osint-methodology

Structure red-team OSINT reconnaissance using a five-stage pipeline: Seed Discovery, Asset Expansion, Enrichment, Exposure Analysis, and Reporting. This enforces authorization checks and data provenance to prevent scope creep and ensure compliant engagements.

The best way to map an external attack surface is applying an asset-graph approach across subdomains, identities, cloud services, and APIs. This method enriches discovered assets and applies risk scoring to produce reproducible findings for authorized testing.

Produce client-ready OSINT reports by executing the Reporting stage of the recon pipeline, which translates the mapped asset graph and exposure analysis into executive-safe deliverables with applied risk scoring and auditable data provenance.

Yes, this structured OSINT methodology explicitly supports mapping cloud services and APIs during the Asset Expansion and Enrichment stages, allowing you to identify exposures and build a comprehensive asset graph for these specific external targets.

Yes, the methodology enforces strict authorization checks and safe-operational procedures throughout the entire pipeline. It ensures data provenance and auditable engagements, maintaining compliance during seed discovery and asset expansion.

A stage-based OSINT pipeline is limited to external attack surface reconnaissance for authorized red-team exercises. It does not perform active exploitation and relies entirely on maintaining strict authorization boundaries and safe-operational procedures.