Open Source Intelligence

DigitalStakeout structures open-source intelligence around four complementary tiers—SCAN, PROTECT, DEFEND, and INVESTIGATE. Each tier elevates your protection capabilities, from foundational awareness to deep-dive forensics. This layered approach ensures that whether you’re a newly rising influencer or a long-established public official, you’ll have the right level of coverage, exactly when you need it.

1. SCAN: Establishing Baseline Awareness

Key Focus: Continuous, automated discovery of threats and negative sentiment across public channels.

• Open-Source Monitoring
  SCAN covers social networks, media sites, and lightly restricted channels—giving you a broad view of how your name or brand is trending. This ensures you pick up even subtle hostility like rumor campaigns or curated misinformation.

• Severity Classification
  Advanced analytics sort alerts into multiple risk levels, keeping minor commentary out of your immediate focus while highlighting real threats (e.g., doxing attempts or explicit calls for violence).

• Low Friction, High Impact
  Simple deployment makes SCAN perfect for anyone beginning their OSINT journey. If you’ve been relying solely on social media listening tools, SCAN instantly expands your reach to more data sources with minimal complexity.

Why SCAN Matters: Without continuous visibility, you’re always playing catch-up. SCAN delivers the vantage point you need to prevent small sparks from growing into disruptive or dangerous fires.

2. PROTECT: Stepping Up Countermeasures

Key Focus: Active defense and remediation that targets malicious content, personal data leaks, and impersonations.

• Data Broker Removals
  When an adversary seeks to exploit your personal details (address, phone number, family connections), they often rely on data broker sites. PROTECT includes automated requests to remove this sensitive info before it fuels advanced harassment.

• Takedowns & Incident Response
  From fraudulent fan pages to threatening social accounts, PROTECT accelerates the takedown process. With designated hours of incident response, you have immediate access to expert help for urgent situations such as large-scale doxing or orchestrated harassment.

• Enhanced Workflow
  Don’t just observe threats—resolve them. Automated workflows ensure malicious posts and leaks get flagged and addressed quickly. Real-time dashboards guide your actions, enabling you to protect loved ones or valuable brand assets.

Why PROTECT Matters: SCAN gives you awareness, but PROTECT is the shield you raise. By removing sensitive data and neutralizing harmful profiles, you reduce the digital footprint that empowers criminals or stalkers.

3. DEFEND: Comprehensive, AI-Driven Shield

Key Focus: Near real-time OSINT coverage for high-visibility targets with greater exposure to persistent threats.

• Location & Family Feeds
  Prominent individuals rarely stand alone. DEFEND extends OSINT coverage to multiple family members and significant locations. If chatter spikes around your spouse’s social handles or a child’s school, you’ll know fast.

• DARIA Agent (AI)
  Our AI engine scours massive data streams, piecing together nuanced signals—like trending extremist rhetoric combined with domain registrations that reference your name. Then, DARIA suggests the best protective action, from data broker removals to specialized takedowns.

• Takedowns & Incident Hours
  DEFEND scales your capacity to remove threatening content and respond to crises. Ten monthly takedowns, plus additional incident response hours, ensure that if an online threat intensifies, you have the resources to dismantle it quickly.

Why DEFEND Matters: For executives, celebrities, or politicians who frequently encounter conflict or media scrutiny, this level of AI-driven coverage is indispensable. You gain a proactive, real-time net of protection around yourself and those closest to you.

4. INVESTIGATE: Deep OSINT Forensic Capabilities

Key Focus: Advanced, cloud-hosted investigation tools for unraveling complex threats, organized harassment campaigns, or layered cyberattacks.

• Complex Case Handling
  INVESTIGATE (formerly “Scout & Tools”) goes beyond real-time alerts. It provides a sandbox where your team can thoroughly dissect suspicious domains, cross-reference aliases, and geofence digital conversations to tie them to real-world locations or events.

• Entity & Relationship Mapping
  By extracting named entities—people, groups, or addresses—from large data sets, you can expose hidden networks or repeated offenders. Tracing a chain of malicious posts to a single orchestrator becomes far simpler with robust visualization.

• Collaborative Workflows
  Global teams can share leads and incrementally build case files without on-premise complexity. If you employ multiple investigators or partner with external security consultants, INVESTIGATE centralizes findings in a secure environment.

Why INVESTIGATE Matters: When advanced adversaries persist—such as extremist groups or well-funded hackers—simple takedowns and scans won’t be enough. INVESTIGATE’s in-depth OSINT approach uncovers deeper patterns, ensuring you respond to root causes rather than surface symptoms.

Aligning OSINT with Physical Security for Total Coverage

An essential advantage of DigitalStakeout’s OSINT approach is how readily it integrates with your existing protective measures. Real-time intelligence from SCAN or DEFEND can inform bodyguards or event security staff to change routes, deploy extra personnel, or postpone public appearances. If a family member’s name appears in suspicious dark web conversations, you can move quickly to tighten personal data controls or notify law enforcement. By synchronizing digital insights with physical protocols, you establish a seamless shield that addresses both where a threat originates (online) and where it could manifest (offline).

Tailored to Your Unique Profile

Whether you’re a rising star suddenly bombarded by media attention or a Fortune 500 executive with a history of controversies, DigitalStakeout’s tiered OSINT solutions adapt. You’re not locked into a rigid plan—each step can evolve alongside your risk level and online presence. Start with SCAN for foundational awareness, then implement PROTECT or DEFEND for real-time defense and broader coverage. If your adversaries prove sophisticated or persistent, INVESTIGATE brings the forensic depth needed to expose and counter them decisively.

Empowering Peace of Mind

Ultimately, open-source intelligence isn’t just about data—it’s about people reclaiming control of their narrative. Threat actors thrive on secrecy and the element of surprise. By leveraging OSINT, you remove that advantage, unveiling what’s being plotted or shared in corners of the internet you’d never otherwise see. And while it’s impossible to prevent every malicious intent, you can drastically reduce the odds of escalation by spotting the earliest signs and acting swiftly. With DigitalStakeout’s integrated OSINT strategies, you stay informed, protected, and empowered in an era where one overlooked comment can upend reputations and safety in a flash.