Credentials & Trust
Anyone can claim to be an investigator. Here is exactly what stands behind our work โ and what we refuse to do.
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Standards We Hold
OSINT Certified Practitioners
Team members hold OSCP, CEH, and GCIH designations โ the industry-standard credentials for offensive security, ethical hacking, and incident handling.
Digital Forensics Methodology
Chain-of-custody documentation standards on every artifact we capture, so evidence holds up under scrutiny.
Legal Compliance
Operations comply with the CFAA, state privacy laws, and ECPA. Every technique is reviewed for legality before deployment.
Evidence Standards
Reports formatted per federal evidence presentation standards โ structured for direct submission to investigators and courts.
Data Protection
Client data handled per applicable state and federal privacy law. Encrypted intake, restricted access, disciplined retention.
Platform Compliance
All investigations conducted via public and authorized channels only โ no scraping behind logins, no terms-of-service violations.
Standards & Guidance We Align With
IACIS
International Association of Computer Investigative Specialists โ methodology reference for digital evidence handling.
SANS OSINT
SANS OSINT community standards for collection discipline and source verification.
Thorn / NCMEC
Collaboration guidance for cases involving minors and child safety reporting pathways.
FinCEN
SAR reporting standards for applicable financial crime documentation.
How We Actually Operate
SmishGuard investigations are conducted exclusively through open-source intelligence channels โ public social media, publicly accessible records, and authorized platform search tools.
We do not conduct unauthorized computer access. We do not install software on any target device. All evidence is captured passively and documented with full chain of custody.
โ What We Do
Public platform checks ยท reverse image intelligence ยท passive monitoring ยท timestamped capture ยท attribution analysis ยท law-ready reporting.
โ What We Refuse to Do
Account hacking ยท device compromise ยท password attacks ยท impersonating law enforcement ยท promising deletion ยท contacting threat actors.
Verify Us. Then Trust Us.
Ask for our engagement agreement, our methodology outline, and our compliance standards โ before you commit to anything.
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