OSINT is part of reconnaissance process, that consists of using any available online platform, tool, or public intelligence that can provide information about a company, organization or individuals. It’s a collection of data from public sources to be used in an intelligence context and this type of information is often missed by link crawling search engines such as Google. As per DoD, OSINT is “produced from publicly available information that is collected, exploited and disseminated in a timely manner to an appropriate audience for addressing a specific intelligence requirement.