An Analytic Software Application That You Should Know
Last Updated on Sunday, 21 December 2008 01:34 Written by admin Wednesday, 19 November 2008 02:18
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Here’s a chance to do some analytic work on an actual historical event – the WTC bombing of 1993.
If you’re following Project Grey Goose, you may have seen screenshots of Palantir in our first report. Palantir is the analytic platform behind Grey Goose and the software is broadly in use across the intelligence community. The company certainly doesn’t need my recommendation. The engineering and design of the application speaks for itself. I’ve put up this post because I strongly believe that analytic success is comprised of two parts – the inquisitive and intuitive mind of the analyst and having the right tools for the job. Palantir, in my opinion, is precisely the right tool for this type of work.
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If you want to learn more about Palantir and are up for a challenge, try your hand at Operation Tradestop. Tradestop is an analytic simulation based around the 1993 World Trade Center bombing investigation. There are five taskings to solve using Palantir, and each tasking is supported by product tutorials.
Once you’ve had some fun with the taskings, be sure to check out their blooper reel.
Are there any open source or less expensive alternatives to Palantir for less affuent researchers or do I just need to learn Python?
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Phreakonomist – no open source apps that I know of in the National Security intelligence space. You could take a look at Pentaho which is an Open Source app for Business Intelligence, and see if you can adapt something from that but I doubt you’d be happy with the time, effort, or results.