Services
Open Source Intelligence (OSINT)
Identifying risks, opportunities, relationships, and emerging threats through the structured analysis of publicly available information.
Overview
Finding what is already out there.
Publicly available information can provide valuable insight into organisations, individuals, technologies, events, and emerging threats. CDS uses structured OSINT approaches to discover relevant information, assess its significance, establish relationships, and turn research into useful intelligence. Our experience spans security-sensitive environments where understanding the wider information landscape can support investigations, risk assessment, and operational awareness.
The Challenge
Finding what matters in a world of information.
The volume, pace, and reliability of online information can make effective intelligence gathering increasingly difficult.
Delivery Approach
From discovery to intelligence.
Our approach combines discovery, verification, analysis, and reporting to turn publicly available information into structured intelligence.
01
Discover
Identify relevant sources, information, entities, and areas for investigation.
02
Verify
Assess information, corroborate findings, and distinguish reliable evidence from uncertainty.
03
Analyse
Identify relationships, patterns, risks, and potential significance.
04
Report
Present findings clearly so they can support investigations and security decisions.
What We deliver
Turning public information into intelligence.
We combine structured research with analysis and verification to identify information that can support investigations, security decisions, and wider situational awareness.
Technology & Evidence
Research backed by evidence.
OSINT work can draw on publicly available websites, technical information, social platforms, online databases, historical information, geospatial data, and specialist research and analytical tooling. We combine information from appropriate sources with structured analysis and verification to distinguish useful intelligence from noise and unreliable information.
Technology Portfolio
Products Built for the Mission
Explore the CDS technology ecosystem, designed to deliver greater visibility, actionable intelligence, and secure operations across complex environments.
In Practice
Understanding your public exposure.
An organisation needs to understand what information about its people, systems, technologies, or activities is publicly available. CDS can conduct structured research, verify relevant findings, identify relationships and potential risks, and provide an intelligence-led view of the organisation's external exposure.
Operational Environments
Supporting Critical Industries
From defence and critical infrastructure to government and private enterprise, our technologies are built to perform where security and resilience matter most.
Need to Know
Questions, answered.
Find answers to common questions about our approach, what we deliver, and how CDS can support your organisation.
