Presentation - SecDev Foundation - Micah Clark

1. Open Intelligence for a Connected World
At SecDev we aim to improve awareness
through open intelligence. We do this by
building search and discovery
infrastructure, conducting expert
analysis on data uncovered.

3. Conflict and Technology
October 20, 2011
Sirte
June 2014
Tripoli

5. Intensity
Agility
Elegance

6. SOCIAL MEDIA
AND ATROCITY
PREVENTION

7. • Develop the Situation
• Get Your Ears Up
• Chase the Lead
LEARN
LISTEN
LAUNCH

8. There has been a technology
optimism bias…too often we have
been asking how terrorists benefit
from the internet, not how they suffer
from it.
Thomas Heghammer
VoxPol, August 2014

9. Newsflash: The
internet is people.
Social media is
bright, but is it
where the keys
are?

10. MEDIUM
METHOD
MESSAGE
Social Media Analysis

11. TECHNIQUE
OVER
TOOLS
HUNTING
OVER
FARMING
THE 5% RULE
FIRST IT GIVETH
AXIOMS

12. What does the tool
actually do, and
how does it do it?
What part of
the tool is
worth using?
Can I get the
data?
Can I maintain my
anonymity?
FREE TOOLS:
HANDLE WITH CARE

13. WHEN IN DOUBT:
DEVELOP THE SITUATION
“Developing the situation is the
common-sense approach to dealing
with complexity. Both a method and a
mind-set, it uses time and our minds to
actively build context, so that we can
recognize patterns, discover options,
and master the future as it unfolds in
front of us.”
- Pete Blaber

14. LOCATION
LOCATION
LOCATION
Mapbox/GNIP

15. GET YOUR
EARS UP

16. VERIFICATION

17. ENTITY RESOLUTION:
THE MOSAIC EFFECT

18. ENTITY RESOLUTION:
BUILDING THE MOSAIC
• Linked profiles
• Cross-posting
• Circumstantial evidence

19. FIND & FIX
NETWORK

20. • Develop the Situation
• Get Your Ears Up
• Chase the Lead
LEARN
LISTEN
LAUNCH

21. LEARN
- opensignal.com
- Mapbox (Google “Mapbox GNIP”)
- onemilliontweetmap.com
- gs.statcounter.com
LISTEN
- tweetdeck.twitter.com
LAUNCH
- hashtagify.me
-google.com/trends/explore