TY - CONF TI - Advances in the use of open-source information AB - Great advances have been made in the application of open-source information for Safeguards. However, the open-source 'ecosystem' is rapidly evolving. Recently, the combination of powerful smart-phones and the World Wide Web have led to novel developments for mapping the impact of natural and man-made disasters. Researchers are learning to harness online volunteers as citizen scientists. Online social media such as Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter are becoming accepted channels of credible information. Geo-spatially-aware applications (augmented reality applications) are capable of overlaying data upon a smart-phone's view screen. The authors review available open-source tools and technologies. These and other developments will have a significant effect on the collection, evaluation, structuring, analysis, and dissemination of safeguards-relevant information. In addition, the modern, open Internet is posing new security threats.not just viruses and their ilk, but threats based on digital traces left by browsing the open Web. The authors present a case study of the disastrous toxic flood near Devecser, Hungary in October 2010 for which we get 621,000 results for everything related to search terms, 68,000 blog posts on the topic, 43,300 images available and then give recommendations for the future use of open-source information and software tools. (authors) AU - "Horak, K." AU - "Bleakly, D." AU - "McDaniel, M. [Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM (United States)]" KW - "98 NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT, SAFEGUARDS AND PHYSICAL PROTECTION" KW - "DATA ANALYSIS" KW - "INFORMATION" KW - "INFORMATION DISSEMINATION" KW - "INFORMATION SYSTEMS" KW - "INTERNET" KW - "MONITORING" KW - "PROLIFERATION" KW - "SAFEGUARDS" DO - https://doi.org/ UR - PB - CY - France PY - 2013 DA - 2013-07-01 LA - English J2 - [] VL - C1 - C2 - C3 - INIS-FR-14-0205 C4 - C5 - Available from INIS in electronic form L3 - Conference: INMM - ESARDA - Workshop 2011 - Future directions for nuclear safeguards and verification, Aix-en-Provence (France), 16-20 Oct 2011; Other Information: 14 refs.; Available from the INIS Liaison Officer for France, see the 'INIS contacts' section of the INIS website for current contact and E-mail addresses: http://www.iaea.org/INIS/contacts/ ER -