Intelligence (disambiguation)

This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same or a similar title.

Intelligence (biology): An organism's capacity to make adaptive decisions based on information about its internal state or that of its environment. ^[e]
intelligence (information gathering): The practice of finding information on opponents, or potential opponents. ^[e]

intelligence collection and processing activities

intelligence collection management: Assigning questions to various collection techniques, reflecting the techniques available and the priority of the information need. Includes the process of categorizing information learned for subsequent analysis, and assigning probabilities of accuracy to the raw information ^[e]
- Human-source intelligence: Add brief definition or description (HUMINT)
- Signals intelligence: the practice of acquiring information through monitoring the electromagnetic signals deliberately trasmitted by an opponent, including communications (COMINT) and non-communications electronics such as radar (ELINT). ^[e] (SIGINT)
- Measurement and signature intelligence: A variety of intelligence gathering disciplines complementary to the technical "mainstream" of imagery intelligence and signals intelligence. ^[e] (MASINT)
- Imagery intelligence: the practice of taking and interpreting visible and infrared light photographs and video, radar imagery, and other ways to form pictures of subjects of interest ^[e] (IMINT)
- Open source intelligence: Obtaining information, to be used in intelligence analysis, from sources available to the public. such as radio and television broadcasts, web sites, books, and similar materials. ^[e] (OSINT)
- Technical intelligence: Add brief definition or description (TECHINT)
- Medical intelligence: Techniques involved in determining the public health of a country, so the physical characteristics of leaders and workers are understood, as well as local hazards to foreigners entering the country or regions of it ^[e] (MEDINT)
- Scientific and technical intelligence: In contrast to TECHINT, which is directed to specific materiel, working at a strategic/national level to study foreign materiel, professional publications and presentations, etc., to determine the level of research & development in a country, the manufacturing processes it can use, its priorities for research, etc. ^[e] (S&TI)
- Financial intelligence: Add brief definition or description (FININT)
- Economic intelligence: Understanding the flow of money and money equivalents inside a country, its policies on reinvestment and foreign investment, its resources and production capability, and other matters that will explain the country's capabilities to produce assets for critical needs ^[e] (ECONINT)

intelligence analysis and use activities

intelligence analysis: Add brief definition or description
Intelligence dissemination management: Add brief definition or description, the process of distributing analyzed information to appropriate consumers.

protecting the intelligence process

intelligence cycle security: The process of balancing the protection of sources versus the needs of users, and protecting information from unauthorized users ^[e]
- Cover and deception: Add brief definition or description