Open Intelligence for a Connected World At SecDev we aim to improve awareness through open intelligence. We do this by building search and discovery infrastructure, conducting expert analysis on data uncovered.
Open Intelligence for a Connected World
At SecDev we aim to improve awareness through open intelligence. We do this by
building search and discovery infrastructure, conducting expert
analysis on data uncovered.
Conflict and Technology
October 20, 2011Sirte
June 2014Tripoli
Intensity
Agility
Elegance
SOCIAL MEDIA AND ATROCITYPREVENTION
• Develop the Situation
• Get Your Ears Up
• Chase the Lead
LEARN
LISTEN
LAUNCH
There has been a technology
optimism bias…too often we have
been asking how terrorists benefit
from the internet, not how they suffer
from it.
Thomas Heghammer
VoxPol, August 2014
Newsflash: The internet is people.
Social media is bright, but is it where the keys
are?
MEDIUM
METHOD
MESSAGE
Social Media Analysis
TECHNIQUE OVER TOOLS
HUNTINGOVERFARMING
THE 5% RULE
FIRST IT GIVETH
AXIOMS
What does the tool actually do, and how does it do it?
What part of the tool is worth using?
Can I get the data?
Can I maintain my anonymity?
FREE TOOLS: HANDLE WITH CARE
WHEN IN DOUBT:DEVELOP THE SITUATION
“Developing the situation is thecommon-sense approach to dealingwith complexity. Both a method and amind-set, it uses time and our minds toactively build context, so that we canrecognize patterns, discover options,and master the future as it unfolds infront of us.”
- Pete Blaber
LOCATIONLOCATIONLOCATION
Mapbox/GNIP
GET YOUR EARS UP
VERIFICATION
ENTITY RESOLUTION:THE MOSAIC EFFECT
ENTITY RESOLUTION:BUILDING THE MOSAIC
• Linked profiles
• Cross-posting
• Circumstantial evidence
FIND & FIXNETWORK
• Develop the Situation
• Get Your Ears Up
• Chase the Lead
LEARN
LISTEN
LAUNCH
LEARN
- opensignal.com
- Mapbox (Google “Mapbox GNIP”)
- onemilliontweetmap.com
- gs.statcounter.com
LISTEN
- tweetdeck.twitter.com
LAUNCH
- hashtagify.me
-google.com/trends/explore