Talk to a person.
Call, email, or send a message below. A person reads every message, usually the same business day. Use whichever is easiest for you.
Tell us what is going on.
A few sentences is enough to start. We reply through the channel you choose, and the first conversation is free, with no obligation.
Some clients arrive with a known threat. Others want to understand their exposure before anything happens. Either is a good reason to get in touch.
Not every matter is a fit. If we are not the right firm, we will tell you on the first call and, where we can, point you to someone who is.
Calls are short and to the point.
The first call is free and takes 25 minutes. To book any of these, send a message or call, and say which one you want.
First contact
Baseline exposure, the situation as you understand it, and whether we are the right firm for it. No cost and no obligation. First time only.
- What is likely already findable
- Which Index term carries the risk
- What we would and would not do
Scoping session
For clients ready to move. Detailed discussion of findings, structure, and sequence. Not a second free consultation.
- Findings in detail
- Structure and level
- Sequence and timing
Counsel and partners
For referrers and professionals, including matters handled under counsel direction.
- Privileged structure
- Introductions and referrals
- Scope of the intelligence function
Colleagues
For professional associates and prior collaborators. Projects, research, and introductions.
- Research and the brief library
- Collaboration
- Introductions
Most clients arrive by introduction.
Holding a coin
If someone handed you an ObscureIQ coin, they had a reason. The reference on it routes to a named analyst rather than to a queue, and it tells us who sent you without you having to explain the situation twice.
Introductions
The firm does not advertise. Nearly every new client comes through counsel, a security professional, a family office, or a prior client saying that this is the firm for the matter. Those introductions receive priority response.
If you are making an introduction, the shortest useful message names the person, the shape of the problem, and how they prefer to be reached. Nothing more is needed at that stage.
If the approach itself needs to be private.
Most people can use any channel above. If yours is a situation where even the first message could cause harm, a few things help.
Choosing a channel
Signal (PrivacyStan.10) leaves nothing on our side and is the right choice if you are being watched or your devices may not be yours alone. The form collects only what you type, and messages are deleted within 60 days unless you ask us to keep the thread open. Email and phone are fine for most people, but both leave records with providers neither of us controls. PGP is available on request.
Keeping it safe
Keep the first message thin: name the situation, not the particulars. Anonymous first contact, aliases and temporary inboxes are all fine, and we will not ask who you really are before answering. We reply only through the channel you opened. Once you are a client, you receive separate, private channels and a named analyst.
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