OSINT
/ˈoʊ.sɪnt/ · Abbreviation · Security & Infosec · Origin: 1980
Definitions
Open Source Intelligence — the collection and analysis of information from publicly available sources (social media, public records, news, DNS records) for intelligence or security purposes.
In plain English: Gathering useful information from things that are publicly available online — social media profiles, public records, website details — to investigate people or organizations.
Related Terms
- Social Engineering
- Red Team
- Content Disarm and Reconstruction
- Dumpster Diving
- Fingerprinting
- Memory Forensics
- Network Forensics
- Nmap Scripting Engine
- Open Source Intelligence
- Port Scanning
- Access Broker
- Account Enumeration
- Active Scanning
- ARP Cache Poisoning
- Banner Grabbing
- Confusion
- Counterintelligence
- Memory Scraping
- MITM
- Passive Reconnaissance
- Responsible AI Security