Jane’s, and why it’s useful. Or useless.
Jane’s, for anyone interested in security and intelligence, should be a familiar name. The organization compiles security information and intelligence in many areas, creates white-papers and reports along with their massive guides, catalogues and indexes of just about anything within security, government and military. You might have seen some of their books in your local bookstore, about military airplanes, tanks or weaponry.
But what can Jane’s do for you?
Jane’s is basically a consulting company that has branched out heavily, while staying specialized. The truth of the matter is that, unless you are a large company dealing in the security sector, or a law enforcement agency head, not a lot. Jane’s information is only accessible to those willing and able to pay their subscription fees, and even if you are willing to spend that kind of money getting access to their databases, the information is far too complex to have any practical use to an individual.
However, the common man may still squeeze some useful information from Jane’s free sections. Some articles they write are “teasers” of a kind, placed in areas where the public may reach them. While we here at Snalla Bolaget will not recommend the Jane’s site as a whole to the civilian public, we do recommend that if you’re interested in security, you take a look.
When you first get to the site, take a look in the top right hand corner of the page. There you will find a small search-box that lets you search the free content available. Try putting in phrases, e.g. “personal security”, “workplace security” and so on, and you’re bound to hit something of interest.
We here at Snalla Bolaget have taken a look at the free content, and that, we have to say, is useful. The rest? Not so much. For the likes of us, at least.
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