Osint Explained

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OSINT Explained

• With websites giving rise to an unprecedented
  volume of intelligence for security agencies,
  open-source intelligence, or OSINT, is a treasure
  trove of information for those working to solve
  criminal cases online.

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OSINT Explained

• Criminals and terrorists with easy access
  to the vast data sources available on the various
  levels of the web can plan and execute attacks
  against innocent civilians. Security agencies who
  are working to prevent the next crime or attack
  must use all available means to gather targeted
  intelligence.

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OSINT Explained

• Over the last decade, there has been an
  increase in the drive to adopt intelligence-led
  approaches and solutions in order to deal with
  threats based on the understanding that
  individuals and illicit networks can be
  identified by those who utilize all capabilities
  to see the wider intelligence picture.
• OSINT refers to any intelligence gathered
  from publicly accessible resources, such as news
  reports, search engines, online databases, social
  media networks, blog posts as well as public
  government data, academic publications and more.
  OSINT can also be gathered from television
  reports, videos, public speeches, and other
  visual forms.

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OSINT Explained

• Publicly available intelligence, such as
  those available through database searches which
  aggregates information and have a quick
  turnaround rate, can be cost-effective for some
  organizations.
• But gathering information from a vast range
  of sources is a time-consuming job and the danger
  of information overload is a concern for security
  agencies who must go through the unprecedented
  volume of intelligence theyve gathered and
  analyze it in order to have the detailed
  intelligence in the shortest amount of time
  possible.

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OSINT Explained

• In order to gain unmatched intelligence and
  in order for security agencies to save time and
  resources, OSINT tools such as specialized OSINT
  software which can anonymously and automatically
  monitor and manage content from across all layers
  of the internet must be used.
• The OSINT software available from Cobwebs
  allows for security agencies to identify
  criminals who are intent on causing harm to
  others.

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OSINT Explained

• While many threat actors prefer to plan
  their nefarious crimes in the relative obscurity
  of the dark-web, many use OSINT to research,
  monitor and track their threat actors prior to an
  attack.
• In order to prevent threat actors from
  succeeding, security agencies can passively or
  actively collect OSINT from a variety of feeds
  into a single accessible location. The harvesting
  of intelligence can be assisted by using
  artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning,
  and natural language processing (NPL) which
  automatically monitor and prioritize alerts.