About Us

The experts in online investigation and social media intelligence

NetWatch Global is the UK’s most trusted and respected open source and social media investigations company.

Innovators and thought leaders in OSINT

Since the inception of NetWatch we have specialised in providing powerful and actionable intelligence which our clients either rely on to make effective risk-based decisions or use as evidence.

Driven by our market-leading focus on social media investigating, we specialise in providing OSINT investigation software, data and world-class investigative services.

NetWatch assist in a wide range of areas, including: batch OSINT data enrichment; expert research and analysis; and targeted investigation (either through our managed services or in provision of our market-leading OSINT tools and data).

On a day-to-day basis NetWatch help our FTSE clients, international organisations and the public sector to:

identify new witnesses;
verify insurance claims;
unmask those behind malicious online content;
and even crack large counterfeiting networks for our FMCG partners.

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