To the uninitiated, background checks may appear to be straightforward things. But the truth is they come in all shapes and sizes, ranging from the basic checks employers might run off from a CV to profoundly enhanced checks reaching into the recesses of the Dark Web for more serious matters....
Intelligence work is a multifaceted thing. To anyone acquainted with the field, this will be obvious from the many -INT terms that seek to categorize the various sides of the discipline. And this article is all about one of these in particular—HUMINT (Human Intelligence)—and the tools out there...
Join us on May 28, at 1pm CET, for the free webinar OSINT & SOCMINT for Corporate Security and Brand Protection: A Winning Combo! Explore tried-and-tested techniques to automate corporate investigations and enhance brand protection. Moreover, you'll see practical cases demonstrating how to preventively mitigate security threats, investigate...
It’s a pillar of the modern intelligence cycle, taken very seriously by the national security departments of leading global powers, and is entering the mainstream in various ways. But what exactly is OSINT (open-source intelligence) in 2025? The truth is that open-source intelligence encompasses a lot, but don’t...
It’s time for our quarterly OSINT product updates where we bring everyone up to speed on what we’ve added to our functionality over the last few months. And so far, the first quarter of 2024 has been hugely productive, seeing us introduce some major new features connected to...
In the age of cryptocurrencies and digital finance streams, money laundering represents a continual global problem, with reliable transparency proving extremely difficult to attain. In such a climate, OSINT is coming to the fore as a go-to discipline for exposing laundering activities—and the actors behind them—that have slipped...
