OSINT methodology
Planning, collection, assessment, documentation and reporting for professional open-source investigations.
Steve Adams is an intelligence professional, OSINT trainer and the founder of Intelligence with Steve. He helps investigators, analysts and security professionals develop practical intelligence skills through training, guides and online resources.
Steve Adams is an intelligence professional, OSINT trainer and the founder of Intelligence with Steve. He helps investigators, analysts and security professionals develop practical intelligence skills through training, guides and online resources.
Intelligence with Steve brings structured training, practical guides and handbook pages into one place for investigators who want to improve how they plan, collect, assess and explain open-source findings.
It is about knowing what to search for, how to assess what you find, how to record your work and how to explain your findings clearly.
Our authors contribute to a handbook focused on transferable investigative capability rather than isolated tools or tricks.
Planning, collection, assessment, documentation and reporting for professional open-source investigations.
Structured thinking, hypothesis testing and turning scattered information into defensible findings.
Understanding public records, source limitations, data quality and jurisdictional differences.
Evaluating OSINT platforms, data provenance, governance, sovereignty and responsible use.
How AI is changing investigative workflows, intelligence analysis and the role of practitioners.
Resources designed around real investigative workflows and professional standards.
Recent handbook pages and practical guides by this author.
An OSINT investigation may produce a large collection of records, screenshots and analytical notes. That material is not automatically an intelligence product.
Read page →Digital content is rarely permanent. Social media posts can be deleted, webpages can be updated, usernames can change and search results can
Read page →OSINT investigations can generate dozens of searches, hundreds of records and numerous potential lines of enquiry. Without consistent documentation, it can quickly
Read page →Explore on-demand training, speaking enquiries, or use the handbook as a practical reference for your own investigative work.
Structured on-demand programmes built around real investigative workflows, not isolated tools or techniques.
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