Posts Categorized: Open Source

By: Evan Sterling, Analyst Consultant; Praescient Analytics The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) and the Critical Threats Project (CTP), two of Praescient Analytics’ partners, are releasing a series of reports entitled U.S. Grand Strategy:  Destroying ISIS and Al Qaeda.  These reports make up an “intensive multi-week planning exercise to frame, design, and evaluate… Read more »

By: Francis Henry, Analyst Consultant; Praescient Analytics In the days following September 11th, 2001, the leaders in the Special Forces community were quick to realize the importance of intelligence and information to completing their mission.  Accessing intelligence, storing it, processing it and subsequently presenting it to decision-makers would be vital to the process of allowing… Read more »

  Open Source Intelligence is a rapidly growing analytical discipline linked to the rapidly expanding realm of the internet. With the rapid growth of Web 2.0, web sites that focus on user generated content (Tim O’Reilly, 2005),  and the constant desire for the coolest social media apps and data distribution tools, the web becomes a… Read more »

Praescient’s Analysis as a Service (A3S) Team is once again providing key workflow and technical support to the Arizona State University Office of Sex Trafficking Intervention Research’s (STIR) ongoing study into sex trafficking during the Super Bowl. The analysts and engineers on Praescient’s A3S Team have developed methodologies which source thousands of online sex ads… Read more »

Happy New Year from Team Praescient! 2014 has been an exciting year for our company, with many milestones worth recognizing. We’ve also shared many great interviews, posts, and pieces of thought leadership here on our Ideas Blog. Check out some of our highlights from the past year. Katie Crotty Inducted into Truman Defense Council –… Read more »

Praescient is recognized as a thought leader when it comes to data analysis and each of our staff members embody that expertise. Our people work as analysts, engineers, and field service supporters, augmenting our technology partners’ powerful analytic tools. Praescient is highly effective at delivering actionable insight, and ultimately enabling mission wins, for our clients… Read more »

2014 will be over in just a few short weeks, but we at Praescient have our eyes set on the future. Data analytics has emerged as a vital tool for industries of all kinds and there is every indication that the practice will evolve tremendously in the coming years. Here are some of the trends and… Read more »

The Ebola Virus has killed nearly 5,000 people since a spike of West African infections in March of 2014, prompting the World Health Organization to declare an international public health emergency. Such an extreme public health crisis “requires an extraordinary response” to stop the spread of the disease, necessitating the mobilization of scores of medical… Read more »