List of intelligence gathering disciplines

Intelligence Gathering Disciplines

• HUMINT - Human Intelligence - gathered from a person on the ground
• GEOINT - Geospatial Intelligence - gathered from satellite, aerial photography, mapping/terrian data
  • IMINT - Imagery Intelligence - gathered from satellite and aerial photography
• MASINT - Measurement and Signature Intelligence
  • ACINT - Acoustic Intelligence - gathered from acoustical sources
  • CBINT - Chemical and Biological Intelligence - gathered from chemical and biological weapons and hazards
  • DEWINT - Directed Energy Weapon Intelligence - gathered from weapon related radio frequency, microwave, electromagnetic pulse, laser, and particle beams
  • Effluent/Debris Collection - gathered from atmospheric effluents and debris
  • EOINT - Electro-Optical Intelligence - gathered from optical monitoring of the electromagnetic spectrum
    • IRINT - Infrared Intelligence - gathered from the infrared spectrum
    • LASINT - Laser Intelligence - gathered from laser systems
  • MATINT - Materials Intelligence
  • NUCINT - Nuclear Intelligence - gathered from the analysis of radiation
  • RADINT - Radiation Intelligence - gathered from unintentional radiation emitted by electronic systems. Note that this is often considered to be part of ELINT (q.v.)
  • RF/EMPINT - Radio Frequency/Electromagnetic Pulse Intelligence - gathered from radio frequency and electromagnetic pulse emissions
  • Spectroscopic Intelligence
• OSINT - Open Source Intelligence - gathered from open sources
• SIGINT - Signals Intelligence - gathered from interception of signals
  • COMINT - Communications Intelligence
  • ELINT - Electronic Intelligence - gathered from non-communications electronic emissions
• TECHINT - Technical Intelligence - gathered from analysis of weapons and equipment used by the armed forces of foreign nations
• FININT - Financial Intelligence - gathered from analysis of monetary transactions

See also

• cryptanalysis
• TEMPEST
• traffic analysis
• Analysis of competing hypotheses
• Denial and deception
• Analytical tradecraft