primer in at AI technologies -  what are the specific types of AI systems; how are they used in industry today; and what are the strengths and weaknesses of AI. The second half will focus on how ISS vendors are leveraging AI to increase agent efficiency and results in network data, OSINT, application profiling, location and image/language processing. Specific topics include: 

• Overview of AI, machine learning (ML) and deep learning (DL) systems technology.
• What AI capabilities are helping law enforcement and national security agencies (e.g., image / natural language processing, unstructured data analytics, predictive analytics).
• How AI is powering OSINT analytics, mobile signal intercept, location, signaling intelligence, audio-visual forensics, encryption and surveillance products. 
• Negative impacts of AI, such as clutter, fake news.
• Future directions: generative AI, ChatGPT.

Seminar # 7
1:30-2:30 PM

Generative AI (e.g., ChatGPT): Hype vs. Reality and Law Enforcement Friend or Foe
Matthew Lucas (Ph.D., Computer Science, VP, TeleStrategies

Generative AI is a completely new technology that is greatly impacting all aspects of society, industry, politics, and culture. This seminar is going to look at generative AI from law enforcement and the intelligence community’s perspective. The first half of the presentation will focus on what the technology is, how it works, the training sets, what is good at, and the pitfalls. The second half will look at how LEAs and intelligence agencies can leverage the technology; how the technology is already making the lives of agents more difficult; and how generative AI might find itself working into LEA/ISS tools. Specific topics include: 

• What are the key difference between traditional AI systems and generative AI platforms?
• What are generative AI systems and large language models? How does the work? What are they good at? What can’t they do?
• What are the key platform providers? Who is behind the technology? Where is it going?
• What are the potential application, upside and downside of generative AI for LEAs and intel agencies?
• How are the platforms evolving? What to expect going forward from a criminal use/misuse perspective (e.g., fake news, deepfakes, clutter generation)? What products and platforms are available to address this?

Wednesday, November 5, 2025

Seminar #8
1:00-1:45 PM

Trending Topics in Cryptocurrency Forensics
Presented by: Vladimir Vesely (Ph.D., Computer Science) Researcher, Brno University of Technology

Thursday, November 6, 2025

Seminar #9
8:30-9:30 AM

(THIS SEMINAR IS ONLY OPEN TO LEA AND GOVERNMENT ATTENDEES)
Lawful Interception - What, Why, When, Who and how to, and solutions.
Presented by: Mark Bentley, Communications Data Expert, National Cyber Crime Law Enforcement, UK Police

Seminar #10
10:30-11:30 AM

Understanding the Implications of Online Social Media for OSINT During Critical Incidents
Presented by: Charles Cohen, Vice President at NW3C, the National White Collar Crime Center, Professor in Practice Criminal Justice, Indiana University and Retired Captain, Indiana State Police

Seminar #11
10:30-11:30 AM

Thou shalt wirelessly intercept your neighbor: Leveraging WiFi and Bluetooth in operative
Presented by: Vladimir Vesely (Ph.D., Computer Science) Researcher, Brno University of Technology

Seminar #12
12:00-1:00 PM

(THIS SEMINAR IS ONLY OPEN TO LEA AND GOVERNMENT ATTENDEES)
Open Source Tools, PART 2. Top 20 FREE Open Source Tools (OSINT) Used in Cybercrime Investigations
Presented by: Mark Bentley, Communications Data Expert, National Cyber Crime Law Enforcement, UK Police

Seminar #13
12:00-1:00 PM

Mastering the password cracking
Presented by: Vladimir Vesely (Ph.D., Computer Science) Researcher, Brno University of Technology