Inside Intelligence
tag: Cybersecurity
A whole new world of Multi-INT analysis
posted Apr. 27 by
Dennis Lambell
Today, we – the intelligence community and industry – must create new value by collaboratively exploiting traditional and emerging multi-INT solutions to provide actionable intelligence to our warfighters.
By definition, multiple intelligence (multi-INT) is the fusion of different types of data collection to provide a full operating picture for the warfighter. Historically, this has included signal intelligence (SIGINT), where signals between either people or electronic communications are intercepted to identify a target. Also, measurement and signal intelligence, or MASINT, detects and classifies targets by identifying technical signatures.
Throwing Roadblocks on the Path of Least Resistance: Spotlight on OSINT Red Teaming
posted Apr. 19 by
Eileen Ratzer
The age of digitalization has allowed information sharing to occur with unprecedented ease and speed; it has also resulted in the exposure of a much broader bank of information about our government, infrastructure, and public citizens alike.
A Perspective on the Recent Supreme Court Ruling Regarding GPS Tracking
posted Mar. 7 by
John Slattery
In an effort to provide additional insight into key defense and intelligence issues, we are launching a video blog to share our experts' ideas and thoughts directly with you. This platform will be an expansion of the written forum that was started in 2011, and will showcase the “faces” of our subject matter experts discussing relevant news, market trends and legislative activities, as well as perspectives on key topics such as cybersecurity and counterintelligence.
The first edition comes courtesy of our Law Enforcement subject matter expert, Technical Director for Global Analysis, John Slattery. John shares his perspective on a recent Supreme Court ruling requiring warrants for FBI and Law Enforcement personnel to use GPS tracking on private vehicles to track “persons of interest” and potential informants.
Asking the Right Question
posted Feb. 8 by
Patrick Biltgen
In the Washington Post report The Hunt for Bin Laden, the authors point out that “the most important question wasn’t ‘Where is bin Laden?’ but rather ‘How does he communicate?’” This real example of how shifting from location-based analysis to activity-based analysis changed the game to understand and track the world’s most wanted terrorist.
Beyond the Google Search: Open Source Intelligence Opportunities
posted Jan. 26 by
Eileen Ratzer
On November 29, the Washington Post published an article that shed light on a closely guarded network of tunnels in China allegedly used to transport nuclear weapons. While the research offered interesting information regarding the breadth and sophistication of China’s arsenal, it was the derivation and authors of a cited report that struck a chord with those of us invested in advancing open source intelligence (OSINT) analysis as a professionalized trade.
Building Our Cybersecurity Workforce for the Future
posted Jan. 3 by
Chad Quill
The quantity and complexity of cyber attacks continues to increase. However until recently, our higher education system did not offer courses in cybersecurity. Thankfully, this is changing with several leading American colleges and universities now adding cybersecurity programs as options for students. The U.S. Naval Academy recently announced that it is updating its curriculum for the first time in ten years, with the addition of two cybersecurity courses. All Service Academies will now have cybersecurity topics integrated into their curriculum. I trust that these are the first in a series of positive steps that the U.S. will take to close the cybersecurity education gap. Moreover, I look forward to the day when cybersecurity rankings are analogous to the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) rankings used to compare competencies of populations.