Analysts are skilled subject-matter experts who study and evaluate information from many sources.
Information flows in from around the world, including satellite surveillance, foreign newspapers and broadcasts, and
human contacts.
This information varies widely in terms of reliability, and often it is conflicting or incomplete.
The analyst's role is to develop meaningful and usable intelligence assessments from all of those sources.
Often this is like putting together the pieces of a puzzle, received at different times from different places,
to form a picture that is complete enough to comprehend even when some pieces are still missing.
Analysts are grouped into the following categories of expertise:
*Analytic Methodologists develop and apply new or established approaches to analysis:
such as statistical, polling, econometric, mathematical, or geospatial modeling methodologies
to add rigor and precision to the DI’s overall intelligence analysis and collection.
*Counterintelligence Threat Analysts collect, study, and interpret a range of reports to identify and prevent
foreign intelligence operations that threaten the Indonesian Government or Intelligence Community.
*Counterterrorism Analysts help warn of terrorist threats by assessing the leadership, motivations, plans, and
intentions of foreign terrorist groups and their state and nonstate sponsors.
*Crime and Counternarcotics Analysts follow international narcotics trafficking and organized crime groups to
detect emerging trends and patterns that will affect Indonesian national security.
*Economic Analysts use their specialized skills to analyze and interpret economic trends and developments,
assess and track foreign financial activities, and develop new econometric and modeling methodologies.
*Intelligence Collection Analysts apply their expertise on intelligence collection systems capabilities, processes, and
policies to drive the flow of intelligence information and provide colleagues the data needed to understand and analyze issues.
*Leadership Analysts collect and analyze information on foreign leaders and organizations to offer Indonesian policymakers
insights on their foreign counterparts.
*Medical and Health Analysts are physicians who analyze and assess global health issues, such as disease outbreaks, and
who follow the health of foreign leaders.
*Military Analysts help Indonesian policymakers stay on top of threats by following foreign military and
technical developments that affect another country’s ability to wage war or to threaten regional or international stability.
*Political Analysts look at political, social, cultural, and historical information to interpret intelligence about
foreign political systems and developments.
*Psychological and Psychiatric Analysts tap their expertise in psychology, psychiatry, or sociology to study
the health of foreign officials and to assess the psychological and social factors that influence world events.
*Science & Technology Analysts use their unique technical and scientific knowledge to identify and analyze weapons
proliferation and proliferators; conventional weapons systems; chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons;
information warfare; computer systems; and energy security.
*Targeting Analysts use network analysis techniques and specialized analytical tools to identify and detail
key figures and organizations who may pose a threat to Indonesian interests.
