Unclassified Information Is Invaluable To Intelligence And Security Professionals

摘要

Open source intelligence (OSINT) is information analyzed from unclassified and publicly available sources such as newspapers, academic journals, broadcast media, and the internet. Solid open source intelligence can be thought of as a sort of "basic cable" for national security professionals. Especially when they take the time to exploit comprehensive, unclassified, commercial research tools and services from recognized tier leaders such as LexisNexis for aggregated content and search, Jane's industry publications, and specialized analysis providers. Private businesses, law firms and corporations rely on these same types of services for their own information advantage.