Private intelligence agency
- Private intelligence agency
A private intelligence agency is a private sector (non-governmental) organization devoted to the collection and analysis of information, most commonly through the evaluation of public sources (OSINT) and cooperation with other institutions. Some private agencies make their services available to governments as well as individual consumers; however, most of these agencies sell their services to large cooperations with an interest or investment in the category (e.g. crime, disease, corruption, etc.) or the region (e.g. Middle East, Vietnam, Prague, etc.). Some private agencies also provide related services, such as security personnel, survellience equipment, medical evacuation or traveler's insurance.
The private intelligence industry has boomed due to shifts in how the US government is conducting espionage in the War on Terror. Functions previously performed by the CIA and other intelligence agencies are now outsourced to private intelligence corporations.
List of Private Intelligence Agencies
*A Intelligence Group
*ASI Group
*Control Risk Group
*Global Strategies Group
*GlobalSource
*IISIA(JAPAN)
*iJET
*International Regional Security Agency
*Jane's Information Group
*NC4
*Olive Group
*Secure Solutions International
*SIASS - Specialist Intelligence and Security Services
*Stratfor
*Tangiers International
*The Steele Foundation
*TranSecur
*World-Check
*SITE
ee also
*Private investigator
*Think tank
*Competitive intelligence
External links
* [http://www.thespywhobilledme.com/ The Spy Who Billed Me] author Dr.R.J. Hillhouse's national security blog, focusing upon the outsourcing of the War on Terror and regularly covering the latest developments with private intelligence corporations.
* [http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2004/08/23/379380/index.htm Companies Turn To Private Spies] , Peter Lewis, "Fortune", August 23, 2004
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