CUTTING THE OSINT The main problem with cutting back or eliminating any intelligence gathering discipline is the possible problem of the loss of information that can be utilized to derive intelligence. All information that can be collected should be gathered, processed, and disseminated to the all-source fusion agency in order to completely draw the best picture of an investigated situation. In the latter half of the twentieth century a burst of electronic technology occurred and developed an astounding
Introduction This essay examines two forms of intelligence collection, namely signals intelligence (SIGINT) and open source intelligence (OSINT), with a view to determining whether the collection methods can be ranked in terms of importance. To this end, this essay will describe SIGINT and OSINT, with a focus on outlining the relative advantages and disadvantages of each method. It will be shown that any attempt to 'rank' collection methods in terms of their importance is only productive insofar
2 SEP 2002 THE MOST VALUBLE INTELLIGENCE DISCIPLINE: IMINT I believe that the most valuable discipline will be the IMINT field, but with good evidence. During the Gulf War, the IMINT field was detrimental to mission accomplishment. The field of Battle Damage Assessment is in my opinion one of the factors that makes imagery so important to combative assessments. The forward observers that would ordinarly be sent out to the battlefield to obtain target information are in a very vulnerable position
What value does strategic intelligence provide to national policy and decision makers? Intelligence at all levels to include strategic intelligence is crucial for policy and decision makers. The Intelligence Community (IC) works for the policy and decision makers in ensuring that they have the information necessary to make the appropriate decisions when it comes to national security. The Intelligence Community exists to support the policy-maker. The policy-maker isn’t the analyst his or herself.
these countries 5 intelligence disciplines to determine which country poses the biggest threat to U.S. national security. China poses the greatest threat to the United States national security. The first intelligence discipline I will compare is HUMINT. Humint is defined as Intelligence gathered from human sources. All three of these countries have a proven track record of using HUMINT sources to their advantage including the use of espionage. Iran Ministry of Intelligence has grown to its
destroy New York in two days, could this have stopped the attack? Intelligence Analysis puts the raw sources of information together, make predictions based on the data, and finally publish the results. Stephane Lefebvre wrote that “ intelligence analysis is the process of evaluating and transforming raw data acquired covertly into descriptions, explanations, and judgments for policy consumers” (236). The first part is gathering information or data from a variety of sources such as results from
Covert action is an intelligence activity involving the use of military or political operations undertaken in a manner that disguises the identity of those taking the action; usually employed in situations where openly operating against a target would jeopardize the operation’s success. Although covert action is lawful, such action may not be ethical. While covert action is not a new tool of the state, its use and abuse returns two recurring questions: What are the ethical uses of covert action
healthcare, economy and other things even before you realize it. In addition to that, analyzing online political discussions and gathering website information requires knowledge of the internet technology and know how it affects the flow of information, social networks, and political engagements. You must also be aware of natural language processing, artificial intelligence and data mining techniques. This is a clear manifestation that Social Sciences are interwoven, and this overlap broadens understanding
Intelligence is one of the first lines of defense tool used by the United States to protect the Country against both foreign and domestic threats (Johnson, 2010). It proved to be veritable tool during the World War II and during the cold war against the USSR. There are many ways and methods of intelligence collections employed by the intelligence community, such as “spies, eavesdropping, technical sources, and openly available materials” etc. (Clark, 2013). Method used also depends on many factors
Human Intelligence (HUMINT) is as old as humanity, and to this day is one of, if not the best method of collecting information, because of the potential quantity and diversity of information that can be collected through this discipline. It is a method to gather information through interpersonal relations. In this assignment I will explain the difference between overt and clandestine HUMINT operations, present which Intelligence Community members use HUMINT and describe their principal methods
The intelligence cycle was developed in order for analysts to grasp fundamental practices of producing an intelligence product . These practices are illustrated as generally five processes, which have been represented in various rotational models. The following paper will introduce a sixth step titled policy and state safety requirements and analyse these six iterative processes correspondingly as, policy and state safety requirements, planning and direction, collection, process and exploitation
as the excess or deficiency. This virtue scale is Aristotle’s way to explain the definition and to gauge the importance of the virtue. Virtues of thought are virtues that arise from teaching an individual. For example, wisdom, comprehension, or intelligence are types of virtues of thought because this characteristic is gained through time. In contrast, virtues of character are gained by through habits. Some examples of virtues of character are generosity and temperance. These two categories distinguish
An analysis of a case study shows that learning may be enhanced through attending private school versus public. The study is done on a twelve year old boy [nicknamed] Baha who displays interest in many disciplines and yet has difficulty with attending classes and getting higher grades. Through his experiences of learning in both public and private schools, Baha has seen both negatives and positives of the methods used by the respective schools. In The Anti-Education Era: Creating Smarter Students
bio, Multiple Intelligences and Education, MI Theory, and Project Zero). As director of Project Zero, it provided and environment that Gardner could begin the exploration of human cognition (Multiple Intelligences and Education). Project Zero colleagues have been designing assessment and the use of multiple intelligences (MI) to realize more personalized curriculum, instruction, and teaching methods; and the quality of crossing traditional boundaries between academic disciplines or schools of thought
a wide range of tasks in support of the national intelligence-gathering effort, More generally, cryptography is about constructing and analyzing protocols that prevent third parties or the public from reading private messages; various aspects in information security such as data confidentiality, data integrity, authentication, and non-repudiation are central to modern cryptography. Modern cryptography exists at the intersection of the disciplines of mathematics, computer science, electrical engineering
identification is considered as a vital tool during forensic investigation. Forensic science can be defined as the method of gathering, analysing and interpreting past information related to criminal, civil or administrative law. This includes the perpetrator identity and the modus operandi [30]. Forensics involves several processes including: investigation, evaluation, forensic intelligence, automated surveillance and forensic identity management [39]. Forensic analysis is performed in order to conclude further
Intelligence: Gathering and processing of knowledge, 2. Promotion: Support and advancement of chosen policy alternatives, 3. Prescription: Deciding on one policy, 4. Invocation: Enforcement of the chosen policy, 5. Application: Implementation of the policy by the
the World Trade Center in New York on September 11, 2001. The objective of the fusion centers was to form a collaborative partnership between varied representatives of the local, state, and federal government along with participants of diverse disciplines according to Arena & Arrigo (2005).The mission of the members was to gather, analyze, and share critical information relating to terrorist threat that came into the fusion centers ( Carter, 2004). The centers informed law enforcement agencies of
2LT Vineyard, Ryan 31MAR2014 The Modern Military Intelligence Officer as a Professional The modern Military Intelligence professional needs to be an expert in his trade. Core competencies include commanding and controlling Military Intelligence Soldiers and combined armed forces during combat and intelligence gathering operations. Additionally, an MI officer must be able to coordinate employment of Military Intelligence Soldiers at all levels of command, from platoon to battalion and higher in U
above figure 1, it describes the building blocks of visual analytics. The main focus of Visual Analytics is on cognitive science, information science, mathematical approaches and graphical representation. Cognitive science is a scientific research discipline which describes “detect the expected and discover unexpected”. There are different types for representing information and one among them is visualization. Displaying information visually is easy to make decision. For displaying information, data