OSINT – THE TOOL OF CHOICE FOR FRAUD BUSTERS
June 1st, 2017
Open source intelligence (OSINT) is becoming an increasingly attractive tool of choice for lawmakers and other bodies investigating and trying to prevent fraud. With so much data now available online, OSINT’s rich seam of data from newspapers, radio and television, academic papers, government and other public records, and commercial websites can provide exceptionally valuable information, especially when analysed by sophisticated big data analysis software. Roughly 90% of valuable intelligence comes from open sources compared to traditional covert ...
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