Event / Incident: Data Point Intelligence Guide
An event is where every other data point converges: a time, a place, a set of actors, and the messy...
Gangs & Street Crime
Court Case / Docket: Data Point Intelligence Guide
Court records are the only open dataset where an adversary is compelled to describe their own conduct under oath. Analysts...
License Plate: Data Point Intelligence Guide
A plate identifies a registration, not a person and not permanently a vehicle. It is the most privacy-loaded identifier most...
Location / Coordinates: Data Point Intelligence Guide
A place name is not a point. It is a claim about where something happened, carrying a resolution, a source...
Social Profile: Data Point Intelligence Guide
A social profile is a persona's self-published intelligence report. The metadata around it is usually more truthful than anything written...
Phone Number: Data Point Intelligence Guide
A phone number is a globally routable identifier attached to a real contract and, increasingly, to every account a person...
Person / Name: Data Point Intelligence Guide
A name is the weakest identifier in intelligence work and the one most likely to end a career when handled...
Legal Intelligence (LEGINT): Intelligence Discipline Guide
Litigation is an involuntary disclosure engine. Adversaries in court say, under oath and on the public record, what they will...
Social Media Intelligence (SOCMINT): Intelligence Discipline Guide
Social platforms record behaviour, not truth: what was posted, when, by an account, to an audience. Social media intelligence keeps...
Human Intelligence (HUMINT): Intelligence Discipline Guide
Human intelligence is the only discipline where the source can be harmed by your success. Every rule in the tradecraft...
