OSINT – Thoughts about the Activity and the Medium of Application

Abstract

Targeted monitoring and research of the amount of data and information that flood our world would hardly be possible without gathering information from open source. OSINT plays an increasingly important role in the toolbox of national security services. This study aims to present some of the features of OSINT and the application of its method, primarily from the point of view of the domestic national security aspects. The author is convinced that the theoretical and practical examination of the method is more and more relevant, especially in connection with its integration and harmonisation into the Hungarian national security system. This paper examines the above mentioned issue.