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Essential OSINT reading for this week.

Building your information position on OSINT is essential when you are in the OSINT world. In Ready, Research, Read I shall share on a weekly basis one or two titles that I consider very worth while reading, based on working in OSINT since 1990. Let me know your thoughts.

Open source intelligence opportunities and challenges : a review / Szymoniak, Sabina ; Foks, Kacper . – In: Advances in Science and Technology Research Journal , 2024

Open-source intelligence (OSINT) is a collection of tools and methods for extracting information from publicly available sources. It helps verify the accuracy and authenticity of information, as seen in the FBI’s 2020 investigation of a Philadelphia woman involved in protests and preparing precise attacks like spear phishing. In this manuscript, we present an up-to-date overview of research that uses open-source methods and techniques. We will concentrate on the tools and methods advancing the cybersecurity industry. Studying the manuscript of OSINT opportunities and challenges can help readers understand the state of the art in theory and practice. We will also highlight the future directions and requirements for OSINT methods and the newly designed tools using these methods

Open Source Intelligence : the way ahead / Ungureanu, Ganbriel-Traian . – In: Journal of Defense Resources Management , 2021

The technological advances have led to an exponential growth in the amount and complexity of open-source information. The weight of this type of information in the collection base has significantly increased and now we have intelligence services that collect more than 80% of their intelligence from open sources. Therefore, in this article, referring to state-of-the-art technologies in an exhaustive approach, we analyze how the new technologies sustain the intelligence services in their actions for collecting open-source intelligence and increase the efficiency of related processes. Moreover, we analyze how these technologies can supplement and enhance one another throughout the phases of intelligence cycle to render the intelligence services’ activity more efficient. Finally, analyzing the historical progresses, we will foretell what technologies are expected to support OSINT in the next ten years and how they will be integrated into the phases of intelligence cycle, forecasting how OSINT will advance through technological change.

Remember, OSINT is a very broad and general concept that applies to many different areas. That explains why there are so many different definitions and visions. It is up to you to derive what is useful in your own environment.

Want to read more? Consider the OSINT Treasure Trove, a bibliography devoted to the finer art of OSINT.

Happy reading!

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Essential OSINT reading for this week.

Building your information position on OSINT is essential when you are in the OSINT world. In Ready, Research, Read I shall share on a weekly basis one or two titles that I consider very worth while reading, based on working in OSINT since 1990. Let me know your thoughts.

Open source intelligence : an overview of today’s operational challenges and human rights affected as a consequence / Perez, Ainara Bordes . – In: Intelligence and Security in the 21st Century , 2023
Refs. This rapid evolution of OSINT capabilities has nonetheless opened the debate surrounding the potential risks new means and uses of OSINT can involve for human rights. OSINT has traditionally been perceived as having no impact on human rights, and apart from information security and intellectual property issues, the (side) effects of OSINT have received little attention in the literature until recently (Eijkman & Weggemans, 2013, p. 289) However, the new OSINT setting is both qualitatively and quantitatively different from the “traditional” OSINT, and the potential impacts of the new techniques are also new. This report aims at studying those impacts, focusing on the risks deriving from technical and practical challenges of the OSINT process as we know it today

Artificial intelligence, deepfakes, and disinformation : a primer / Helmus, Todd C. : RAND Corporation , 2022 . – (Perspective)
OSINTs, as well as journalistic tools and tradecraft, provide additional approaches to addressing the deepfake problem. The goal with these approaches is to develop and share open-source tools that can be used to identify deepfakes and other disinformation-related content. These and a variety of other emerging tools are particularly important for journalists representing small to midsize news organizations, who will need to rely on such open-source tools to verify authenticity of reported content. OSINTs and related tools will also be important to a variety of civil society actors who engage in fact-checking and other educational work.

OSINT from a UK perspective : considerations from the law enforcement and military domains / Wells, Douglas ; Gibson, Helen . – In: From research to security union proceedings , 2017
Both law enforcement and the military have incorporated the use of open source intelligence (OSINT) into their daily operations. Whilst there are observable similarities in how these organisations employ OSINT there are also differences between military and policing approaches towards the understanding of open source information and the goals for the intel- ligence gathered from it. In particular, we focus on evaluating potential similarities and differences between understandings and approaches of operational OSINT between British law enforcement agencies and UK based MoD researchers and investigators. These observations are gath- ered towards the aim of increasing interoperability as well as creating opportunities for specific strengths and competencies of particular organisational approaches to be shared and utilised by both the military and law enforcement

Remember, OSINT is a very broad and general concept that applies to many different areas. That explains why there are so many different definitions and visions. It is up to you to derive what is useful in your own environment.

Want to read more? Consider the OSINT Treasure Trove, a bibliography devoted to the finer art of OSINT.

Happy reading!

Ready, research, read (6)

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Essential OSINT reading for this week.

Building your information position on OSINT is essential when you are in the OSINT world. In Ready, Research, Read I shall share on a weekly basis one or two titles that I consider very worth while reading, based on working in OSINT since 1990. Let me know your thoughts.

A burning need to know : the use of open source intelligence in the fire service / Thomas A. Robson. – Monterey CA : Naval Postgraduate school, 2009
Thesis. ”This thesis seeks to assist local fire departments in building systems and training personnel to exploit open source intelligence for their unique needs. Using information gleaned from interviews with experienced intelligence people, the intelligence cycle is discussed including requirements, collection, analysis, and dissemination in light of the needs of the fire service.’

OSINT done right / Steele, Robert David , 2016
Briefing presented in April 2016 to the military, police and national intelligence services of Denmark, in Denmark. Also available on Youtube. “Even today, I think this is still a problem in most ‘modern’ intelligence staffs. People think that simply collecting open source info – although now from a wider range of sources – is OSINT, when I say it is not. It’s like collecting satellite pictures and calling them IMINT … the job isn’t done until they are analyzed and an assessment made. “

Remember, OSINT is a very broad and general concept that applies to many different areas. That explains why there are so many different definitions and visions. It is up to you to derive what is useful in your own environment.

Want to read more? Consider the OSINT Treasure Trove, a bibliography devoted to the finder art of OSINT.

Happy reading!

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Essential OSINT reading for this week.

Building your information position on OSINT is essential when you are in the OSINT world. In Ready, Research, Read I shall share on a weekly basis one or two titles that I consider very worth while reading, based on working in OSINT since 1990. Let me know your thoughts.


Floridi, Luciano
Open source intelligence and AI : a systematic review of the GELSI literature / Floridi, Luciano ; Ghioni, Riccardo ; Taddeo, Mariarosaria : Springer . – In: AI & Society , 2023
Refs. ”This article offers a systematic review of the relevant literature. It analyzes 571 publications to assess the current state of the literature on the use of AI-powered OSINT (and the development of OSINT software) as it relates to the GELSI framework, highlighting potential gaps and suggesting new research directions.”

Akin Unver, H.
Digital open source intelligence and international security : a primer / Akin Unver, H. : Centre for Economics and Foreign Policy Studies , 2018 . – (Cyber governancec and digital democracy ; )
Makes a distinction between classical OSINT and modern digital OSINT. Explains what encompasses digital OSINT, its use, concept and examples.

Remember, OSINT is a very broad and general concept that applies to many different areas. That explains why there are so many different definitions and visions. It is up to you to derive what is useful in your own environment.

Want to read more? Consider the OSINT Treasure Trove, a bibliography devoted to the finder art of OSINT.

Happy reading!

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Essential OSINT reading for this week.

Building your information position on OSINT is essential when you are in the OSINT world. In Ready, Research, Read I shall share on a weekly basis one or two titles that I consider very worth while reading, based on working in OSINT since 1990. Let me know your thoughts.

Open source intelligence : doctrine’s neglected child / Pham, Tuan N. – Newport R.I. : Naval War College, 3 February 2003. – 27 p. http://bib.opensourceintelligence.biz/STORAGE/2003.%20open%20source%20intelligence%20doctrines%20neglected%20child.pdf

Abstract: “This paper will examine the inconsistent operational employment of OSINT to highlight the inadequacy of existing doctrine; scrutinize the doctrine to identify gaps for revision; derive lessons learned to improve OSINT support to the operational commander; and thereby justify a greater emphasis on OSINT in joint doctrine.”

Options for strengthening all-source intelligence : substantive change is within reach / Weinbaum, Cortney ; Knopp, Bradley ; Kim, Soo ; Shokh, Yuliya . – Santa Monica : Rand corporation , 2022
http://bib.opensourceintelligence.biz/STORAGE/2003.%20open%20source%20intelligence%20doctrines%20neglected%20child.pdf

“The IC does not adequately use open-source intelligence (OSINT)”, proposes to establish a new organization for collection of unclassified data and open source intelligence analysis.

Remember, OSINT is a very broad and general concept that applies to many different areas. That explains why there are so many different definitions and visions. It is up to you to derive what is useful in your own environment.

Happy reading!