November 16 - 18, 2009, Marriott Hotel Washington, Washington, DC
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In the sometimes harried world of intelligence collection and subsequent analysis, open source material is often overshadowed because it has not been produced by a field collector in a clandestine environment. Nevertheless, when properly collected and parsed, open source intelligence can often be a value added element to the all source intelligence package, adding a degree of supplementary material that can provide context to a particular intelligence problem. At times, the amount of available material can result in intelligence overload. Thus it is advantageous to understand how one can effectively and efficiently collect and utilize this additional information. It is the purpose of this presentation to demonstrate how open source information acquired from a variety of sources can complement the overall intelligence product.
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Session Leader:
Dr. Daniel Mabrey Professor University of New Haven
In the flood of data that intelligence agencies face, one question is critical - How can an analyst move from being the passive observer to the more proactive director of their fishing for the right data? The treble hook approach is a three pronged open source collection strategy that helps gather relevant and focused data from a variety of open sources. This discussion will spark the attendee’s imagination to reconsider ways to tap into academic circles, new media and on-line communities as a means to overcome the flood and get “just the facts” sooner.
Professor James David Ballard Associate Professor California State University Northridge
The focus of this workshop presentation will be awareness-building among attendees on the challenges posed by the continuum of broad, global diversity of vendor efforts on R&D, proprietary product development for advanced non-IC applications (e.g. banking/finance and other non-govt high-security demand environments), the voluntary industry standards process and the government-facilitated standards process (NIST, Common Criteria, CNSS, etc.) and considerations for IC in engaging with private entities dividing their development attention across all these (sometimes competing) venues/customer-engagements.
Michael Aisenberg Principal, Federal Systems Security The MITRE Corporation
This workshop presentation will discuss open source approaches that minimize preventive failures in systems development. This workshop will also evaluate how to successfully leverage collaborative applications to deliver a fully integrated enterprise that directly services open source intelligence.
Michael MacKay VP of Technology Progeny Systems
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