WTF is OSINT?!

OSINT is an acronym for Open-Source Intelligence, and describes the practice of collecting, analysing, and processing publicly available information on an individual, company or organisation.

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Open-source intelligence (OSINT) is the collection and analysis of data gathered from open sources (covert sources and publicly available information [PAI]) to produce actionable intelligence. OSINT is primarily used in national securityarrow-up-right, law enforcementarrow-up-right, and business intelligencearrow-up-right functions and is of value to analysts who use non-sensitive intelligence in answering classifiedarrow-up-right, unclassifiedarrow-up-right, or proprietary intelligencearrow-up-right requirementsarrow-up-right across the previous intelligence disciplines.[1]arrow-up-right

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