Open Source Intelligence
Open Source Intelligence is data information collected from publicly available Web which based on information which can be obtained ethically and legally from public sources. Open Source Intelligence is derived from social media, journal, newspaper, television, and radio. The Open Source Intelligence plays an important role in giving the national community security at a low cost consequently giving insight in the whole community. This forum is giving the details on what the government of United State doing to support the Open Source Intelligence.
The government of United State is making Open Source Intelligence more effective by opening source intelligence repository. The repository is giving Open Source an intelligence that functions and create a center of excellence to the agencies of open source. Through the repository, open source intelligence is supported by the United State government in figuring and sneaking in foreign lands moreover infiltrating agencies of foreign government organizations with collected, filtered and organized information. With the creation of source intelligence repository by the government, data of more intelligence community are publicly available from a call of congress response (Jeffson 2).
The United State government is supporting Open Source Intelligence with training guidelines and recruitments which are a source of intelligence and effort. Guidelines and programs of training offered by the government have coordinated and conduct Open Source Intelligence effectively. In the course of training has enabled Open Course Intelligence to boost its national security since many employees are offered free training by the United State Government. Through training, it has neglected external non-digital unclassified information by the department which should be primary exploiters and collectors of open sources. Training has offer officials languages to the employees which make Open Source Intelligence to run efficiently without the language barrier. Through recruitment, Open Source Intelligence is able to select qualified employees (Douglas 16).
Open Source Intelligence is supported by the Unite State government by the provision of the fund. The government of United State is playing a vital role by supporting Open Source Intelligence with funding in support of acquisition, operations, logistic and policy. A lot of government of U.S fund has been used up in Open Source Intelligence on various aspects of national and military intelligence. Through the support of fund by the U.S government, the Open Source Intelligent has been able to open procurement of source information and exploitation. A fund that is given by the government of U.S to the Open Source Intelligence is spent in training and recruitment which has made the employees be more effectively. United State government have not only support the Open Source Intelligence with fund but also the employees with knowledge since they are able to learn more efficiently without any charge (Jeffson 2).
In briefly, Open Source Intelligence serves the whole community efficiently with security at a low rate charge. The United State government is giving Open Source Intelligence support by opening source intelligence repository which is the center of exceptional agencies of open source. The government of United State is offering recruitment and training to the employees which are the great support to the Open Source Intelligence. United State Government is providing finance to the Open Source Intelligence which is used in various aspects of military and national intelligence.
Work Cited
Jeffson JJ. Creating an Open Source Intelligence Capability. Military Intelligence Professional Bulletin, 2005. (31) 2.
Douglas P. DOD and the DNI Open Source Center — Building the Partnership, Military
Intelligence Professional Bulletin, 2005. p. 16
