OSINT - the boundary between private and public Cover Image

OSINT – la graniţa dintre secret şi public
OSINT - the boundary between private and public

Author(s): Theodor Mitu, Daniela Mitu
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: National Institute for Intelligence Studies
Keywords: open source intelligence; secret vs. open; multiple source analysis

Summary/Abstract: OSINT lies at the basis of the current transformations experienced by the intelligence sector, being both a rich source of information and technological innovation, responding to agencies’ various challenges. Besides the operational advantages provided, open sources play an important role in public communication, functioning both as a PR platform, encouraging the relations with beneficiaries and academic circles, and a promoter of security culture. OSINT manages to accomplish the transition from secret sources to open sources, enabling us to talk about a specific symbiosis between classified and public information.

  • Issue Year: 2010
  • Issue No: 04
  • Page Range: 42-52
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Romanian