Flashpoint for Law Enforcement

Connect the dots between real-world crimes and the communities perpetuating them. Flashpoint’s Law Enforcement solutions enable investigations across illicit forums, chat services, social media, dark web marketplaces, and beyond. Easily sift through a sea of online chatter to find the actionable information you need to preserve public safety.

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The Flashpoint Difference

Leverage Primary Source Collections

Leverage unique, primary source data from the deep and dark web, compromised credentials, and encrypted chat services to gain exclusive evidence and intelligence for high-stakes investigations.

Search and Monitor Social Media

Instantly access and analyze real-time, geolocated social media and chat service data to rapidly identify persons of interest, track illegal activity, and inform critical operational decisions.

Conduct Secure Organizations

Conduct high-stakes investigations securely and anonymously using controlled digital personas and isolated environments, ensuring operational security and preventing adversary detection.

Force Multiply with Analyst Support

Force multiply your investigative team with Flashpoint’s world-class analysts, delivering timely requests for information (RFIs) and specialized intelligence support to accelerate casework and enhance decision superiority.

The most intuitive and user-friendly OSINT tool I’ve used for social media. The results render quickly and the layout and operability are fantastic.

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Use Cases

Complex Investigations & Attribution

Leverage unrivaled primary source data from deep and dark web marketplaces, closed chat groups, and specialized collections to map criminal networks, identify malicious actors, and gather critical evidence for high-stakes investigations.

Public Safety & Real-Time Threat Monitoring

Leverage real-time geospatial OSINT to proactively monitor for physical threats to critical infrastructure, public events, or specific individuals. Improve situational awareness for informed event planning and rapid response to emergent threats.

Nihilistic Violent Extremism (NVE) and Violent Online Networks (VON) Insights

Gather actionable intelligence to counter threats from decentralized, highly dangerous, international groups and individuals. Use extensive social networks and illicit discussion channels to identify and monitor planning, to protect children, high-risk persons, and the community at large.

Counternarcotics

Gain access to critical chat services and dark web marketplaces to map drug trafficking routes, identify key criminal actors, and disrupt illicit narcotics operations.

Counterterrorism

Access extensive social networks and illicit discussion channels to identify and monitor planning, recruitment tactics, and campaigns.

People of Interest (POI) Investigations

Leverage expansive primary source collections, including compromised credentials and chat service data, to connect persons of interest with their digital and physical footprints for high-stakes investigations.

Flashpoint FAQs

What primary data sources does Flashpoint provide that we cannot access via standard open-source tools?

Flashpoint’s core advantage is its unique, primary source collection. We access and curate intelligence from difficult-to-reach digital environments, including private chat services (where criminal and extremist planning occurs), deep and dark web marketplaces and forums, and troves of compromised credentials and other sensitive data. This primary access provides unique, high-fidelity intelligence for time-critical investigations.

How does Flashpoint ensure my investigators’ identities and operations are protected when researching illicit communities?

We offer Managed Attribution, a dedicated solution that provides secure, isolated virtual environments and controlled digital personas. This capability safeguards your investigators’ true identity and location, prevents attribution of activity back to your agency, and allows for secure research and primary source engagement without compromising your mission integrity—crucial protection against adversary detection.

What is the difference between Flashpoint’s intelligence and data aggregated by competitors like Recorded Future or Intel471?

While competitors may aggregate broad data sets, Flashpoint is a recognized leader in primary source collection. We proactively gather and curate high-fidelity, difficult-to-access data from the dark web and illicit communities. This focus on unique, high-signal intelligence, rather than high-volume, low-fidelity aggregation, ensures your team receives the most critical, actionable insights directly relevant to your specific Law Enforcement mission.

Can Flashpoint’s data be used to support physical security and public safety missions, or is it strictly for cybercrime?

Flashpoint provides a holistic view across both digital and physical security. Our Echosec product delivers real-time, geolocated social media data to support open-source intelligence (OSINT) operations and enhance situational awareness. This supports missions like event monitoring, identifying extremist activities, and tracking planning for physical threats, linking digital chatter to real-world threats.

Does Flashpoint provide analyst support, or is it purely a data platform?

Flashpoint offers comprehensive Managed Intelligence and Professional Services to force multiply your team. You can submit Requests for Information (RFIs) directly through the platform to our world-class intelligence analysts, who provide tailored, timely reports on complex investigative subjects, mitigating resource strain and accelerating critical casework.

Can we integrate Flashpoint’s raw data directly into our existing analytic platforms and tools?

Yes. Flashpoint offers robust APIs for consuming our raw, high-fidelity data feeds, including data on compromised credentials, illicit forums, and technical indicators of compromise, allowing for seamless integration into your existing investigative tools, link analysis software, and intelligence systems for advanced, centralized analysis.

How quickly can we get information in a fast-moving, high-stakes investigation?

Flashpoint’s technology is engineered for speed and actionability. We aim to deliver relevant intelligence significantly faster than traditional methods, helping you shrink the time needed to make a critical, informed decision in a rapidly evolving operational scenario.

How does Flashpoint ensure its collection and analysis methods are legally compliant for Law Enforcement use?

Flashpoint is committed to operating in alignment with all relevant U.S. laws and adhering to Department of Justice guidelines concerning data collection from illicit sources. Our ethical collection methods are designed to provide lawful access to intelligence that supports your mission without introducing legal risk to your organization or compromising the integrity of potential evidence.