Technical

Patrolling

Proactive monitoring of online environments for leads.

Definition

In the context of the resolution, 'patrolling' denotes the proactive monitoring of open-source and certain non-public online environments (e.g., social networks, websites, apps, deep/dark web) to gather investigative leads and intelligence relevant to prevention and investigation tasks. It covers continuous or periodic automated and manual surveillance activities conducted by the UIAAS.