A recent report published by Infinium Global Research on open
source intelligence market provides in-depth analysis of segments and
sub-segments in the global as well as regional open source intelligence market.
The study also highlights the impact of drivers, restraints, and macro
indicators on the global and regional open source intelligence market over the
short term as well as long term. The report is a comprehensive presentation of
trends, forecast, and dollar values of the global open source intelligence market.
According to the report, the global open source intelligence market is projected
to grow at a CAGR of 23.2% over the forecast period of 2020-2026.
Open source intelligence (OSINT) refers to data collected from
the legal and publically available sources, which is later processed and analyzed
to obtain an insight at comparatively low cost. The data is primarily collected
from blogs, forums, websites, videos, and social networks without breaching
privacy laws and copyright. It is used to allow government agencies to take
effective actions, and for a commercial organization, it supports analyzing
market trends, and improve market competitiveness.
The major factor propelling the growth of the global open source
intelligence market is the increasing amount of data across the world. The
usage of social networking has augmented a large amount of user-generated
content. The content may consist of images, videos, personal, and professional
information. Furthermore, growing wireless networking technologies and
increasing the adoption of cloud platforms across the globe are the key factors
that will initiate the growth of the open source intelligence market. Internet
proliferation in developing countries has increased a large amount of
unstructured and structured data. It is predicted that around 1.7 megabytes of
new information will be generated every second in 2020. The open source
intelligence autonomous tools help to provide real-time analysis to the
organization. Due to the growing demand for real-time valuable data, the demand
for the open source intelligence market is snowballing. Additionally, the
current concern over the spread of coronavirus is also expected to have a
positive impact on the open source intelligence. Covid-19 pandemic has rapidly
augmented the growth and consumption of data as millions turn to the internet
to keep in touch with their loved ones and colleagues. This outpouring in
demand for data has led to claims that weekday internet usage has increased as
much as 60%. There are some positive side effects to this widespread creation
and consumption of data. Professionals are analyzing a sort of data sources to
better understand and respond to the viral epidemic. Further, governments in
numerous countries are using mobile phone usage and location data to analyses
population movement patterns and this helps them to track how the virus is
spread throughout the population.
Among the geographies, the North America region is expected to hold
the largest share in the global open source intelligence market as countries
such as the U.S. and Canada are the front-runners of the adoption of new
technologies. Further, following the 9/11 attacks, there has been an augmented
adoption of the security policies, and open source intelligence agency was
introduced. Snowballing cyber-attacks across the North America region is
anticipated to boost the market. Moreover, the Asia Pacific region is
anticipated to grow with the highest CAGR during the forecast period owing to
the increased adoption of digitalization which, in turn, has created huge
volumes of data.
The report on global open source intelligence market covers
segments such as source, technique, and end user. On the basis of source, the
sub-markets include media, internet, public government data, professional &
academic publications, commercial, and others. On the basis of technique, the
sub-markets include text analytics, video analytics, social media analytics,
geospatial analytics, security analytics, and others. On the basis of end user,
the sub-markets include government intelligence agencies, military & defense
intelligence agencies, cyber security organizations, law enforcement agencies,
financial services, private specialized business, and others.
The report provides profiles of the companies in the market such
as Alfresco Software Inc., Digital Clues, Expert Systems S.p.A, Exalead
Dassault Systemes, Maltego Technologies GmbH, OffSec Service Limited, Octogence
Technologies Pvt. Ltd., Palantir Technologies Inc., Recorded Future, Inc., and
Thales Group.
The report provides deep insights into the demand forecasts,
market trends, and micro and macro indicators. In addition, this report
provides insights into the factors that are driving and restraining the growth
in this market. Moreover, The IGR-Growth Matrix analysis given in the report
brings an insight into the investment areas that existing or new market players
can consider. The report provides insights into the market using analytical
tools such as Porter's five forces analysis and DRO analysis of open source
intelligence market. Moreover, the study highlights current market trends and
provides forecast from 2020-2026. We also have highlighted future trends in the
market that will affect the demand during the forecast period. Moreover, the
competitive analysis given in each regional market brings an insight into the
market share of the leading players.