Analysts use Open-Source Intelligence to assist clients in providing data and products that help decision-makers make timely and informed decisions.

Geopolitical Events- Analysts identify National and International activities that could

Have policy, security, and political implications. Analysts utilize PMESII-PT and DIME to identify the operational environment, allowing for strategic planning and Courses of Action Development.

Indications and Warnings- Students work to develop Indications and Warnings (I & W) products that are intelligence-based activities intended to detect and report on time intelligence information of foreign developments that could involve a threat to the United States military, political, or economic interests.

Monitoring—Analysts develop collection requirements to drive the utilization of Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) tools, databases, and tradecraft to monitor activities of interest relevant to client needs (Surface, Deep, and Darkweb).

Anti-Money Laundering – Analysts work to detect, prevent, and investigate money laundering of malicious groups like drug cartels, terrorists, and nation-states.

Anti-Human Trafficking— Analysts work with real-world programs to devise solutions for reporting human trafficking, educating potential victims, developing resources for law enforcement, and attacking networks.

Competitive Landscape – Analysts collect and analyze the required intelligence for various businesses and their competition. They can identify the client’s business environment and analyze competitors.

Market Analysis- Analysts use various structured analytic techniques to determine a business’s internal capabilities and the impact of its external environment.

Supply Chain Risk and Threat Identification and Management

Social Media Analysis—Analysts analyze the various social media platforms and best practices competitors use to capitalize on their target markets. They also analyze the demographics of each platform and industry trends.

Network Threats- Analysts utilize a proactive tradecraft approach to identifying cybersecurity threats to an industry or individual client company’s networks.

Involves identifying and analyzing the capabilities of malicious actors in and out of the U.S. (United States). The students use various analytic techniques to determine indicators or worse-case scenarios and understand the motives behind each party. This includes threats and vulnerabilities to and of companies and principals.

Country/regional assessments – Students can analyze and forecast what a country or region will look like at a specific time based on factors such as population, government, etc.

Geospatial-Intelligence – Identify physical and human geography in correlation to geographically referenced activities on Earth. Students use ArcGIS to depict and describe intelligence on a map visually.

This type of support allows for the CIRAT to provide an agreed-upon, as set by the client, number of analysts to provide direct operational support to a company or government entity. The company or agency provides the daily or weekly scope of support required based on the company’s or agency’s current analytical needs and deliverables. The analysts provide the required information, data, or feedback per reporting guidelines set by the client. The CIRAT ensures that the analysts are provided the technology, tools, and subject matter expertise to fulfill all requirements agreed upon in the statement of work, contract, or work order. This type of support provides the most flexibility in analysts pivoting as a client’s needs or operations pivot.

Students primarily utilize Intelligence produced from publicly and commercially available information and big data (surface, deep, and dark web), which is collected, exploited, and disseminated promptly to an appropriate audience to address a specific requirement.

Students utilize Tier 0, Tier 1, and Tier 2 research and collection methods and tradecraft, including the capability to properly conduct managed attribution, which mitigates all topical and technical risks. It is only conducted through approved technologies per vendor and University agreements.

The CIRAT OSINT Program is structured to take all risks so the client does not have to.

Students use their OSINT training and education to exploit social media safely.