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03 Intelligence & research

Strategic OSINT & Cyber Threat Intelligence

Open-source intelligence is not a feed. It is collection, corroboration and assessment — and the assessment is the part that is worth anything.

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Most organisations already receive more threat data than they can process. What they lack is a judgement: does this actor target firms like ours, is this campaign relevant to our jurisdictions, and does anything about our exposure need to change this quarter.

We produce standing threat reporting and one-off briefings that answer those questions specifically for you. Every assessment states its sources and its confidence, so you can see where we are certain and where we are inferring.

01 What you receive

Deliverables.

Every engagement produces a written, sourced deliverable — not a dashboard login you will never open.

01
Threat reporting
Standing reports on the actors and campaigns relevant to your sector and geography.
02
Executive briefings
Board-level assessment written to be read by non-specialists.
03
Bespoke assessments
A specific question, researched and answered in writing.
04
Source transparency
Every judgement carries its sourcing and a stated confidence level.

02 Method

How it runs.

  1. 01

    Requirement

    We establish what decision the intelligence is meant to support. Without that, reporting is decoration.

  2. 02

    Collect

    Lawful open-source collection across technical, commercial and geopolitical sources.

  3. 03

    Assess

    Findings are corroborated and weighed. Confidence is stated, not implied.

  4. 04

    Deliver

    Written reporting, plus a briefing where the audience needs to ask questions.

04 Common questions

What does OSINT actually mean here?

Intelligence derived from lawfully accessible sources: public records, filings, court documents, technical infrastructure data, media, and material published on forums and marketplaces. It excludes anything requiring unauthorised access, and it is not the same as simply searching the web.

How do you handle uncertainty?

Explicitly. Assessments carry a stated confidence level and the reasoning behind it. An intelligence product that hides its uncertainty is not more useful — it is less, because you cannot tell which parts to act on.

Can you brief our board directly?

Yes. Executive briefings are written and delivered for a non-technical audience, which usually means being clearer about what is not known as well as what is.

Tell us what you would want watched. We will scope a pilot on it, in writing, before anything is agreed.