Dr' Robert A' Norton

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Academic OSINT SOG-06 Group

• Dr. Robert A. Norton
• Auburn University OSINT Program

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SOG-06 Mission Priorities
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• Educate students in OSINT Methodologies
• Real world projects
• Direct interaction with the IC
• Future IC employees
• Collect and analyze high priority documents and
  data
• Cutting edge technology and techniques Industry
  Partnerships
• Maneuverability
• Scalability
• Develop and evaluate new IC methodologies and
  tools for collection and analysis
• Industry Partnerships
• Develop standards and methodologies for education
• The new analyst
• Combined emphasis on OSINT and Information
  Assurance in the CYBER domain

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STI - Far Left of Bang!
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• Science and Technology Intelligence (STI)
• Looking far over the horizon (2015-2050)
• Left of bang Left of concept
• Academics and scientists
• Weapons systems and doctrine
• Threat nations - academic/military nexus
• Open Source and Gray Literature
• RESINT Academic Resume Intelligence

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Seeking Insight
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• Finite ST Solutions
• Exponential ST Leaps are the Exception
• Solution Predictabilities or Lead Backs?

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Mission Priorities
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• Data relevant to understanding of
• Social Networks
• Peer to Peer
• Management process
• Government to Government
• Government to NGOs and Individuals
• Financial networks
• ST process
• Scientific literature
• Patents
• Programs and modeling
• Embedded code
• Photographs and video

Who, What, When, Where, How?
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Working back
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Resume ? Scientific Papers ? Scientist Insight
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RESINT Basic Concepts
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• Academics are compelled to advertise via
  resumes
• Publish or Perish is universal
• War doctrine affects weapons systems requirements
• Scientists and Engineers make widgets
• Widgets make weapons systems
• Weapons systems affect war doctrine
  implementation
• War doctrine affects requirements
• Requirements affect Scientists/Engineers

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Scientists
Science
Requirements
Systems
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Science and Technology Intelligence (STI)
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• A widget has meaning

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RESINT A Resume has meaning
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General ObservationsRESINT Utility
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• Academic/Military nexus in several threat nations
  (China, Iran, Russia)
• Military related ST/Dual Use ST

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RESINT results in a series of time linesContext
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Science
Financial
Political
Societal

• How far over the horizon does the threat reside?
• What is the nature of the threat?

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RESINT Targets
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• Scientific papers
• Presentations/Lectures
• Resumes
• Static
• Dynamic

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Scientific Papers
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The bricks from which resumes are built
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Scientific/Engineering Peer Reviewed Papers
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• Represent a historical snapshot of science
  performed Quality varies with journal
• Vetted as to scientific validity (source
  specific) International journals vs.
  national/regional journals
• Exploitable science?

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Collaborators and Locations
Contact Information
Authorship hierarchy must be established
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Scientist Database
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Resume
Scientific Literature
Background Data
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Mapping Scientific Capabilities - RAS
Decision Trees
Work Groups
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Intuitive Database Capabilities?
Power behind the charts
How Maximize Database Utility?
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Military/University Nexus
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Lt. Gen. Guo Guirong An Intelligence Recognition
Method of Ship Targets
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University Research Units
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Funding Sources and Nomenclature
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Regional Leadership
Decision Makers?
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National Leadership
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Patent Timelines
Financial Political Networks
BANG!
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Other Intelligence?
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Equipment Lab Locations
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Resumes
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Academic Resumes
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• Required by Academic Institutions throughout the
  world
• Must be current even for senior faculty
• Required for advancement
• Basic structure consistent throughout most
  nations examined to date
• Self-Vetting
• Academic fraud professional suicide
• Static vs. Dynamic

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Technique Google Image Searches
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Query Term National Security
National Intelligence Service), ...1240 x 1752 -
343k - jpgdosan.skku.ac.kr
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Dynamic Resumes
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SEUNGJOO KIM's Homepage                         
                                               
Assistant Professor (196696)Information
Security GroupSchool of Information and
Communication Engineering, Natural Sciences
CampusSungkyunkwan University300
Cheoncheon-dong, Jangan-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do
440-746, KOREA
Source http//dosan.skku.ac.kr/sjkim/
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