# Justin Sherman **Entity class:** Person **Domain:** Data Markets ## Definition Researcher associated with Duke's military-personnel data-broker study. His role routes the study's authorship and technical-policy analysis into the article's commercial-data discussion. ## Operational role Commercial data supplies the collection and enrichment layers of a modern intelligence pipeline. Acquisition, licensing, identity linkage, timestamps, and API delivery determine how a supplier’s records become a client’s usable information. Procurement fluency matters because each technical gate also creates a professional role or a business requirement. **Architecture connections:** [[wiki/OSINT|OSINT]] · [[wiki/Entity Resolution|Entity Resolution]] · [[wiki/Intelligence Fusion|Intelligence Fusion]]. ## Relationships - **article-linked source or case:** [[wiki/Duke Military-Personnel Data-Broker Study|Duke Military-Personnel Data-Broker Study]]. - **collection route:** [[collections/The Civilian Intelligence Marketplace|The Civilian Intelligence Marketplace]]. - **counterterrorism architecture:** [[collections/Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment|Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment]]. - **source article:** [[articles/The Coming Market for Civilian Spycraft|The Coming Market for Civilian Spycraft]]. ## Sources / Provenance - [[articles/The Coming Market for Civilian Spycraft#VII. The Data Broker Economy: The Substrate Beneath OSINT|The Coming Market for Civilian Spycraft — VII. The Data Broker Economy: The Substrate Beneath OSINT]] — October 2026 revision; immediate source for this entry’s place in the marketplace. - [Justin Sherman et al., Duke Sanford School, Data Brokers and the Sale of Data on U.S. Military Personnel (November 2023).](https://techpolicy.sanford.duke.edu/data-brokers-and-the-sale-of-data-on-us-military-personnel/) - [Lawfare, Data Brokers, Military Personnel, and National Security Risks.](https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/data-brokers-military-personnel-and-national-security-risks) - [White & Case, DOJ Issues Guidance on Bulk Sensitive Data Rules (April 2025).](https://www.whitecase.com/insight-alert/doj-issues-guidance-bulk-sensitive-data-rules) ## Connected marketplace roles The source article connects this entry with [[wiki/Duke Military-Personnel Data-Broker Study|Duke Military-Personnel Data-Broker Study]], [[wiki/Duke University|Duke University]]. These routes locate the associated people, implementations, methods, and operational contexts in [[articles/The Coming Market for Civilian Spycraft|The Coming Market for Civilian Spycraft]]. **Collections:** [[collections/The Civilian Intelligence Marketplace|The Civilian Intelligence Marketplace]] · [[collections/Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment|Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment]].