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Welcome to our Open Source Due Diligence Investigations knowledge check.

You find conflicting information across public records, media, and company materials. What is the best approach?

Compare source credibility, seek additional corroboration, and document your reasoning.

Halt the investigation because the sources are clearly unreliable.

Choose whichever version appears highest in search engine results.

Use the company’s own version because it is the most recent and likely reliable.

You find a serious corruption allegation about a prospective client on an anonymous blog. What is the most appropriate next step?

Treat it as confirmed if it appears in search engine results.

Try to corroborate it using credible independent sources before relying on it.

Include it in your report immediately because it may be important.

Ignore it completely because blogs are never useful.

Which record keeping approach is best practice for OSINT used in compliance or due diligence?

Keep no notes because the information is publicly available.

You only need to keep records of the negative findings.

Keep only a final summary and delete the source links.

Save links, screenshots, timestamps, and a short note on why the source was used.

In the context of Open Source Investigations, what is Intelligence?

Rumours and unverified tips gathered from informal channels.

The product of information that has been processed and analysed to support decision‑making.

Any information stored in a database, regardless of how it is used.

Raw data collected from any available source.

Which of the following should generally raise the greatest due diligence concern when researching a company?

There are repeated adverse media reports across credible sources plus conflicting ownership information.

The company has no LinkedIn page.

The company’s directors rarely post online.

The company has a basic website.

When beginning an open-source due diligence review on a company, what should you establish first?

Which OSINT tool has the best dashboard.

Whether its website looks professional.

Clear identifiers such as legal entity name, jurisdiction, directors, and ownership.

The company’s social media following.

Which source is usually the least reliable on its own for a high-risk due diligence decision?

A court filing.

A regulators notice.

An unverified forum post.

An established investigative media report.

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