OSINT methodology
Planning, collection, assessment, documentation and reporting for professional open-source investigations.
OSINT practitioner, trainer and contributor to Intelligence with Steve.
This author contributes practical guidance for investigators, analysts and security professionals developing professional OSINT capability.
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.
The focus is 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.
One of the biggest misconceptions about intelligence analysis is that it is simply a matter of experience. With enough years working investigations,
Read page →Every intelligence assessment is only as reliable as the information on which it is based. No amount of analytical skill can compensate
Read page →The greatest threat to good intelligence analysis is often the way we interpret the information we have collected. Intelligence analysts are required
Read page →Explore on-demand training, speaking enquiries, or use the handbook as a practical reference for your own investigative work.
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