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Partnering for a Purpose: Skopenow Teams Up with All Things Possible for Skull Games Competition to Combat Human Trafficking
Open-source intelligence is a powerful tool that can be used to gather information from publicly available sources, such as public records databases, social media sites, the deep and dark web, and much more. Skopenow aggregates these data types from hundreds of sources and then applies artificial intelligence and machine learning to offer solutions…
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The Hidden Costs of Ignoring Crime: Why Your Business Needs a Security, Intelligence, or Investigation Team
Crime can have an expensive impact on businesses—and you face risk on all fronts, with internal and external actors causing U.S. businesses to hemorrhage funds.
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Could the Downfall of FTX and SBF Have Been Predicted?
Why is FTX in the News? Earlier this month, the world's second-largest crypto exchange, FTX, filed for bankruptcy, and its billionaire owner, Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), went from revered industry leader to reckless pariah. Now the target of investigations by the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Justice Department into how he handled the…
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Fighting Fraud in the Public Sector
Fraud is an increasing and ever-present challenge to investigators, currently estimated to cost the global economy $5.127 trillion USD each year. Fraud comes in many forms, impacting insurance companies, consumers, corporations, and governments. In 2021, the FTC received 2.8 million fraud reports from consumers, amounting to more than $5.8 billion.
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OSINT Live Speaker Spotlight: Nico Dekens
Nico Dekens will speaking at this year’s OSINT Live and will be sharing some of his OSINT wisdom. In this article, we're shining the spotlight on Nico to enable attendees to learn more about Nico and the topic he's presenting at OSINT Live. Who is Nico Dekens? Nico “Dutch_Osintguy” Dekens is an All Source Analyst specializing in Open Source…
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OSINT Live Speaker Spotlight: Joe Gray
Joe Gray will speaking at this year’s OSINT Live and will be sharing some of his OSINT wisdom. In this article, we're shining the spotlight on Joe to enable attendees to learn more about Joe and the topic he's presenting at OSINT Live. Who is Joe Gray? Joe Gray, a veteran of the U.S. Navy Submarine Force, is the inaugural winner of the DerbyCon Social…
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OSINT Live Speaker Spotlight: Nadia Tuominen
Nadia Tuominen will speaking at this year’s OSINT Live and will be sharing some of his OSINT wisdom. In this article, we're shining the spotlight on Nadia to enable attendees to learn more about Nadia and the topic she's presenting at OSINT Live. Who is Nadia Tuominen? A Senior Lecturer in Police Practice at Brunel University London, Nadia has a…
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OSINT Live Speaker Spotlight: Steven Harris
Steven Harris will speaking at this year’s OSINT Live and will be sharing some of his OSINT wisdom. In this article, we're shining the spotlight on Steven to enable attendees to learn more about Steven and the topic he's presenting at OSINT Live. Who is Steven Harris? Steven Harris is an open source intelligence (OSINT) specialist at QOMPLX, a data…
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OSINT Live Speaker Spotlight: Henk van Ess
Henk van Ess will speaking at this year’s OSINT Live and will be sharing some of his OSINT wisdom. In this article, we're shining the spotlight on Henk to enable attendees to learn more about Henk and the topic he's presenting at OSINT Live. Who is Henk van Ess? Dutch-born Henk van Ess has trained Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists of the Washington…
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