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OSINT Career Paths and Opportunities

OSINT can be vague. Many professionals linked to Security, Intelligence, Journalism, and Technology are continuously looking for the best OSINT techniques and tools. In the...

OSINT Analysts Jobs and Employment Data Trends

Open source intelligence is a rapidly growing industry that's in demand both in the public and private sector. Gathering accurate data for this industry...

Text Analytics AI in OSINT Investigations

We've seen some success utilizing AI when conducting textual speech pattern analysis for real-world open-source intelligence (OSINT) investigations. For example, we have text data...

Gov. Parson Continues Attack On Reporter With Online Ads

The governor of Missouri, Mike Parson, further escalated his attack on the St. Louis Post-Dispatch who reported a security vulnerability earlier this month. Using...

OSINT Examples For Investigations and Research

There is a multitude of possible starting points when initiating an open source investigation on a person, place, or thing. This is generally called...

OSINT For KYC (Know Your Customer) and Due Diligence

Open source intelligence (OSINT), can be a very valuable tool when performing a KYC- Know Your Customer- check on a potential business partner, investor,...

Using OSINT to Manage Data Leaks and Breaches

Data leaks and breaches seem like a common occurance in 2021. Open source intellegence techniques can be one of the best strategies to manage...

SOCMINT Intelligence and Research

The discipline of SOCMINT (Social Media Intelligence) can be divided into two: Social Media Analysis. Which encompasses the methods and tools to obtain and analyze...

Who Uses Open Source Intelligence (OSINT)?

One common misconception about OSINT is that it's mainly practiced by state governments, spies, and online cybercriminals. However, OSINT and OSINT-adjacent fields are utilized...

Social Media Intelligence (SOCMINT) Research Phases

SOCMINT is an OSINT-adjacent intelligence gathering strategy that focuses entirely on social media platforms. Social media intelligence has been widely used to research individuals,...

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