Event: Careful with what you post! The use of OSINT in threat identification
Date: Wednesday 31 January 2024
Time: 12:15
Venue: MKS414, Level 4, MAKS Building, University of Malta, Msida Campus
Programme
12:15: Careful with what you post! The use of OSINT in threat identification – Speaker: Dr Aitana Radu
13:00: Q&A session/informal discussion
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Admission is free, but kindly reservation is available by email.
Abstract
Every time you post something on Instagram, Tik-Tok, Facebook or other social media you are unwittingly contributing to the feast that OSINT analysts are having off your backs. OSINT (or Open Source Intelligence for the uninitiated) includes sub-fields such as SOCMINT i.e. Social Media Intelligence.
Somewhere out there, professional or DIY analysts may be using your posts together with millions of others to piece together a detailed picture of whatever they may happen to be interested in.
OSINT can be used both for a host of good and nefarious purposes, from identifying perpetrators and victims of war crimes to engaging in – or trying to prevent – human trafficking. This talk will provide insights into some of IPG’s research projects on OSINT analysis, what it means and how it may possibly help.
Speaker’s Profile
is the Security Research Coordinator within the at the University of Malta.
Her research focuses on different aspects of security science, from violent radicalisation to intelligence oversight.
Since 2013, Dr Radu has worked on several European-funded research projects in both the Design and Implementation Phases, focusing mostly on Radicalisation, Law Enforcement Practices, The Implementation of the European Investigation Order as well as Intelligence Analysis from Open Source ¸£ÀûÔÚÏßÃâ·Ñ.
