A history buff’s archival approach to open-source intelligence | Arno H.P. Reuser | TEDxTwenteU

In this talk, Arno described how he went from a simple history student to founding the open-source intelligence branch of the dutch ministry of defence. All from the combination of one visit to the archives and his disease of curiosity Founder and manager of the open source intelligence branch of the Dutch Defense Intelligence & Security Service 1990-2013, founder and owner of Reuser's Information Services. Developed an OSINT production capability for the NLDISS, started using the Internet when there was no MS Windows, no world wide web, terminal only, since 2008 sharing his passion for OSINT by teaching OSINT classes globally to a wide variety of customers from (international) governments and private sector, speaking, consulting, writing, assisting students, assisting anybody in developing systems to solve information problems. Since 2013 working full-time for his own company. Travelling the world in doing so. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx