Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) is an intelligence discipline that generates insight from publicly available information. The sources from this information come from traditional media like newspapers, magazines, radio shows, and television, as well as overhead imagery, photos, and specialized publications like think-tank studies and journal articles. OSINT is more prevalent today because the internet and… Read more »
By: Tom Ramage In Praescient’s latest demo, we showcase IBM i2 Analyst’s Notebook (ANB) capabilities in network, temporal, and geospatial analysis in a real world Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) mission set. Watch the full video demo and read our workflow summary below! Background The Syrian Civil War has captured headlines for the past several years… Read more »
I recently attended the Multi-Intelligence Exploitation Symposium, hosted in Alexandria by the Defense Strategies Institute (DSI). The symposium provided a forum for leaders from government and industry to discuss the key challenges they face in implementing enterprise wide intelligence systems that unify multiple forms of intelligence information i.e. HUMINT, SIGINT, OSINT, etc. One speaker, who… Read more »
By: Tom Ramage On the evening of April 6th, the U.S. launched 60 Tomahawk cruise missiles targeting the Syrian regime’s Shayrat airbase in western Homs Province. The Trump administration purportedly launched the strike as a direct response to the Assad regime’s use of sarin gas against civilians in the town of Khan Sheikhoun two days… Read more »
By: Lisa Ottenheimer As technology and social media trend towards video streaming, Facebook Live is increasingly in the spotlight. The Live video feature, released in April 2016, allows users to easily select a “live” option to broadcast their current activity to friends and the general public. Not only can users share and virtually experience day-to-day… Read more »
By: Dan Gill, Praescient Analytics Consultant and Former IC Analyst As a young intelligence analyst I was introduced to a number of different tools. Some of them, like M3 and MPS, were designed to make parsing through message traffic easier. Others (TAC, HOT-R) were formatted to help me search through large databases and find different… Read more »
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By: Katie Crotty, CEO About the Author: Katie Crotty is the CEO of Praescient Analytics and is passionate about applying historical lessons learned to future security gaps that can be solved with a combination of skilled talent and technological augmentation. She chose to write about the lessons of the Tet Offensive as it poses a… Read more »
By: Daniel Gill Machines can do almost anything these days, but they are still lacking a skill we all learn as small children: the ability to understand human language. Historically computers have looked at text merely as strings of mathematical characters, but advances in Natural Language Processing (NLP) are paving the way towards a new… Read more »
By: Kimberly McCliggott, Praescient Contracts Manager In today’s information environment, there is no excuse for misrepresenting contractual information or using outdated research. Company information, federal regulations, contractual guidelines – all this information is at your fingertips if you know where to look. Successful contracts managers today must be constantly vigilant and in touch with the… Read more »
Praescient attended the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) President’s Circle Dinner in New York City on November 14, 2016. The dinner brings together supporters from the defense, intel, and commercial sectors, and also includes an annual award ceremony. This year’s award recipient was General Stanley McChrystal, former commander of Joint Special Operations Command… Read more »