Cyber OSINT Surprise: Digital Reasoning
December 19, 2014
I read “Machine Learning Can Help Sift Open Source Intelligence.” I found one familiar name, Basis Technologies. I found one established vendor, Opera Solutions, and I noted one company that has a content processing system. In the run up to the February 19, 2014, Cyber OSINT conference, Basis Technologies pointed out that it was not really into cyber OSINT at least on February 19, 2014. Opera Solutions is interesting and was on the list of 20 firms to invite. We filled the 12 slots quickly. Some deserving companies could not be included. Then there is Digital Reasoning, an outfit in Nashville, Tennessee.
The write up says:
The company’s cognitive computing platform, dubbed Synthesys, scans unstructured open source data to highlight relevant people, places, organizations, events and other facts. It relies on natural language processing along with what the company calls “entity and fact extraction.” Applying “key indicators” and a framework, the platform is intended to automate the process of deriving intelligence from open source data, the company claims. The platform then attempts to assemble and organize relevant unstructured data using similarity algorithms, categorization and “entity resolution.”
The idea which unifies these three companies appears to be fancy math; that is, the use of statistical procedures to resolve issues associated with content processing.
The only hitch in the git along is that the companies that appear to be making the quickest strides in cyber OSINT use hybrid approaches. The idea is that statistical systems and methods are used. These are supplemented with various linguistic systems and methods.
The distinction is to me important. In the February 2015 seminar, a full picture of the features and functions associated with content processing in English and other languages is explored. There are profiles of appliance vendors tapping OSINT to head off threats. But the focus of the talks is on the use of advanced approaches that provide system users with an integrated approach to open source information.
The article is good public relations/content marketing. The article does not highlight the rapid progress the companies participating in the seminar are making. Yesterday’s leaders are today’s marketing challenge. Tomorrow’s front runners are focused on delivering to their clients solutions that break new ground.
For information about the seminar, which is restricted to working law enforcement and intelligence professionals and to place an order for my new monograph “CyberOSINT: Next Generation Information Access,” write benkent2020 at yahoo dot com.
Stephen E Arnold, December 19, 2014
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