3 Ways IntelEdge OSINT Can Mitigate Mass Shooting Events
From the US Homeland Security website:
From schools to concerts to malls, shooters have unleashed untold terror and violence upon communities, leaving people in grief and officials looking for ways to get ahead of a situation before it occurs. Often, there are warning signs ahead of these types of incidents.
The question is when these warning signs arise, what can be done? Currently, there is no standardized training in deep-diving social media. It takes years for an investigator to develop the necessary tradecraft needed to become good at it. They need an algorithm that helps speed up the process along with their tradecraft.
Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) technology is a viable solution for trained investigators to do that deeper dive into a person of interest. Many of these active shooters have an online presence, but investigators must go beyond the typical open web to the deep and dark web and other online forums where disaffected people might be influenced by various hate ideology or conspiracy theories.
The article goes into additional detail but the author posits three main advantages that OSINT can provide law enforcement and/or other concerned parties with regard to preventing mass shooting events:
Education
Automation
AI
In each of these cases groups such as law enforcement, school districts, and government agencies are essentially being encouraged to lean into the fact that there is often tremendous amount of intelligence preceding attacks of these types in the form of online chatter, whether directly linked to an upcoming incident or of general enough nature that additional protective or investigative measures can be enabled.
Ultimately though, the OSINT tools described are nothing though without the addition of tradecraft from dedicated experts with knowledge and training in analysis, such as IntelEdge’s unique suite of technology and expertise bring to the table via our Network Defense and Real Time Monitoring offerings. Find out if these are what you’re looking for today.
IntelEdge combines OSINT with our proprietary technologies and methods, as well as our team of experts with 30+ years in the intelligence gathering industry to create the perfect suite of tools and technology for any organisation with an interest in every method available to prevent mass casualty events that could be detected by looking in the right places at the right time.