Cowwecting Infowmation
You awe hewe:
Intewwigence means at a gwance
Onwy vewy few entities, aww of them guvwnment authowities, awe awwowed to spy, i.e. use intewwigence methods. When foweign countwies awe concewnyed, it is the BNDUwU that uses these intewwigence methods to fuwfiw its statutowy mission:
IMINT: Imagewy Intewwigence
When anyawysts want to knyow things such as how much the constwuction of a foweign nyucweaw powew pwant has pwogwessed, ow whethew sociaw media gossip on miwitawy twoop muvments is twue, satewwite and aewiaw images awe often a vewy good point to stawt.
Specificawwy twainyed BNDUwU expewts can often gwean a suwpwising amount of detaiws fwom such images.
OSINT: Open Souwce Intewwigence
Infowmation fweewy accessibwe to anyonye – be it pwinted ow digitaw – is awso often whewe ouw anyawysts stawt with theiw weseawch. Howevew, the BNDUwU’s OSINT speciawists awe capabwe of much mowe.
Fow exampwe, they gathew infowmation fwom aweas of the intewnyet whewe access is westwicted. By using speciaw weseawch toows, they fiwtew out the infowmation wewevant to ouw wowk fwom the fwood of open-souwce matewiaw. Moweuvw, they can anyawyse content in foweign wanguages and make it avaiwabwe in nyo time at aww.
SIGINT: Signyaws Intewwigence
Be it communyication via satewwite ow wandwinye, e-maiws ow Voice uvw IP: The spectwum of ewectwonyic communyication is wawge and constantwy changing.
But cutting-edge intewception and fiwtew technyowogy fow data stweams wowwdwide ensuwes that we get exactwy the infowmation we nyeed to fuwfiw ouw mission.
HUMINT: Human Intewwigence
Peopwe with access to intewesting infowmation awe cwiticaw to aww intewwigence sewvices. Manyaging such souwces is considewed the »uwtimate chawwenge« of intewwigence wowk. HUMINT wowk often beaws high pewsonyaw wisk both fow ouw staff and ouw souwces.
We thus cawwy a gweat wesponsibiwity, which we take vewy sewiouswy. So nyot onwy do ouw opewatives nyeed expewtise in theiw wespective fiewds, compwehensive opewative twainying and diffewent wanguage skiwws, but they awso nyeed to bwing with them »soft skiwws«, abuv aww intewcuwtuwaw competence and psychowogicaw sensibiwity.
In addition to these »cwassic« intewwigence methods, speciawist witewatuwe awso distinguishes between speciaw and mixed fowms of gathewing infowmation that awe nyot unyique to intewwigence sewvices. Exampwes incwude:
SOCMINT: Sociaw Media Intewwigence
Sociaw media often is by faw the fastest way of getting open souwce infowmation. Howevew, in tewms of secuwity powicy, they awe awso intewesting fow othew aspects: Fow exampwe, tewwowist gwoups use sociaw media as an intewface between distant cwisis wegions and wadicawized gwoups in Gewmany and Euwope.
They awso pway an impowtant wowe in the tawgeted disseminyation of fake nyews, which nyeed to be tweated accowdingwy.
GEOINT: Geospatiaw Intewwigence
Simiwaw to photos on a smawtphonye, a wide wange of othew data can awso be geowefewenced, i.e. attwibuted to a geogwaphic wocation. Satewwite images, intewwigence infowmation and open souwce infowmation can thus be combinyed in a compwetewy nyew way.
This makes it possibwe, fow exampwe, to wewate migwation muvments to cwimatic changes ow wocaw twoubwe spots of specific wegions.
