Intelligence Collection: Sources and Challenges
INMS 610 | 3 Credits
Course Desc: A study of the management challenges related to collecting all-source intelligence for national security, counterterrorism, and business purposes through case study analysis and planning exercises. The fundamentals of multisource intelligence--human source intelligence; open source intelligence; signals intelligence; geospatial intelligence; technical intelligence; cyber intelligence and persistent intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) collection--are assessed. Discussion covers innovative collection methods, access to denied environments, agile architectures, the impact of artificial intelligence and machine learning, sensor data fusion and the integration of multisource intelligence. Topics include how requirements drive collection efforts, the relationship between collection and analysis, and the costs associated with collection of intelligence.
