Short articles on the disciplines we practise: open-source investigation, virtual HUMINT and influence operations. Each piece addresses one specific gap between what most organisations know and what they need to know.
Open sources show what someone posted. They do not show who read it, who believed it, and who passed it on. The gap between publication and effect is where most investigations stop — and where the real question starts. This article maps the four blind spots that persist even when the data set is complete.
Request the full articleA persistent presence inside a community teaches you how information moves. Profiling a named individual teaches you what he thinks. The two disciplines use similar tools but answer different questions — and conflating them destroys the answer. We set out the boundary, and why crossing it collapses the source.
Request the full articleA hostile narrative does not win because it is believable. It wins because it rents a pre-existing grievance at a price the target can afford — a single click, a share, a nod in conversation. Dismantling it means finding the landlord, not arguing with the tenant. This article describes the three structural elements every hostile narrative needs, and how removing one collapses the rest.
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