Intelligence (disambiguation)

Intelligence can refer to a number of topics:

• intelligence (brain power)
• intelligence (information gathering), the practice of finding information on opponents, or potential opponents.
  • intelligence collection disciplines
    • intelligence collection management, in which tasks are assigned to various collection techniques, reflecting the techniques available and the priority of the information need. Includes the process of categorizing information learned for subsequent analysis, and assigning probabilities of accuracy to the raw information
    • human-source intelligence (HUMINT), the practice of acquiring information through interactions with people who can disclose relevant information. This should not be confused with the human interactions that occur in the process of collaborative intelligence analysis.
    • signals intelligence (SIGINT), the practice of acquiring information through monitoring an opponent communications (COMINT) and non-communications electronics such as radar (ELINT).
    • measurement and signature intelligence (MASINT), the discipline of acquiring information from a source based on observing physical characteristics (e.g., the noise of a tank) that are not the primary purpose of the source, and comparing them to reference measurements (i.e., signatures)
    • imagery intelligence (IMINT), the practice of taking and interpreting photographs or other representations of subjects of interest
    • open source intelligence (OSINT), the technique of researching information about a topic from public sources, such as radio and television broadcasts, web sites, books, and similar materials.
    • technical intelligence (TECHINT), the combined tasks of capturing enemy equipment and then testing it to analyze its capabilities and operating characteristics.
    • financial intelligence (FININT), the combined tasks of collecting information on financial transactions (either from the financial institution or by clandestine means) and then analyzing it to determine providers and consumers of money or money equivalents.
    • scientific and technical intelligence (STINFO), the combined tasks of collecting information about the national-level science and technology capabilities of a country, and extrapolating the country's capabilities in the related fields.
    • economic intelligence (ECONINT), the set of problems in understanding the flow of money and money equivalents inside a country, its policies on reinvestment and foreign investment, and other matters that will explain the country's capabilities to produce resources for critical needs
    • medical intelligence (MEDINT), the techniques involved in determining the public health of a country, as well as the health problems of individuals, so the physical characteristics of leaders and workers are understood, as well as local hazards to foreigners entering the country or regions of it.
  • intelligence analysis, the discipline of correlating multiple kinds of information and inferring meaning from the set of data available.
    • cognitive traps for intelligence analysis, or detecting and mitigating potential errors in the intelligence analysis process
    • intelligence analysis tradecraft, the art of performing intelligence analysis
  • intelligence cycle dissemination, the process of distributing analyzed information to appropriate consumers.
  • intelligence cycle security, the process of balancing the protection of sources versus the needs of users.
    • counterintelligence, the active and passive measures taken to guard against inadvertent disclosures to hostile intelligence services.

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