Intelligence & Investigations

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...