Intel Briefings

Field notes from people who actually run the work.

Threat intelligence, crisis-response playbooks, and the math behind our protocols. No SEO bait, no AI-generated padding. Written by the senior team that runs accounts.

Industry Analysis

Best Online Reputation Management Companies (2026): An Honest, Ranked Comparison

The definitive 2026 ranking of online reputation management firms — methodology, capabilities, transparency, pricing, and what actually moves SERPs. Tested across nine criteria.

Methodology

The Math Behind the 90-Second Audit: A Sycophantic Bayesian Methodology

We publish the methodology. Six segments, nine questions, log-likelihood updates, softmaxed posterior, and an honest top-X% calibration.

Legal

The Legal Landscape for Deepfake Victims in 2026

FTC enforcement is moving. Section 230 has partially walked back for synthetic media. State AGs are filing. Here's what your counsel needs to know.

Finance

The BrokerCheck SERP Strategy: Defending RIAs and Wealth Advisors Through Regulatory Permanence

BrokerCheck disclosures don't disappear. They get contextualized. Here's the actual playbook that moves them off the first page without unethical content laundering.

Review Management

How to Remove a Negative Google Review (Without Getting Your Listing Blacklisted)

The five legitimate paths to removing a negative Google review, the tactics that get listings flagged, and the math on which paths actually work.

Healthcare

The Healthgrades Playbook: Defending Physicians Against Coordinated Review Attacks

Healthcare reputation moves measurably with rating. Every 0.1 star shift in average rating shifts patient choice by 4-6 percentage points. Here's the protocol.

Wikipedia

Wikipedia Page Protection: An Honest Guide for Executives in 2026

Wikipedia is the most-cited source by AI summaries in 2026. How to defend, build, or eligibly remove a page — without getting banned for paid editing.

Executive

Reputation Defense Through an Executive Divorce or Family-Office Transition

Sensitive transitions create predictable reputation surfaces. Doxx attempts, leaked correspondence, narrative wars. Here's the discreet defense playbook.

Crisis PR

The Executive Reputation Crisis Playbook (First 6 Hours, First 6 Days, First 6 Weeks)

What to do in hour one, day two, and week five when a reputation crisis hits an executive name. Copy the first six pages of any senior counsel's runbook.

Executive

Reputation Defense in the Post-IPO Window: The First 18 Months Decide the Next Decade

The day you ring the bell, every adversarial actor with a stake gets new tools. Activist shorts, ex-employees with vest unlocks, social-media volatility. Here's the playbook.

AI & Synthetic Media

AI Deepfake Protection in 2026: What's Real, What's Hype, What to Actually Do

Voice clones cost $4 in 2026. Detection runs 89-94% accuracy. Court enforcement is finally moving. Here's what executives should actually do this quarter.

Threat Intelligence

Why Dark Forum Monitoring Is the 80% of Reputation Defense You're Probably Missing

Telegram channels, Discord servers, invite-only boards. The places attacks are organized 24-72 hours before they hit public platforms. Here's how the Aperture grid works.

Review Management

Review Bombing Recovery: A 90-Day Plan That Actually Works

When 200 one-stars land in a week, the wrong response makes it worse. Here's the 90-day operational playbook we run on multi-clinic and franchise networks.

Employer Reputation

Glassdoor Reputation Repair: The Playbook for Founders and HR Leaders

Glassdoor still ranks for your company name. Here's how to defend it ethically, when to engage HR vs. legal, and what TOS-compliant takedowns actually look like.

VIII · Closing Folio

The standing engagement opens with a private call.

A single conversation, signed under non-disclosure, with the principal who would own your matter. You leave with a printed posture assessment and the engagement letter, whether or not you retain us.