Civil Security for Society 2027 · Impact of malicious use of Open-Source Intelligence on critical infrastructure business continuity

Project results are expected to contribute to some or all of the following outcomes: • Critical infrastructure operators and authorities have improved awareness of Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) and their potential impact on security of their operations; • Toolbox for OSINT mapping, including enhanced analysis and risk flagging is developed and available to relevant stakeholders; • Critical infrastructure operators and authorities have improved incident response,…

The malicious use of Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) is a known concern and technique used by offenders to retrieve personal, professional, and official or technical information about entities and their employees either to immediately plot illegal actions or use it to access more sensitive data with social engineering techniques like tailored data phishing. Although singular information may seem harmless, their critical mass coupled with reasoning and automated processing…