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Intelligence analysis

About: Intelligence analysis is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 1416 publications have been published within this topic receiving 17684 citations.


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01 Jan 1999
TL;DR: This article reviewed cognitive psychology literature concerning how people process information to make judgments on incomplete and ambiguous information and selected the experiments and findings that seem most relevant to intelligence analysis and most in need of communication to intelligence analysts.
Abstract: : This volume pulls together and republishes, with some editing, updating, and additions, articles written during 1978-86 for internal use within the CIA Directorate of Intelligence. Four of the articles also appeared in the Intelligence Community journal Studies in Intelligence during that time frame. The information is relatively timeless and still relevant to the never-ending quest for better analysis. The articles are based on reviewing cognitive psychology literature concerning how people process information to make judgments on incomplete and ambiguous information. I selected the experiments and findings that seem most relevant to intelligence analysis and most in need of communication to intelligence analysts. I then translated the technical reports into language that intelligence analysts can understand and interpreted the relevance of these findings to the problems intelligence analysts face. The result is a compromise that may not be wholly satisfactory to either research psychologists or intelligence analysts. Cognitive psychologists and decision analysts may complain of oversimplification, while the non-psychologist reader may have to absorb some new terminology. Unfortunately, mental processes are so complex that discussion of them does require some specialized vocabulary.

796 citations

Book
01 Jul 2003
TL;DR: What Is "Intelligence", the Development of U.S. Intelligence, and the Intelligence Process-A Macro Look: Who Does What For Whom?
Abstract: Table of Contents Preface Chapter 1. Introduction - What Is "Intelligence?" Why Do We Have Intelligence Agencies? What Is Intelligence About? Chapter 2. The Development Of U.S. Intelligence Major Themes Major Historical Developments A Final Note Chapter 3. The U.S. Intelligence Community Alternative Ways of Looking at the Intelligence Community The Many Different Intelligence Communities Intelligence Community Relationships that Matter The Intelligence Budget Process Chapter 4. The Intelligence Process - A Macro Look: Who Does What For Whom? Requirements Collection Processing and Exploitation Analysis and Production Dissemination and Consumption Feedback Thinking About the Intelligence Process Chapter 5. Collection And The Collection Disciplines Overarching Themes The Collection Disciplines: Strengths and Weaknesses Collection - Conclusion Chapter 6. Analysis Major Themes Analytical Issues Intelligence Analysis: An Assessment Chapter 7. Counter Intelligence Internal Safeguards External Indicators and Counterespionage Problems in Counter intelligence Chapter 8. Covert Action The Decision-making Process The Range of Covert Action Issues in Covert Action Assessing Covert Action Chapter 9. The Role Of The Policymaker The Nature of the National Security Policy Process in the U.S. Government Who Wants What? The Intelligence Process: Policy and Intelligence Chapter 10. Oversight And Accountability Executive Oversight Issues Congressional Oversight Issues in Congressional Oversight Internal Dynamics of Congressional Oversight of Intelligence Conclusion Chapter 11. The Legacy Of The Cold War The Primacy of the Soviet Issue The Emphasis on Soviet Military Capabilities The Emphasis on Statistical Intelligence The Intelligence Record - Collapse of the Soviet Union Conclusion - Intelligence and the Soviet Problem Chapter 12. The New Intelligence Agenda U.S. National Security Policy after the Cold War Intelligence and the New Priorities Conclusion Chapter 13. Ethical And Moral Issues In Intelligence General Moral Questions Issues Related to Collection and Covert Action Analysis-related Issues The Media Conclusion Chapter 14. Intelligence Reform The Purpose of Reform Issues in Intelligence Reform Conclusion Chapter 15. Foreign Intelligence Services Britain China France Israel Russia Conclusion Appendix 1 Additional Bibliographic Citations and Websites Appendix 2 Major Intelligence Reviews of Proposals Author Index Subject Index

329 citations

Patent
13 Sep 2001
TL;DR: In this article, a system and method for the collection, analysis, and distribution of cyber-threat alerts is presented, where the system collects cyberthreat intelligence data from a plurality of sources, and then preprocesses the intelligence data for further review by an intelligence analyst.
Abstract: A system and method for the collection, analysis, and distribution of cyber-threat alerts. The system collects cyber-threat intelligence data from a plurality of sources, and then preprocesses the intelligence data for further review by an intelligence analyst. The analyst reviews the intelligence data and determines whether it is appropriate for delivery to subscribing clients of the cyber-threat alert service. The system reformats and compiles the intelligence data and automatically delivers the intelligence data through a plurality of delivery methods.

264 citations

Journal ArticleDOI
TL;DR: Enhancing traditional algorithmic techniques for improved pattern analysis with new approaches to reinforcement learning and reinforcement learning.
Abstract: Enhancing traditional algorithmic techniques for improved pattern analysis.

261 citations

Book
01 Jan 1996
TL;DR: In this paper, the author, a former senior British intelligence officer, describes intelligence activities, the purposes which the system serves, and the causes and effects of its secrecy, using parallels with the information society and the current search for efficiency in public administration as a whole.
Abstract: Intelligence services form an important but controversial part of the modern state. Drawing mainly on British and American examples, this book provides an analytic framework for understanding the 'intelligence community' and assessing its value. The author, a former senior British intelligence officer, describes intelligence activities, the purposes which the system serves, and the causes and effects of its secrecy. He considers 'intelligence failure' and how organisation and management can improve the chances of success. Using parallels with the information society and the current search for efficiency in public administration as a whole, the book explores the issues involved in deciding how much intelligence is needed and discusses the kinds of management necessary. In his conclusions Michael Herman discusses intelligence's national value in the post-Cold War world. He also argues that it has important contributions to make to international security, but that its threat-inducing activities should be kept in check.

247 citations


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No. of papers in the topic in previous years
YearPapers
202346
2022111
202142
202041
201943
201848