Central Washington University Biochemistry Standard Curves Lab Report

Week 1 discussion

Compare and contrast information and intelligence, and what factors make information/intelligence “Actionable intelligence” worthy of being forwarded to the end user. With the information age and being constantly overloaded with information/intelligence/actionable intelligence, how would you ensure the end user is not overloaded?

While we often think of intelligence as originating at the highest levels of government, the reality is that intelligence often begins as information at the lowest levels of operations. An intelligence is 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 (Module 1: Information vs. Intelligence). The term is also applied to the activity which results in the product and to the organizations engaged in such activity. It is important to note that intelligence is a tangible and provable product. On the other hand, information is essentially pieces of data, or facts that have been collected. Information that lacks analysis, and does not provide context and association with people, organizations, and events, is not intelligence. Essentially, intelligence transforms what and how from the information into the why and when of the decision-making process. What makes information finished intelligence is the analysis of information (James, 2017). Sharing information among different intelligence agencies increases the probability that analysis will provide intelligence that is actionable, meaning it clear and it has enough facts to act on it. The one way we can avoid information overload is to delegate information responsibility to the appropriate personnel with the proper credentials (clearance).

Works Cited

James, L. (2017, April 11). The Difference Between Information and Intelligence. Retrieved from

https://misti.com/infosec-insider/fail-vs-finished…

Module 1: Information vs. Intelligence. (n.d.). Retrieved from

https://learn.umuc.edu/d2l/le/content/449901/viewC…