Across
- 9. Information that has been analyzed and refined so that it can be used to make strategic decisions.
- 12. The process of discovering patterns, correlations, and insights from large datasets to support decision-making.
- 13. The process of gathering, analyzing, and using information about competitors, customers, and the business environment to support strategic decision-making.
- 14. The systematic monitoring of an organization's external environment to detect early signs of opportunities and threats.
Down
- 1. The critical areas of intelligence that are of greatest significance to an organization's senior executives, providing focus for intelligence operations.
- 2. The process of comparing an organization's practices, processes, or performance metrics to industry standards or best practices.
- 3. The difficulty in understanding an issue and making decisions caused by the presence of too much information.
- 4. The ability to identify, locate, evaluate, and effectively use information for a specific purpose.
- 5. A technique for detecting early signs of potentially important developments through systematic examination of potential threats and opportunities.
- 6. The process of developing raw information into finished intelligence for policymakers and decision makers.
- 7. The practice of collecting information and attempting to spot patterns or trends in the data.
- 8. The process of creating, sharing, using, and managing an organization's knowledge and information.
- 10. Early indicators of a potentially important future trend or event that are difficult to detect among other data.
- 11. Intelligence collected from publicly available sources, such as media, public data, and academic publications.