What you can request here

These are the services you can request through this site. We don’t take other work here.

• Strategic intelligence assessment

  Analysis of a topic, region or sector to support a decision you name: country and geopolitical risk, threat landscapes, emerging developments.

  You receive: A written assessment: key judgments, the sources behind them, how confident we are, and what would change the view.

• Scenario planning and foresight

  Structured scenarios for a decision with a long horizon: the drivers, the signposts to watch, and what each scenario would mean for you.

  You receive: A scenario set, a list of signposts, and a briefing.

• Intelligence requirements design

  Turning a decision into prioritized questions, each with a date after which the answer stops being useful, so your team knows what to collect and when.

  You receive: A requirements plan: the decision, key questions, indicators, deadlines and sources.

• Open-source research training

  Training for your team in open-source research, verification and source handling, within legal and ethical limits.

  You receive: Sessions, exercises and written procedures.

• Software development

  Software for research, analysis and secure communication, built to your requirements. We do not build tools that track people or get into systems without permission.

  You receive: Working software, its source code, and documentation.

What we don’t take here

Each of these needs a license or a specialist team. Here is where to go instead.

• Investigations of a person

  Identifying, locating, profiling or monitoring an individual.

  This work needs a licensed private investigator in most US states. Contact one licensed in your state.

• Checks on a named company or organization

  Background, reputation or conduct checks on a specific organization.

  Checks on a named organization may require a private investigator license. For analysis of a sector or market, request a strategic intelligence assessment.

• Cyber incident investigation and attribution

  Investigating a breach and identifying who was responsible.

  Finding out who was responsible may require a private investigator license. Contact your incident response provider or cyber insurer. In the US you can report cybercrime to the FBI at ic3.gov.

• Digital forensics for evidence

  Examining devices or accounts to produce evidence for a dispute or a court.

  Evidence work may require a private investigator license, depending on the state. Ask your lawyer to engage a qualified forensic examiner.