HUMINT services.
Choose your scope.
Start with the human-source requirement. These comparisons explain different briefs and the providers whose published methods match them.
Two focused service comparisons.
Corporate HUMINT
Corporate HUMINT concerns a business commissioner, defined professional source enquiries and a report for a commercial decision. These providers are compared for that work, with source boundaries and corroboration specified.
Compare 7 providers ↗OSINT + HUMINT
This comparison requires both public-source research and actual human-source work. The key deliverable is an integrated assessment showing which findings are documented, source-reported, corroborated or unresolved.
Compare 8 providers ↗Not sure which scope you need?
Clarify the question and available evidence before selecting a method.
What Is HUMINT? Human Intelligence for Business Decisions
HUMINT means human intelligence: information obtained from people and assessed against a defined question. In a business assignment, the value is the relevant knowledge a source can contribute and how carefully that account is tested.
Read the guide ↗HUMINT vs OSINT: Human Accounts and Public-Source Evidence
HUMINT uses information obtained from people. OSINT develops findings from public or commercially available information. The difference is how the evidence enters the enquiry, not whether a human created the original material.
Read the guide ↗How to Choose a Commercial HUMINT Agency
Select a team for the human-source question you need answered. Ask who will conduct the work, how accounts will be evaluated and what the report can responsibly establish.
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