PREDICT Open Source Intelligence Team
Encyclopedia
PREDICT Open-Source Intelligence Team or POSIT is an open-source intelligence
(OSINT) team at New Mexico State University
. POSIT is part of NMSU's Center for Animal Health
, Food Safety
, and Bio-Security of the Agricultural Experiment Station
at the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences. POSIT is composed of undergraduate and graduate student analysts, contributing analysts, and team directors. The team uses OSINT techniques to collect and analyze global events and activities and then assesses the inherent risk of relevant events to certain items entering the United States.
Open source intelligence
Open-source intelligence is a form of intelligence collection management that involves finding, selecting, and acquiring information from publicly available sources and analyzing it to produce actionable intelligence...
(OSINT) team at New Mexico State University
New Mexico State University
New Mexico State University at Las Cruces , is a major land-grant university in Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States...
. POSIT is part of NMSU's Center for Animal Health
Veterinary medicine
Veterinary Medicine is the branch of science that deals with the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disease, disorder and injury in non-human animals...
, Food Safety
Foodborne illness
Foodborne illness is any illness resulting from the consumption of contaminated food, pathogenic bacteria, viruses, or parasites that contaminate food, as well as chemical or natural toxins such as poisonous mushrooms.-Causes:Foodborne illness usually arises from improper handling, preparation, or...
, and Bio-Security of the Agricultural Experiment Station
Agricultural experiment station
An agricultural experiment station is a research center that conducts scientific investigations to solve problems and suggest improvements in the food and agriculture industry...
at the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences. POSIT is composed of undergraduate and graduate student analysts, contributing analysts, and team directors. The team uses OSINT techniques to collect and analyze global events and activities and then assesses the inherent risk of relevant events to certain items entering the United States.