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Cyber · AI · Digital intelligence

Due diligence & digital trust

Assess a third party, a presence or a digital situation before a sensitive commitment.

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Accessible information is traced to its source, dated, corroborated and placed in context. The deliverable clearly separates established facts, credible signals, hypotheses and unknowns.

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What the assignment should give you

  1. 01A factual understanding of the third party or situation
  2. 02Visible inconsistencies and dependencies
  3. 03A documented decision without excessive conclusions

How the assignment works

How the assignment works

A short, explicit process adapted to the sensitivity of the situation.

  1. 01

    Scoping

    We define the decision to support, relevant assets, constraints, authorised sources and required confidentiality.

  2. 02

    Investigation

    Collection and analysis follow the agreed scope. Facts, hypotheses and areas of uncertainty remain clearly separated.

  3. 03

    Prioritisation

    Each finding is assessed by reliability, likely impact and the effort required to act.

  4. 04

    Delivery

    You receive a readable synthesis, useful evidence and a roadmap that can be put into practice.

Possible deliverables

Possible deliverables

  • Sourced OSINT dossier
  • Entity and alias mapping
  • Timeline and confidence grid
  • Risk note and direct verification points

Common situations

Common situations

  • Partnership, acquisition or sensitive recruitment
  • Suspected fraud, impersonation or dispute
  • Supplier or intermediary assessment

Before the assignment

Frame a useful decision

Verification follows the contemplated commitment: a purchase, partnership and dispute need different evidence. The record bounds entities, periods and lawfully accessible information, and preserves contradictions.

Information to gather

  • Identities and entities to distinguish
  • Planned decision and risks that would change it
  • Authorised documents, countries and relevant periods

Decisions to prepare

  • Which information needs direct confirmation?
  • Which signals justify a condition or pause?
  • How much uncertainty is acceptable?
  • Can a failed cutover be reversed?
  • Can tests be reused after a correction?
  • Is there a standard cost per user?
  • Does every ticket need an ADR?
  • Should a negative review be removed?
  • Is closing the interface enough?

Illustrative assignment

Situation
A buyer needs to assess a provider that will host sensitive information.
Work
Verify the contracting entity, subprocessors, access and dependencies; match each decisive claim with dated evidence.
Deliverable
An evidence file, unresolved questions, pre-signature conditions and an exit scenario to exercise.

Example acceptance criteria to agree during scoping

  • Examined entities and periods remain identifiable.
  • Decisive claims connect to evidence and its limitations.
  • Reservations and reassessment conditions accompany the recommendation.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Practical answers to help frame the need before an initial conversation.

What information can be researched?

The assignment uses lawful open sources and authorised documents: registers, publications, domains, digital presence, historical records and publicly documented relationships.

Can due diligence provide complete certainty?

It reduces uncertainty without inventing what sources cannot establish. The report separates facts, signals, contradictions and checks that still need to be conducted directly.

Services

01Strategic intelligence & OSINT 02Cyber exposure review 03Applied AI & agents 05Secure, high-performance web 06SEO, AEO & GEO visibility

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