Emerald has twenty years of experience in open-source intelligence (OSINT). She spent more than a decade within the Australian Government’s security and intelligence community, contributing to national security programs spanning counterterrorism, counterintelligence, cyber security, and insider-threat mitigation. Her work included the design and application of operational countermeasures underpinned by OSINT capabilities. In recent years, Emerald has served as the Principal Intelligence Advisor at OSINT Combine, an Australian-operated global leader in OSINT, where she advanced ethical, evidence-based approaches to digital safety and intelligence practice.