## The Intelligence Cycle

How to turn "Data" into "Intelligence".

1.  **Planning (Requirements)**: "Does this company have a presence in China?"
2.  **Collection**: Running tools.
    *   "Found 500 IPs."
    *   "Found 50 employees on LinkedIn."
    *   This is just noise (Raw Data).
3.  **Processing**: Filtering.
    *   "Remove the 400 IPs that are Cloudflare." (Useless).
    *   "Translate the Chinese profiles to English."
4.  **Analysis**: The "So What?".
    *   "Employee X posted a photo of the server room password on Instagram."
    *   *Conclusion*: They have weak physical security policies.
5.  **Dissemination**: The Report.
    *   "To: CISO. From: Intel Team. Subject: Credential Leak."
6.  **Feedback**: "Was this helpful?"