Harnessing Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT)

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Harnessing Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT)

Our comprehensive solution for the intelligence community and DOD mission needs

Harnessing open-source intelligence (OSINT)鈥攑ublicly available information from around the world鈥攊s an essential element of the . By leveraging OSINT, big data, AI, and advanced analytics, and by building more expertise in languages, technologies, and cultures, the intelligence community (IC) and Department of Defense (DOD) can better understand competitors鈥� intentions and capabilities.

The U.S. government has long relied on OSINT to meet specific intelligence requirements. The IC and DOD collect and analyze this public information from radio, television, newspapers, journals, websites, commercial databases, videos, graphics, and drawings. This mission is increasingly important. While OSINT will never replace classified intelligence collection and analysis, it鈥檚 the 鈥淚NT鈥� that best balances the traditional need for secrecy with the increased need for rapid information sharing to address emerging threats. To unlock the full power of OSINT, the IC and DOD need to address several key challenges.听

Overcoming Key Challenges

Scaling Capabilities

With limited funding, the IC must generate more actionable insights at scale. The IC and DOD must continue developing policies and frameworks guiding OSINT and plan future investments in tools, training, and tradecraft.

Data Management

The IC and DOD should decide how to acquire OSINT data, collect it securely, analyze it, clean it, and store it in protected and reliable data repositories.

Automated Translation

OSINT teams need to be able to automatically translate writing from all around the world into English.

Accessible Data

Data must be served up in accessible formats to enable analysis, evaluation, fact-checking, assignment of confidence levels, and machine learning (ML).

Effective Analysis

The IC and DOD should decide how to execute OSINT that will produce timely, accurate insights about competitors鈥� intentions and capabilities.听

Bridging the Tool Gap

New OSINT tools are constantly emerging, but many are redundant. Most tools aren鈥檛 being developed by OSINT professionals with the expertise to solve key workflow challenges.听OSINT teams need innovative tools designed to meet OSINT mission needs and keep pace with the dynamic data environment and emerging threats.

For instance, websites that supply valuable OSINT can disappear overnight due to adversarial actions to limit access from other countries without warning. With unique managed attribution tools, OSINT teams can hedge against this risk by gaining access to otherwise inaccessible public information in key locations around the world. Additionally, automation, decentralized data processing, and AI/ML capabilities can accelerate the exploitation of data that previously required manual efforts.

Open-Source Overload:

Mobilizing Publicly Available Data for National Security

OSINT strikes a balance between secrecy and rapid information sharing, offering new perspectives on intelligence collection processes. The key is to identify valuable data, decentralize its exploitation, and integrate it with AI/ML technologies.听

Delivering a Comprehensive OSINT Solution

蘑菇视频 Allen鈥檚 technology-driven solutions help the IC and DOD overcome OSINT mission challenges. Our comprehensive solutions address scaling capabilities, data management, automated translation, accessible data, and effective analysis.

We understand听the full spectrum of the OSINT mission and provide comprehensive solutioning.
We bring the full OSINT story to IC and DOD clients through our advanced technology capabilities.
Our highly skilled OSINT teams, leveraging cutting-edge technology solutions and products, are ready to meet urgent mission needs.

蘑菇视频 Allen helps IC and DOD clients conduct OSINT operations at scale, manage vast amounts of data, translate text on demand, prepare data for review, and execute analysis to generate timely, accurate insights on competitors鈥� intentions and capabilities.