Open Source Intelligence Market Size, Share Global Analysis Report, 2021 – 2026

Industry Insights

[205+ Pages Report] The latest finding surrounding the “Global Open Source Intelligence Market” published by Facts & Factors covers the complete market overview in a neatly packaged and comprehensive read. In the current study, the Global Open Source Intelligence Market is estimated to reach a value of USD 28.34 Billion in the year 2026 with a growth rate of 19.9% CAGR from an initial value of USD 6.3 Billion in the year 2020.

Market Overview

Open source intelligence (OSINT) is a form of multi qualitative methodology that deals with collecting, analyzing, and making decisions that are based on data accessibility that are publicly traded to be used in an intelligent-based context. These measures are primarily used in the field of national security, law enforcement, and business processes and are of immense value to the analysts in answering classified, unclassified, or proprietary intelligence requirements across a wider source of intelligence agencies across the globe.

Industry Growth Factors

The primary driving factors for the global open source intelligence market are structuring capabilities of huge amounts of data and increased capabilities of processing larger amounts of data to name a few. Additionally, increased adoption of open source intelligence tools among various organizations coupled with rising demand for cloud-based OSINT among SMEs is expected to increase the footprint of the global open source intelligence market during the forecast period. Moreover, rising demand for OSINT tools in order to gain business insights coupled with emerging analytics such as social media analytics is expected to open new revenue opportunities for the global open source intelligence market during the forecast period. The global open source intelligence market is expected to be driven by rising threats in the form of cybersecurity measures, increasing incidences relating to industrial espionage, and constantly changing geopolitical scenarios to name a few. The ongoing pandemic and increasing amount of public data in an open-source platform are expected to open new revenue opportunities for the global open source intelligence market during the forecast period. However, a lack of awareness about OSINT systems coupled with rising concerns relating to data privacy and security for consumer data can hamper the growth of the global open source intelligence market during the forecast period.

Segmentation Analysis

The global open source intelligence market is segmented into security, technology, application, and region.

On the basis of security, the global open source intelligence market is divided into human intelligence, content intelligence, link/network analytics, data analytics, artificial intelligence, and big data security. The data analytics segment is expected to witness the largest market share during the advent of the forecast owing to the primary source of technology having the capability to cleanse, organize, and analyze vast amounts of data coupled with the adoption of data analytics among various intelligence agencies across the world. On the basis of technology, the global open source intelligence market is categorized into big data software, video analytics, text analytics, visualization tools, cybersecurity, web analytics, and others. The segment pertaining to text analytics is expected to witness the largest market share during the advent of the forecast owing to the increasing number of add-on services such as speech-to-text API and optical character recognition API in real-time coupled with complementing the results obtained from text-based analytics to name a few. On the basis of application, the global open source intelligence market is fragmented into military & defense, private sector, public sector, national security, and others. The segment pertaining to military & defense is expected to witness the largest market share during the advent of the forecast owing to the increasing adoption of OSINT solutions by various country’s armed forces coupled with the increasing need of leveraging AI and big data capabilities for gathering security intelligence-based solutions.

Report Scope

Regional Analysis

North America is expected to witness the largest market share during the advent of the forecast owing to increased implementation of open source intelligence tools employed by government & non-government organizations coupled with increasing technological advancements to name a few. Additionally, the increasing presence of key market players in the region coupled with the rising number of collaborations and mergers & acquisitions is expected to increase the footprint of the open source intelligence market during the forecast in the region. Asia-Pacific is expected to witness a substantial market share during the forecast period owing to rising investment measures in sectors pertaining to web-based intelligence, cyber security, and big data analytics to name a few.

Competitive Players

The key market participants for the global open source intelligence market are:

• Alfresco Software plc.
• Digital Clues
• Expert Systems S.p.A.
• Google LLC
• Maltego Technologies Inc.
• OffSec Service Limited
• Octogence Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
• Palantir Technologies Inc.
• Recorded Future Inc.
• S.A.S
• Dassault Systems SE
• Digimind S.A.
• NetSentries Technologies Inc.

By Security Segment Analysis

• Human Intelligence
• Content Intelligence
• Link/Network Analytics
• Data Analytics
• Artificial Intelligence
• Big Data Security

By Technology Segment Analysis

• Big Data Software
• Video Analytics
• Text Analytics
• Visualization Tools
• Cybersecurity
• Web Analytics
• Others

By Application Segment Analysis

• Military & Defense
• Private Sector
• Public Sector
• National Security
• Others