There are huge opportunities for the private sector OSINT industry, but those opportunities seem to be clouded by a fog of differences in opinion on what OSINT is and what it can offer national security. That fog thickens further when companies attempt to meet national security needs through data science alone, placing the non-trivial task of fusing that insight with traditional intelligence flows at the feet of Government intelligencers. As those intelligencers drown in a sea of products vying for their attention, is it any wonder that vapourware and snake oil slip through the net?
At Karve, we have developed an in depth understanding of the Government bodies and funding streams available to SMEs and disruptors as they seek to win Government funding and eventually contracts. Unfortunately the process for accessing these opportunities can be time consuming and bewildering especially if you don’t have any previous experience of the process.
