Open Source Collection
We will now present some of the information technology hardware and methods we use in our OSC system...
Let us not forget, however, that state-of-the-art hardware is just a good tool - it also takes years of experience to get an OSC system to produce high quality results...
We believe that Rybeck Analytica today has some of the most advanced civilian Open Source Collection (OSC) resources and experience in Northern Europe.
Rybeck Analytica searches in a very different way
- We dig deeper.
We do not stop at "N" levels down in a web server like most other search engines do...
- We dig discretely.
Using private access accounts to mask the interest areas of our customers.
- We use many different search engines.
Some public (like Google, AltaVista, Hotbot, etc.) and some private custom-built.
- We search much more than web pages and public databases.
We also search chat groups, open e-mail, local papers, SIGs, corporate newsletters, our own databases, etc.
- We download very large amounts of complete documents (gigabytes) and build our own complete document reference databases - we do not limit ourselves to abstracts only.
This way we can easily track trends, updates, withdrawn documents, and cross-correlate with new info.
What We Do Not Do
- We do not limit ourselves to a few "known and trusted" subscription sources.
We go after information on a truly global scale.
- We do not "trust" any single info source.
We build up a composite picture based upon as many independent sources as possible in as many countries as possible.
- We do not limit ourselves to English / German / French info.
We autotranslate many languages.
- We do not analyze and evaluate info (unless asked to do so).
Our technical strength is in discrete large scale multisource data collection and continuous trend tracking.
Examples of Recently Completed OSC Searches
Risk analysis of civilian Russian nuclear technology and power plants
- Russian national computer resources
- Y2K threat evaluations
- FAPSI
- North Korean CB warfare
- EP-3E Aries II SSIP on Hainan
- TerrCom - Terrorist Communications
- Global smallpox situation report
What makes Rybeck Analytica unique is our capability to respond to real-time information needs.
For example, the EP-3E OSC search and report was completed and delivered in only a couple of hours.