Questions about business intelligence and OSINT

OSINT, short for Open Source Intelligence, is intelligence built from open information: media, social networks, websites, public records, legal and academic databases, and paid commercial databases.

Business intelligence is the output: information that has been located, sorted, analyzed and turned into a clear answer to your question, with conclusions and recommendations, so you can make a decision. Read more: what is OSINT.

Yes. Modi-In strictly complies with the law and with the ethical standards of civilian competitive intelligence research, in Israel and in every country where the subjects of the research are located.

I never use stolen or illegal data, never break into websites, and, by a deliberate decision, do not mine the dark web. How I work.

Any question whose answer will help you make a decision: who your competitors are and where their business is heading, whether there is a conflict of interest on a committee or in a deal, what you should know about shareholders before investing, where a person or their heirs can be found, and what lies behind a story in the media.

Examples of research questions I have handled.

Yes. Modi-In strictly protects the names and confidentiality of its clients. The subject of the research never appears on the invoice, only its reference number.

Once the agreed fee is paid in full, the research becomes entirely yours. From that point it is not used for any further research, it is not passed to any third party, and the client’s name remains confidential.

Until full payment is received, the research remains the property of Modi-In.

Yes. Some projects involve companies, non-profits and people outside Israel. When needed, and with your approval, I can bring in a private investigator in Israel and in several locations abroad, as well as professional translation of foreign-language material.

Financial intelligence firms, business intelligence firms, private investigators, investors, freelance business intelligence researchers and law firms.

Send me a question on WhatsApp, call +972-50-916-4860 or email modi-in@modi-in.net. We will define the research question together, and I take it from there. Contact me.

Business intelligence, an intelligence picture or a direct answer to your question, with conclusions and recommendations. The goal is a deliverable you can base a decision on.

Open media (newspapers, radio and TV), social networks (Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and more), websites, public information (government and authority publications, statistical reports, published minutes and speeches), academic sources, legal sources, paid databases and AI tools.

Three add-ons, only at your request and with your approval: a private investigator in Israel and in several locations abroad, professional translation as part of collection and analysis, and data purchased from commercial databases.

Data purchases of up to ILS 200 + VAT per project can be made without prior approval. Anything above that is charged only with your approval in advance.

Material in Arabic and English usually needs no additional professional translation. In other languages, when the research is meant to drive a decision, I don’t rely on machine translation, and with your approval I bring in a professional translator.

Yes. AI is one of my tools for finding and sorting information, alongside the other open sources. The analysis, the cross-checking and the conclusions I do myself.

Yes. At your request and priced separately, I can bring in a private investigator in Israel and in several locations abroad, when the information needed is not available online.

No. I never use stolen or illegal data files, and I never break into websites.

No. It is a deliberate decision: Modi-In does not mine the dark web.

Only the research reference number. The subject of the research never appears on the invoice.

Once the agreed fee is paid in full. From that moment it is not used for any further research and is never passed to a third party.

Yes. Modi-In works in line with the relevant legislation in every territory: in Israel and in every country where the subjects of the research are located.

Yes. These are research questions submitted to Modi-In. They are presented without identifying details, in line with my confidentiality policy.

Yes, within the law: locating a person or their heirs, summarizing open-source information about a person, checking whether a decision maker has a conflict of interest, and mapping online threats.

Yes. Lawyers and private investigators are regular clients: locating shareholders and heirs, tracing the assets of a party that lost a lawsuit, and testing the other side’s claims against open-source information.

Modi Ben Shaul, an intelligence researcher with more than 30 years of experience in intelligence analysis and processing, 26 of them at Israel’s Prime Minister’s Office. He founded Modi-In right after retiring, in 2021.

A B.Sc. in Mathematics and Statistics from Tel Aviv University, an M.A. with honors in Political Science from the University of Haifa, and a graduate of Israel’s national inter-service senior intelligence course.

Yes. The keynote “Bringing Home the Missing Soldiers of Sultan Yacoub” is designed for organizations and turns the search into practical tools for managers and teams. About the keynote.

About the search for the soldiers missing since the Battle of Sultan Yacoub, which Modi Ben Shaul led for eight years, and what it teaches managers and teams about making decisions under uncertainty.

Management forums, company conferences, seminars and team-building days, organizations going through change, and client events.

Nine lessons: from intelligence to management, solving problems under uncertainty, creative thinking, responsibility, collaboration, handling opposition, advanced research methods, staying true to the truth, and telling facts from assessments.

Fill in the form on the keynote page, send a WhatsApp message or call +972-50-916-4860. Modi will get back to you to set the date, the length of the talk and how to tailor it to your audience.