Find the missing connection.
Uncover the people and networks behind suspicious activity, anonymous accounts, or coordinated campaigns.
INDEPENDENT OPEN-SOURCE RESEARCH
We track shadow fleets, influence networks, critical minerals, money flows and conflicts in the open, and run the same kind of investigation on your question.
SAMPLE DASHBOARDS
Our dashboards turn open-source data into maps, networks and money flows you can explore, each one sourced and kept up to date.
FROM FINDING TO INVESTIGATION
The methods behind the dashboards also work on a single person, company, vessel, account or network. You work directly with an experienced analyst and receive focused findings, supporting evidence, and a clear account of what remains uncertain.
Uncover the people and networks behind suspicious activity, anonymous accounts, or coordinated campaigns.
Assess executive exposure, investigate threats, and monitor developments that could affect your people or business.
Bring in an experienced research partner for a difficult question, a complex case, or a deadline that won't move.
A workspace of Spotlight tools for open-source research. Each looks at one target (a social account, domain, crypto wallet, email or username) and shows activity patterns, connections and other clues.

THE PERSON BEHIND BEACON
Principal Analyst & Founder
I'm an open-source and protective intelligence specialist with 14 years of experience, including seven years supporting the CIA's Open Source Enterprise. My background spans counterterrorism research, investigations for Fortune 500 companies, influence operations research, threat actor attribution, and training military and government teams in OSINT research techniques. Through Beacon, I help clients investigate threats, assess executive exposure, and connect the information they need to act.
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