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Innovations for an Effective OSINT Framework

In this blog, Fivecast CEO and Co-founder, Dr. Brenton Cooper, highlights OSINT innovations from the latest release of our flagship OSINT solution, Fivecast ONYX. Analysts and intelligence teams today have a really tough job and face many challenges as they strive to protect global communities. These evolving challenges (both new and old) include a constantly…

Intelligence Analysis: An Exact Science?

In this blog, Fivecast’s Director of Tradecraft, Matt Rossiter, draws on his 20+ year’s experience in National Security and Law Enforcement to delve into the fundamentals of intelligence analysis and explore how technology advancements are challenging the notion that intelligence analysis is not an exact science. I have a question. It’s an intelligence question. Manager says:…

Tracking Threats Across Open-Source Platforms

Intelligence and law enforcement professionals need to collect, filter and analyze data across a large number of constantly evolving social media platforms. This blog covers the challenge of tracking the movement of threat actors across open-source platforms including Gab, Parler, Reddit, and 8kun and highlights an example related to QAnon. The Landscape For important missions…

Security Considerations for Analyst Teams

One of the key things we do at Fivecast is to “lower the technical bar of entry” for our clients into the world of Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT). Sounds nice.  But what does it actually mean? How is that going to help your team’s intelligence mission? To explain let me start with a few fundamentals. The internet is often described…

Best Practices for Risk Assessment of the Dark Web

Matt is the Director of Tradecraft at Fivecast, working with customers to understand risk across the Surface, Deep, and Dark Web and drive adoption of open-source intelligence & data collection best practices. With 20+ years of experience in Australian Government National Security and Law Enforcement, Matt brings a deep understanding of how Fivecast’s solutions can…

The Ethical Use of AI in Open-Source Intelligence Programs

David is VP of Engineering at Fivecast, responsible for the practical application of software engineering best practices to digital intelligence solutions. He has more than 15 years of experience in senior technical roles with companies including BAE Systems and Tenix Defence. The explosive growth of the Internet has been a blessing and a curse for Open-Source…

Five Key Elements of an Open-Source Intelligence Program

In this blog, an expert from the Fivecast Tradecraft Team discusses the five technical elements that enable Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) programs to leverage publicly available information to successfully accomplish their missions.   In the security, intelligence, and defense sectors, publicly available information is becoming increasingly important to assessing risk. Although this information has played a role in this space for a long time, open-source intelligence based on publicly…

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