Corporate Espionage and Technical Surveillance Counter Measures (TSCM)
Corporate espionage is used to target businesses of all sizes. Companies are becoming increasingly reliant on technology, therefore the...
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- Feb 8
- 2 min
SOCMINT - The Benefits And Challenges Of Social Media - Part II
In the same way people may behave differently if they know they are being watched by CCTV or under physical surveillance, in online...
- Jan 17
- 3 min
SOCMINT - The Benefits And Challenges Of Social Media - Part I
To an online investigator, social media is a goldmine. As companies such as Google, Meta and Microsoft encourage users to share more to...
- Dec 19, 2022
- 3 min
When Seeing (And Hearing) Isn’t Believing: Deep Fakes & Digital Deception – Part II
There have already been instances of malicious actors creating deep fakes to deceive their adversaries, but it is important to note that...
- Nov 9, 2022
- 3 min
When Seeing (And Hearing) Isn’t Believing: Deep Fakes & Digital Deception – Part I
Following high-profile controversies around events such as the 2016 US Election, the storming of the Capitol and the Brexit campaign, the...
- Apr 27, 2022
- 1 min
Digital Shorts: Online Red-Teaming
To be able to fully embrace the benefits of the kind of technology that crosscuts all our lives, we need to exist online to some degree....
- Apr 19, 2022
- 2 min
Digital Shorts: Digital Data Risk
Digital data risk is a persistent threat to both individuals and organisations the world over. As digital presence crosscuts so much of...
- Oct 27, 2021
- 5 min
Insights from an Intern: A Digital Security Toolkit
Reflecting on the risks inherent to an increasingly remote workplace, one of our interns shares their thoughts on digital security after...
- Sep 8, 2021
- 4 min
Does a picture paint a thousand words?
We set ourselves a challenge; could we explain geolocation using OSINT in 1,000 words? [Spoiler Alert: done in 975 words] Geolocating...
- Apr 20, 2021
- 3 min
The Truth Behind "Active Monitoring"...
The world has changed a lot since the Cold War, but much of what is done in the intelligence domain remains rooted in time-honoured...
- Mar 16, 2021
- 3 min
Mythbusting - Physical Surveillance 101
In our previous insight into VPNs and Virtual Machines, we discussed how we use these tools as a baseline in everything we do when it...
- Mar 5, 2021
- 5 min
Crisis Management – setting the foundations for decision advantage
Crisis management is a far-reaching term, it conjures up images of individuals and teams besieged by problems – but in reality, it is any...
- Feb 15, 2021
- 3 min
Virtual Machines & Virtual Private Networks – Unlocking the mystery of why…
Staying secure online is more important than ever. As entire industries migrated to remote working in order to continue operating...
- Jan 28, 2021
- 4 min
Online Monitoring Part 2 – Analytical value and automation...
A popular internet meme depicts quite how far technology has come in a relatively short timeframe. Your smartphone is capable of what it...
- Jan 18, 2021
- 3 min
The Reality of Theory – How can we use intelligence analysis models more creatively?
Applying military theories and doctrine to the private sector is nothing new and is often an effective way to mitigate against the...
- Jan 5, 2021
- 3 min
Beyond OSINT - Scraping and more...
As OSINT has evolved over time, one of the most often asked questions is how we move from analysis to investigation, and indeed at the...
- Jan 5, 2021
- 4 min
Social Engineering – Why information security matters. Is Alexei Navalny a genius?
Social engineering is one of those things that seems to lack proper unified definition. Possibly because it means different things, in...
- Dec 22, 2020
- 3 min
Online Monitoring Part 1– why do we need it & how does it work?
Recent years have been challenging, set against the backdrop of COVID-19 and some fairly seismic geopolitical shifts there have been some...
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