Security intelligence professionals are confronted daily with concerning material: threats, hostile rhetoric, violent ideation. These signals emerge from numerous sources, across a wide variety of platforms including social media, forums, messaging apps, obscure websites.

An OSINT platform is indispensable for detecting threats and identifying persons of interest. But once a threat is identified, does your team know what to do next?

We take a look at why and how attackers target social accounts as well as reviewing some of the current best practices for mitigating the risks.