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Advantages and disadvantages of open source intelligence

Defence & Intelligence, Entity Extraction, OSINT

In recent years, the relevance of open source intelligence (OSINT) has grown within the field of information management. In fact, open source intelligence provides a large amount of the information used by intelligence analysts and corporate security analysts to identify potential hidden risks or make strategic decisions in time. While there are many advantages to

17 Jan

OSINT for SMEs

January 17, 2017 - 9:26

OSINT, Others

For organizations both large and small, cyber security threats, from malware attacks to hacking and IT asset theft, present very real and even fatal threats to an organization’s finances as well as its reputation. OSINT tools and techniques offer effective solutions for small- to medium-sized organizations and businesses of any size to protect their operations

05 Jan

What is open source intelligence and how is it used?

January 5, 2017 - 9:00

CyberOSINT, OSINT

So, what is open source intelligence and how it is used? I would say that it boils down to just one word: Advantage. Open source intelligence is advantage, pure and simple. How is it used? Forgive me if I sound like a dictionary, but an advantage is used as a condition for a greater chance

27 Dec

How social media and open source intelligence techniques can work together

December 27, 2016 - 9:08

OSINT, Social media monitoring

An important element of an effective business strategy is a deep understanding of your customers and your competitors. A social media monitoring strategy is a great starting point for discovering what users are saying about your brand, services and products, as well as how the social media sentiment is trending around those topics. The word

The value of open source intelligence in the 21st century

CyberOSINT, OSINT

This article should be enough to understand the growing value of open source intelligence in recent years. It highlights some of the things that we’ve been talking about for years, namely the importance of combining qualitative and quantitative data and using software that can simulate human capabilities to help people and businesses become more efficient.

31 Aug

3 examples of OSINT applications against criminality

August 31, 2016 - 8:30

CyberOSINT, OSINT

OSINT applications are used by law enforcement agencies and public institutions to help improve their activities against criminality and in support of safety for citizens. In this post, we’ll look at three examples of areas where OSINT applications could be employed to support the fight against crime. Examples of OSINT applications: Violence helplines According to

15 Jul

5 OSINT techniques that bring intelligence to the enterprise

July 15, 2016 - 8:47

OSINT

OSINT (OSINT, for Open Source INTelligence) techniques are the methods and tools used to acquire information that is widely available and useful for supporting intelligence analysts. The sources include, according to the FBI “information obtained from the media (newspapers, radio, television, etc.), professional and academic records (papers, conferences, professional associations, etc.), and public data (government