OSINT

The article examines the integration of the compartmentalization method as a fundamental cybersecurity principle in the strategy of protecting information in open sources, in particular to counter OSINT technologies. The authors emphasize that modern cyber threats, enhanced by the massive use of open sources, create risks of leakage of personal data and confidential information, especially through social networks and other platforms where the human factor is a key element of vulnerability.

The article examines modern tools and approaches to conducting OSINT — the analysis of open sources of information. The key role of OSINT, along with other intelligence methods such as HUMINT, IMINT, SIGINT, MASINT and GEOINT, lies in creating a holistic information field that combines open, technical, human and geospatial sources. The constant development of methodologies and improvement of automation tools allows to increase the efficiency and accuracy of the analysis of the received information, which makes OSINT one of the most important elements of modern intelligence.