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Blackout Intelligence
Services / Seven disciplines
A scoped answer to the decision in front of you.
Start with the decision you need to make. We agree the lawful purpose and scope, establish what is known, and bring in the specialists the work requires, under one accountable team.
Professional capabilities / 07 disciplines
Choose the discipline that fits your decision.
01 / All-source intelligence
Intelligence & risk advisory
Strategic intelligence, OSINT, threat monitoring, exposure assessment and decision-ready briefings.
See scope and deliverables02 / Corporate intelligence
Due diligence & background checks
Corporate, individual and enhanced due diligence for investments, appointments and sensitive transactions.
See scope and deliverables03 / Investigations
Private & corporate investigations
Discrete, proportionate investigations into fraud, identity questions, missing-person enquiries and complex disputes.
See scope and deliverables04 / Operational intelligence
Surveillance & field operations
Intelligence-led, lawful overt and covert observation with carefully documented operational reporting.
See scope and deliverables05 / Protective security
Security, protection & CCTV
Protective planning, corporate and residential security, CCTV, event risk and executive protection support.
See scope and deliverables06 / Technical assurance
TSCM & technical security
Technical surveillance countermeasures, RF analysis, specialist sweeps and sensitive-environment assurance.
See scope and deliverables
Accountable AI / AgentAudit
A separate discipline. One standard of evidence.
Explore our AI governance work and the technology that underpins accountable intelligence.
Each discipline has its own page, with the requirement, scope, deliverables and limits set out before you commission anything.
The Blackout method
Every conclusion must earn its place.
- 01
Define
Agree lawful purpose, authority, scope and the decision to support.
- 02
Collect
Choose proportionate methods, protect originals and record source context.
- 03
Challenge
Distinguish independently corroborated facts from claims and inference.
- 04
Deliver
Present findings, limitations, implications and prioritised next actions.