Capability 05
Digital & Open-Source Intelligence
To collect, preserve and analyse lawfully available digital information — and to state clearly what it does and does not establish.
When clients call
Situations this work is built for.
- An online identity may be false, duplicated or impersonated
- Public posts appear relevant to a claim, dispute or misconduct matter
- A client needs to understand the online footprint of a person or entity
- Digital relationships between people, companies, domains or accounts are unclear
- An image, location, date or event requires verification
- Online threats, harassment or misinformation require documentation
What the work covers
- Online identity resolution
- Social-media research and preservation
- Digital-footprint assessment
- Relationship and link analysis
- Image, place and event verification
- Impersonation, scam and misinformation enquiries
- Online threat and reputation monitoring
- Specialist exposure and dark-web checks through vetted lawful tools
What the work should establish
- Public online identities and relationships clarified
- Relevant content preserved before deletion or alteration where possible
- False attribution and name confusion reduced
- Online threats, impersonation or scams documented for platform, legal or law-enforcement follow-up
- Decision-makers understand the reliability and limitations of digital material
Deliverables
What you receive.
Every deliverable states the question, scope, findings, sources, limitations and unresolved gaps.
- Digital intelligence brief
- Online identity profile
- Public-source capture schedule and digital chronology
- Account, domain or entity link analysis
- Image or location assessment
- Threat or impersonation evidence pack
- Monitoring alerts and periodic summaries
Boundaries
What this work is not.
- No hacking of accounts, devices, networks or systems
- No obtaining or soliciting of passwords
- No bypassing of access controls or privacy settings
- No interception of private communications or use of unlawful tracking tools
- No purchase of illegally sourced personal information
- No presentation of stolen or unverified data as established fact
Device forensics, account recovery and private-system analysis require documented authority and an appropriately qualified specialist.
Confidential enquiries
Start with the question, not the method.
We will assess the concern, lawful purpose and available information before recommending an appropriate scope.
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