About
About Cipher Cortex
Cipher Cortex is a private intelligence company built for high-consequence questions involving people, exposure, fraud, infrastructure, adversary activity, and difficult information environments.
We serve select commercial, protective, legal, government, and mission clients. The work is evidence-backed, discreet, and scoped to the question that matters. Behind enemy lines. Ahead of the threat.
Operating principles
Evidence before assertionFindings are sourced. We distinguish what is known from what is assessed.
Scope before collectionThe question is defined before we collect. Breadth is not a substitute for relevance.
Minimum necessary dataWe collect what the requirement needs and no more.
Clear confidence and provenanceReporting states how we know, how sure we are, and what remains unresolved.
Human accountabilityAnalysts stand behind the work. Tools support judgment; they do not replace it.
Practical actionDeliverables are written for decisions — options, limits, and next steps.
Who we are
The team includes veterans, former government analysts and investigators, and practitioners with intelligence-community experience. That background informs how we scope questions, handle sources, and write for executives, counsel, and operators.
VeteransMilitary service and operational discipline inform methodology and delivery.
Former governmentAnalysts and investigators with prior federal and mission-adjacent experience.
Intelligence communityCollective experience in collection, analysis, and reporting.
How the work is organized
Client engagements remain confidential. Public research is published separately through Intercept Cell. Internal platforms support our analysts; they are not sold, licensed, or offered as a product.
Cipher Cortex LLC — the company. Protective intelligence, digital investigations, mission support, and differentiated external insight.
Intercept Cell Research — the public research desk. Selected TLP:CLEAR investigations, infrastructure analysis, scam casework, and defanged indicators. Client work is not published.
Research
Hivemind Subterfuge Platform — internal investigation workspace for Cipher Cortex operators. Not a client-facing product.
Overview
Sixth Eye — internal CTI workspace. In-house research tooling; not available externally.
Overview
DPRK Database — internal research corpus used in diligence engagements. Not a public data product.
DPRK diligence