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MARKETING/COMPETEIVE INTELLIGENCE

Open source intelligence (OSINT) is a form of intelligence collection management that involves finding, selecting, and acquiring information from publicly available sources and analyzing it to produce actionable intelligence. In the intelligence community, the term "open" refers to overt, publicly available sources.

Open sources for intelligence, (OSINT), includes a wide variety of information and sources:

  • Media: newspapers, magazines, radio, television, and computer-based information.
  • Web Based Communities and user generated content: social-networking sites, video sharing sites, wikis, and blogs.
  • Public Data: government reports, official data such as budgets, demographics, hearings, legislative debates, press conferences, speeches, marine and aeronautical safety warnings, environmental impact statements and contract awards.
  • Professional and academic: conferences, symposia, professional associations, academic papers, and subject matter experts.

CENTINEL will search and compile in depth studies and reports on these to fit a client’s requirements.