Sigint for Anyone: The Growing Availability of Signals Intelligence in the Public Domain

Abstract

SIGINT, or signals intelligence, is intelligence gathered from communications, electronics, or foreign instrumentation and has traditionally been considered an inherently governmental function. Historically, only government had the financial means and the legal authority to conduct SIGINT activities, and, in our experience, many members of the U.S. government still hold this opinion today. We tested this viewpoint by conducting a market scan to seek examples of how new technologies, innovations, and behaviors are challenging the existing government-only paradigm.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2017
Accession Number
AD1053269

Entities

People

  • Bruce Mcclintock
  • Cortney Weinbaum
  • Steven Berner

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Satellites
  • Automatic Identification Systems
  • Command And Control Systems
  • Commerce
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • Eavesdropping
  • Identification Systems
  • Low Earth Orbits
  • Maritime Domain Awareness
  • Mobile Phones
  • Security
  • Signals Intelligence
  • Situational Awareness
  • Surveillance
  • United States

Readers

  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Economics
  • Geospatial Intelligence and Artificial Intelligence Analytics

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics