What Is Open Source Intelligence and How Is it Used?

This article breaks down the best OSINT tools, techniques, resources and websites available online for every stage of intelligence gathering process. From background reading, to organising your research and getting the best out of search engines, Intelligence Fusion has created the ultimate list of open source intelligence tools.

1.What is OSINT?

Open source intelligence, or OSINT, is the collection and analysis of information that is gathered from public, or open, sources.

2.The Best OSINT Websites for Background Reading

https://www.academia.edu/ This is a platform used to share papers, monitor their impact, and follow the research in a particular field. Academia.edu currently has over 21 million papers.

3.OSINT Techniques to Organise your Thoughts

https://products.office.com/en-gb/onenote/digital-note-taking-app Microsoft OneNote is a free-form information gathering and multi-user collaboration. It gathers users' notes, drawings, screen clippings and audio commentaries and allows your OSINT resources to be easily shared amongst other users online.

4.strong>Setting up Automated Alerts using OSINT Tools

https://products.office.com/en-gb/onenote/digital-note-taking-app Google Alerts is a content change detection and notification service that can be used as an open source intelligence tool. It will send emails to you when it finds new results matching your specified search term.