A major source of intelligence that cannot be overlooked is the vast amount of data being produced by consumers, hackers, newsmakers, and bloggers every single day.
Open source intelligence, or OSINT, refers to the process of gathering information from public, legal data sources to serve a specific function. Some open sources might include social media, blogs, news, and the dark web.
(concept of osint)
Public information exists → data is gathered → information is analyzed for intelligence.