Business Wire IndiaACSG Corp an India-based Information Communication Technology service provider today announced a key breakthrough in the voice encryption field with the creation of targeted decryption techniques that can assist security and counter terrorism agencies to decrypt VoIP calls. The decryption technique, which has been filed for a patent by the company, can decrypt SDES protected STRP phone calls and has immense potential for applications in Homeland Security.
Commenting on the announcement, Mr. Pankaj Srivastava, Head of Chief Technology Cell, ACSG Corp said, “ACSG has been working closely with state and central security agencies for over a decade providing them with strategic intervention security solutions and software. Through this new development, we hope to provide Government Agencies with the right kind of tools to tackle the unrestricted growth of encrypted voice technology.”
Most people in the world are happy to enjoy the convenience and privacy of Voice-over Internet Protocol (VoIP) calling apps such as WhatsApp. However, in places like New Delhi, India, where terrorism is a constant threat, the technology has proven problematic for police forces. Mobile interception has been the most often-used response to terrorism threats, but it relies on traditional mobile communication in order to be successful. Many of these apps use foreign-based servers and require compliance with extensive protocols to access the information exchanged between users over the app, a process that is time-consuming (yet deals with extremely time-sensitive matters) and essentially a major hindrance to anti-terror objectives.
“ACSG has been working closely with Delhi Police, Airport Associations of India and various other security agencies of India creating various Big Data and e-governance tools and solutions,” said Mr. Pankaj Srivastava, Technology Cell, ACSG Corp. He Added, “However, in the wake of the Paris, Uri Attacks, and other ISIS-directed or inspired attacks, government agencies are concerned that terrorists are able to obtain refuge by using encrypted communications that are easily available.”
The decryption techniques created by ACSG are able to capture the VoIP session of two targeted conversations and with the use of various scripts is able to decode the encryption key. The output file is first available in the .au format and can be later converted to mp3.
“While the natural application of our technique is in the Defense and counter terrorism sector, we feel that we can also use it to quality check the effectiveness of existing encryption techniques that are currently being used for VoIP calls,” said Mr. Pankaj Srivastava, Technology Cell head, ACSG Corp.
