Keith Johnson

Chief Technology Officer/Chief Engineer for Intelligence and Homeland Secur
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Key Developments in Crowd, Human, Open, Social and Volunteer Geospatial Information

Monday, January 23rd, 2017

10:10 AM Open Source Intelligence as part of a Multi-Source Intelligence Enterprise

The exponential growth of data can overwhelm intelligence analysts and warfighters and hinder the speed at which they can digest and interpret available information in support of operational decision-making. Open Source Intelligence is a good example of the speed at which information needs to be turned into actionable intelligence in order to get ahead of an adversary.

Find out more about the elements required to effectively fuse all sources of data (including open source, imagery, geospatial, human collected, and communications information) to present a coherent view to the intelligence analyst and assist in the decision making process.

Key drivers in the exponential growth of geospatial data
How Big Data analytics and modern cloud based architectures promise to enable analysts to quickly sift through large volumes of data
Why Big Data architectures are necessary but not sufficient to enable rapid decision making
Key changes in the analytic workflow to enable better machine-assisted processing while preserving good analytic tradecraft