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Private intelligence, investigations and security, built on evidence.
Commission investigations, due diligence, surveillance, security and technical countermeasures from our specialists, or run the work yourself on Blackout OS. Sources are named and graded, so each finding can be checked back to them.
The platform, as it is built
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Public collectors
Each one is graded and dated when it is read.
67
Monitored endpoints
A silent endpoint is named as silent, never read as calm.
102
Modules live
Each module has its own page, and the status of each is stated.
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Intelligence feeds
Placed items are plotted on the Watch page and the live radar.
Intelligence services
Our people do the work. Each service is scoped to the decision it serves.
Choose the service that matches the question. We agree the scope, the lawful basis and the boundaries before any collection starts.
- 01Intelligence & risk advisoryStrategic intelligence, OSINT, threat monitoring, exposure assessment and decision-ready briefings.Read the service
- 02Private & corporate investigationsDiscrete, proportionate investigations into fraud, identity questions, missing-person enquiries and complex disputes.Read the service
- 03Due diligence & background checksCorporate, individual and enhanced due diligence for investments, appointments and sensitive transactions.Read the service
- 04Surveillance & field operationsIntelligence-led, lawful overt and covert observation with carefully documented operational reporting.Read the service
- 05Security, protection & CCTVProtective planning, corporate and residential security, CCTV, event risk and executive protection support.Read the service
- 06TSCM & technical securityTechnical surveillance countermeasures, RF analysis, specialist sweeps and sensitive-environment assurance.Read the service
The platform
Blackout Intelligence OS
The platform our analysts run the work on. A finding can be checked back to its source, and a report is built from the record behind it.
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Case records
Each investigation keeps one record of its sources, its decisions and its outputs.
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Source grading
Every source carries its grade beside the material it supplied.
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Evidence chains
A conclusion links back through the records it rests on.
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Reports built from the record
A report is assembled from the case record, so it can be checked back to its source.
Watch the world
Follow what is happening, and what has been reported.
The live radar is open to everyone. World View, the camera map and BACKROUTE are for members: sign in to open them. Each one says where its information comes from.
Featured · BACKROUTE
Publicly reported surveillance, on the map.
Cameras and readers that councils and transport authorities publish under open licences, and that people report. Each point keeps its publisher, its licence and its date.
- Published records
- 10,299
- Publishers
- 31
- World ViewOne street map with every public layer: live cameras, earthquakes, aircraft, natural events, vessels and BACKROUTE, with camera analysis and area news.10 open live camera networksMembers
- The camera mapEvery reported camera and every open live feed, with view cones, a route check and a live wall. Add a camera where you stand.654,610 cameras mapped worldwideMembers
- Live radarWhat is happening now, from open sources, with when each report was made.Open sources · each report dated
On the ground
Protective planning, from the venue to the vehicle.
Protective planning, corporate and residential security, CCTV, event risk and executive protection support. Each one is scoped to the decision it serves.
How a commission works
Four steps, from the question to a finding you can check.
Each step is agreed with you before the next one starts. Nothing is collected until the scope and the lawful basis are settled.
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Brief
You bring the question. We agree what the answer is for before anything else.
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Scope and lawful basis
We agree the scope, the lawful basis and the boundaries before any collection starts.
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Collection and grading
Sources are examined, named and graded for reliability, so each finding can be checked back to them.
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Findings and limits
Findings are reported with their limits stated. Human judgement is shown, not hidden.
What we will not do
- Collect without an agreed lawful basis.
- Report a finding without naming its source.
- Fill a silent feed with activity that was not recorded.
Expertise / Where we work
Specialist depth, with the evidence to back it.
Each discipline runs on the same grading and custody standards, against sources we can name and check.
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Sanctions and counterparty risk
Screening against official sanctions lists, read from the publisher and dated, so a result says what was checked and when.
2 official sanctions lists - 02
Corporate and ownership investigation
Registered ownership, filed accounts and directorships, traced to the register each one came from.
322 graded collectors - 03
Threat and infrastructure intelligence
Exposure, certificates and linked infrastructure, watched continuously against the endpoints that matter.
67 monitored endpoints - 04
Live world awareness
Public hazard, conflict, weather and news feeds, each named with its publisher and shown as the source reports it.
67 live public feeds - 05
Evidence and reporting
Every finding carries its grade and custody record. Reports show what could not be checked, not only what was found.
102 live modules - 06
AI accountability
Automated outputs are labelled, cited and reviewable, and each decision leaves a record a reviewer can read.
Audit trail on every decision
How evidence is assessed
Every finding names its source, its grade and its limits.
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Named sources
Each finding shows the source it came from, and the time that source gave.
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Graded reliability
Every source carries a grade, and the grade stays beside the material it supplied.
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Evidence chains
A conclusion links back through the records it rests on, so it can be checked step by step.
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Stated limits
What could not be established is said plainly, with the reason it could not be.
Blackout Intelligence
Special Activities Unit — BISAU
Not every capability is available to the public.
Private. Selective. Discreet.
For selected private, corporate and institutional clients, certain requirements demand a different level of specialist capability, personal oversight and discretion.
Private access. By invitation only.
Blackout Intelligence / Private commissions
Commission the intelligence. Start with one question.
You bring the question. We agree the scope, examine the sources and separate what can be established from what remains uncertain. You receive findings you can act on, with their limits stated.
What you can commission
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Enhanced due diligence
Ownership, identity, adverse indicators and defensible source checks.
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Investigations
Scope an intelligence question and trace the evidence that answers it.
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Threat & protective intelligence
Put emerging risks, relationships and context into a decision-ready picture.
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AI accountability
Examine what automated systems did, what they relied on and who approved it.
Methods and deliverables depend on the agreed brief. Human judgement and source limitations remain explicit.
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Blackout Intelligence / The next decision
The intelligence is out there. Find what matters.
Tell us the decision you need to support. We reply with a proposed scope, the sources we would examine and what could not be established.
