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intelligence

Abbreviations / Acronyms / Synonyms:

Definitions:

  2. The term 'intelligence' includes foreign intelligence and counterintelligence.
Sources:
CNSSI 4009-2015 from 50 U.S.C., Sec. 3003

  Intelligence products and/or organizations and activities that incorporate all sources of information, most frequently human resources intelligence, imagery intelligence, measurement and signature intelligence, signals intelligence, and open source data in the production of finished intelligence.
Sources:
CNSSI 4009-2015 under all-source intelligence from DoD JP 1-02 - Adapted

  The term 'intelligence' means (1) the product resulting from the collection, processing, integration, analysis, evaluation, and interpretation of available information concerning foreign countries or areas; or (2) information and knowledge about an adversary obtained through observation, investigation, analysis, or understanding. The term 'intelligence' includes foreign intelligence and counterintelligence.
Sources:
NIST SP 800-59 under Intelligence from DoD JP 1-02, 50 U.S.C., Ch 15

  1 a. The product resulting from the collection, processing, integration, evaluation, analysis, and interpretation of available information concerning foreign nations, hostile or potentially hostile forces or elements, or areas of actual or potential operations. b. The activities that result in the product. c. The organizations engaged in such activities.
Sources:
CNSSI 4009-2015 from JP 2-0

  (i) the product resulting from the collection, processing, integration, analysis, evaluation, and interpretation of available information concerning foreign countries or areas; or (ii) information and knowledge about an adversary obtained through observation, investigation, analysis, or understanding. The term 'intelligence' includes foreign intelligence and counterintelligence.
Sources:
NIST SP 800-60 Vol. 1 Rev. 1 under Intelligence
NIST SP 800-60 Vol. 2 Rev. 1 under Intelligence

  Intelligence products and/or organizations and activities that incorporate all sources of information, most frequently including human resources intelligence, imagery intelligence, measurement and signature intelligence, signals intelligence, and open-source data in the production of finished intelligence.
Sources:
NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 under all-source intelligence from DoD JP 1-02