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