About Me

I am Ozan Akyol. I work in the field of intelligence, security analysis, and OSINT, with a background that combines technical capability with field level experience. Over the years, I have supported government institutions, law enforcement units, diplomatic missions, and private organizations across Türkiye and Europe. My focus has always been on understanding how information, whether gathered in the field, online, or through digital systems, can be transformed into actionable intelligence.

Much of my work has revolved around border security, counter terrorism support, political risk monitoring, financial crime investigations, and threat analysis. I have been involved in operations that required collecting signals from open sources, monitoring online activity, identifying digital traces, analysing satellite and social media data, and connecting technical findings with real world events. I approach intelligence as a combination of context, verification, and timing: knowing what is relevant, what is noise, and what must be acted on.

I am now based in Vienna, where I run secnetic GmbH, while also operating companies in Türkiye and the United States. Through these platforms, I work with institutional partners in different regions on intelligence projects, monitoring operations, and security related assessments. Although I come from a cybersecurity background, my main focus today is intelligence production: collecting information, interpreting it, and turning it into insights that support decision makers. My work includes counter terrorism monitoring, dark web analysis, election period intelligence support, and surveillance related assessments conducted for public institutions.

My experience also includes large international structures. For several years, I worked with diplomatic missions across 12 countries and 71 offices, supporting their security programs, operational assessments, and intelligence aligned workflows. These environments required a strong understanding of sensitive information handling and responsibility at a classification equivalent level (CAT II).

Today, my interest lies in how modern technologies, from data flows and digital footprints to open source information and behavioural indicators, can be integrated into intelligence operations. I follow conflicts, geopolitical developments, social trends, and online ecosystems to identify patterns and risks long before they appear on the surface.

Areas I work in:

• OSINT and intelligence collection
• Geopolitical and security analysis
• Counter terrorism support
• Digital and open source investigations
• Threat identification and reporting
• Political risk and influence monitoring
• Field linked intelligence assessments

This website is my independent space to publish analysis, reports, and observations on intelligence, security, and global developments. In addition to sharing my work publicly, I also provide selected reports and intelligence products to institutions and organizations through this platform.

Selected Projects

• Border and National Security Project (Ministry of Interior, Türkiye) Led cybersecurity and intelligence operations supporting national border surveillance and critical infrastructure protection programs, providing operational assessments and security insights at the national level.
• Online Child Protection Initiative (Ministry of Interior, Türkiye) Developed and implemented cybersecurity measures to prevent online child abuse and illegal content distribution, strengthening national digital safety frameworks.
• Counter Terrorism and Financial Crime Intelligence (National Police Cyber Directorate, Türkiye) Conducted digital forensics and intelligence analysis targeting illegal online betting, money laundering networks, and terrorist financing activities.
• Cyber Intelligence and Counter Terrorism (National Gendarmerie, Türkiye) Led intelligence operations focused on detecting and monitoring terrorist activity across social media and dark web environments.
• OT/IoT Security for Toll Payment Systems (Government of Türkiye) Designed and implemented security architecture for operational and IoT environments in nationwide toll payment systems, and supervised PCI-DSS compliance processes.
• BSI IT Security Audit, Diplomatic Missions in 12 Countries (Visametric) Coordinated comprehensive BSI and ISO 27001 audits across diplomatic missions in 12 countries, managing compliance, incident response, and cross border data protection.
• Cyber Intelligence for Political Risk Analysis (National Opposition Party, Türkiye, Two General Elections) Provided digital intelligence consultancy and monitoring support during national election periods, including tracking of social media influence operations and disinformation campaigns.

Selected Certifications

• Terrorism and Counterterrorism (Leiden University) Training focused on operational counterterrorism strategies and analytical frameworks used by modern intelligence structures.
• International Security Management (Erasmus University Rotterdam) Covered security governance, intelligence analysis methodologies, and international risk management principles.