The OSINT Field Manual - A Practical Guide to Uncovering Online Information, Building Threat Intelligence, and Mastering Digital Investigations #1009986

Open-source intelligence is not a search engine. It is a discipline.

The OSINT Field Manual is a practitioner's handbook for analysts, investigators, journalists, and security professionals who need reproducible methods instead of tool lists. It covers the full workflow — from writing the requirement to collecting lawfully, verifying evidence, testing competing hypotheses, and delivering a product a decision-maker can act on.

Written by Imad Muratspahic, the manual walks through people investigation, domain and infrastructure mapping, social media analysis, image geolocation, document metadata, corporate records, link analysis, and timeline construction. Every technique is grounded in provenance, legal boundary, and analytic rigour.

Inside you will find query ladders, collection scripts, verification checklists, ACH matrices, evidence tables, and four worked case studies. The tools will change. The shape of the work will not. This book teaches the shape.