Learn the techniques, methodologies and investigative workflows used by professional investigators and analysts. Explore guides, practical walkthroughs and practitioner-led training designed to help you conduct better investigations with public data.
Once you have moved through the intelligence cycle, publicly available information can be turned into a range of intelligence products. The right format depends on the question, audience, timeframe and evidential threshold.
Follow a structured training programme or use the knowledge base as an ongoing reference. Both are built around practical methodology, professional tradecraft and real investigative workflows.
Develop professional OSINT and intelligence capability through practitioner-led courses designed for investigators, analysts and teams.
Practical OSINT techniques, investigative workflows, public records, social media and digital research.
Collection planning, evaluation, structured analysis, intelligence products and professional reporting.
A structured programme combining both courses to cover the complete investigative lifecycle.
Use the handbook as an ongoing field reference for OSINT techniques, public records, social media platforms, legal guidance and investigative workflows.
Definitions, history and core workflows.
Where to find records and how to use them.
Manual platform research and verification.
Metadata, reverse search and visual checks.
Responsible practice and UK considerations.
Products, grading, notes and statements.
The site is built around one idea: investigators do not need more noise. They need structured ways to search, assess, record and explain open-source information.
Good investigations start with clear questions, hypotheses and collection plans. The website should teach that mindset before it teaches tools.
Every guide, course and handbook page should help people move from scattered sources to defensible findings.
The promise is not just more techniques. It is helping investigators feel more capable, credible and prepared.
The OSINT Handbook brings together written guides, platform walkthroughs and professional reference material covering the techniques, sources and workflows used in open-source investigations.
Start with the intelligence requirement, decide what you need to collect, choose suitable sources, document your approach and avoid disappearing into irrelevant research.
Understand the difference between searching online and producing open-source intelligence.
A practical guide to records, registers, limitations and investigative use cases.
Approaches for researching professional profiles, companies, connections and verification points.
Profiles, chronologies, briefings, reports and evidence packages, and when to use each.
Practitioner-led training for people who want to move beyond isolated tools and build repeatable investigative workflows.
Practical OSINT techniques, investigative workflows, public records, social media research and digital investigation methods.
Collection planning, evaluation, structured analysis, intelligence products and professional reporting for investigators and analysts.
A structured programme combining OSINT Tradecraft and Intelligence Methodology to cover the complete investigative lifecycle, from collection through to professional reporting.
Intelligence with Steve is designed for new and experienced practitioners across investigations, intelligence, security, journalism and risk roles.
Use OSINT to verify identities, assess claims, find inconsistencies and develop investigative leads.
Build structured, defensible workflows for online research, documentation and intelligence products.
Support due diligence, threat assessment, executive protection and internal investigations.
Develop stronger research, attribution, verification and reporting practices for cyber and digital threats.
Improve person, business, asset and social media research using lawful and repeatable methods.
Verify digital information, research people and organisations, and use public records responsibly.
Use public records, media, corporate data and online sources to support risk assessment.
Understand the discipline, build core skills and explore where OSINT fits across industries.
For more than a decade, Steve has worked across law enforcement intelligence, corporate security, OSINT technology and professional training. Intelligence with Steve brings that experience into one place: courses, guides and reference material for serious investigators.
Every guide and course is designed around real investigative workflows rather than isolated tricks or platform features.
Platforms change, legislation evolves and new sources appear. The handbook and training are intended to evolve with the profession.
Whether you're conducting fraud investigations, corporate due diligence, journalism or intelligence work, the focus is on transferable investigative skills.
Feedback from investigators and security teams using Intelligence with Steve to improve their OSINT workflows.
Straight to the point and focused on what actually matters in investigations. The resource lists and techniques are things I now use regularly in live work.
We rolled this out across the team and it’s helped standardize how we approach investigations. The consistency in workflows and reporting has made a noticeable difference.
Really useful for improving how I investigate possible fraud. It helped refine how I approach claimants and connect information across different sources. Well-structured and easy to follow.