Cyber Threat Intelligence: The No-Nonsense Guide for CISOs and Security Managers

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7. The Importance of OSINT

Aaron Roberts¹  

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London, UK

 

You may have come across the term OSINT (open source intelligence) before and may be thinking about how it can help you in your business regarding cyber threat intelligence. This chapter will establish what OSINT is, how it can be used, and just how powerful it can be.

What Is OSINT?

At its core, OSINT is information within the public domain that can be used for intelligence purposes. This differs from open source information (OSINF) in that the analyst applies the intelligence context to the data. For example, you may have ...