OSINT Report 3/2010: The Evolution of Open Source Intelligence

Author(s): Florian Schaurer, Jan Störger
Editor(s): Andreas Wenger, Victor Mauer
Series: ISN OSINT Reports
Publisher(s): International Relations and Security Network (ISN), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2010

This report provides a brief panorama of the development, role and challenges of Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) in today's Intelligence Communities (ICs). It addresses both the genesis of OSINT as a so-called intelligence discipline, arguing that it, primarily, should refer to actual tradecraft, as well as its potential contributions to an integrated all source knowledge management and information-sharing effort within the intelligence enterprise.

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