# Placement and Access **Entity class:** Intelligence concept **Domain:** Counterintelligence / HUMINT ## Definition **Placement** is a person's position within or near a target environment; **access** is the resulting ability to obtain people, information, locations, systems, or opportunities relevant to an intelligence requirement. Placement does not guarantee access, and access does not establish control or recruitment. ## Relationships - **roles:** [[wiki/Access Agent|Access Agent]] and [[wiki/Talent Spotter|Talent Spotter]]. - **recruitment sequence:** spotting, assessment, development, [[wiki/Pitch (Intelligence)|pitch]], recruitment, and handling. - **occupational analysis:** [[wiki/Narrative Bandwidth|Narrative Bandwidth]] and [[wiki/Social Attractor|Social Attractor]]. - **source:** [[research/The Producer Function in Intelligence Tradecraft and Dramaturgy|The Producer Function in Intelligence Tradecraft and Dramaturgy]]. ## Sources / Provenance - [ODNI National Counterintelligence and Security Center — Counterintelligence Glossary](https://www.dni.gov/files/NCSC/documents/ci/CI_Glossary.pdf)