Improving Risk Response For Transportation Security With OSINT

National transportation networks, including airports, seaports, and highways, make up a country’s critical infrastructure. When this infrastructure is compromised, governments and security teams need to be prepared and well-informed to prevent damage to assets, data, and human life. Online data plays a crucial role in providing the information required for transportation security planning and incident response. For intelligence teams, social media networks and deep and dark web content can:

• Provide the earliest alerts for location-based threats near airports, seaports, and other transportation hubs
• Inform security teams about tactics used to bypass security systems or commit attacks, particularly at airports
• Monitor for threats directly targeted at the security/public sector organizations themselves
• Stay alert to vulnerable data that could compromise a transportation network’s digital or physical security