Open Source Intelligence (OSINT)

D4 Analysis carries out detailed analysis on investee stakeholders to identify potential legal and reputational issues, verify personal claims, and inform about future risk.

D4 reports dovetail with internal due diligence processes to provide greater insight into a target company’s stakeholders, their backgrounds and personalities. They help minimize investor risk and assess suitability.

OSINT includes almost any data that is in the public domain and can be accessed remotely,including:

  • Search engines (mainstream and specialist)
  • Publishers/publications
  • Social media communities
  • Chat forums & notice boards
  • Marketplaces
  • Companies House
  • Commercial corporate registries
  • Property registries
  • Patent and trademark databases
  • Dark web resources
  • Internet archives
  • Personal websites
  • Institutional & corporate websites
  • Leaked data - i.e Panama Papers, Wikileaks