Tax ID / VAT Number: Data Point Intelligence Guide
A tax number is the identifier the state actually uses to track economic activity, which makes it a far better...
Company / Organization
Corporate Filing: Data Point Intelligence Guide
Filings are where organisations say things under legal obligation, on the record and with a date. That combination is rare...
Legal Entity Identifier: Data Point Intelligence Guide
The LEI is the closest thing global finance has to a universal entity key, and unusually for identity data it...
Patent: Data Point Intelligence Guide
Patents are the one place where organisations are legally required to describe their capabilities in detail, name the engineers who...
Company / Organization: Data Point Intelligence Guide
Companies are how money, liability and control get organised. Follow the entity and you find the people who preferred not...
Weapons Intelligence (WEAPINT): Intelligence Discipline Guide
Every weapon carries a serial number and a paper trail from a factory to a legal export licence. Trafficking investigation...
CBRN Intelligence (CBRNINT): Intelligence Discipline Guide
Chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear risk is monitored by an unusually open international architecture. The intelligence value is in reading...
Supply Chain Intelligence (SUPPLYINT): Intelligence Discipline Guide
You do not have one supply chain. You have a tree of dependencies you have never enumerated, and your real...
Maritime Intelligence (MARINT): Intelligence Discipline Guide
Ships are legally required to announce themselves. The interesting behaviour is what happens in the minutes after a vessel stops...
Logistics Intelligence (LOGINT): Intelligence Discipline Guide
Goods leave a paper trail long before they leave the warehouse. Customs declarations, manifests and trade statistics describe physical movement...
