Who’s Who in Commercial Intelligence: Ran Hock

PLATINUM LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Dr. Ran Hock Dr. Ran Hock has done more than any single individual to educate both government and private sector parties with respect to the value of the deep web.  He has single-handedly trained hundreds of individuals in the nuances of this major new intelligence resource base.  Emphasizing individual analytic skills …

Graphic: Connecting the Dots from Ingestion Onwards

Mike Hayden introduced the important concept of being able to connect the dots across disciplines from ingestion point onwards, not only at the finished production level.  Steve Edwards flipped chart to show dots coming it at the top, and Robert Steele added the last three bars, Open Source Intelligence (OSINT), Information Operations (IO), and all …

Graphic: Regional Information-Sharing and Sense-Making Centre

This is a basic regional centre that would initially work exclusively with open sources of information, but could, as trust and mutual intersts coincide, extend to do focused clandestine and covert actions, for example, against transnational criminal gangs, corrupt government officials and predatory corporate officials that loot commonwealths by bribing single officials at key points.

Graphic: OSINT Two Views

The view on the left is a  view from one lacking the deep broad experience to challenge the secret mandarins.  It is a subservient position that is both detrimental to the whole of the secret world, and incompatible with external multinational operations. OSINT is a “hybrid” discipline that is simultaneously: 1.  A full-fledged discipline in …