Free tools and reference materials to enhance your intelligence analysis workflow.
Document Collection
Standardised report formats for all intelligence product types — strategic assessments, operational briefings, and threat analyses.
Excel Templates
Analysis of Competing Hypotheses matrices that help analysts systematically evaluate multiple theories against available evidence.
Excel Template
Strategic framework for organising intelligence gathering efforts, outlining requirements, sources, collection methods, and timelines.
Visio Templates
Visual tools for mapping relationships between suspects, organisations, locations, and assets — showing connections and hierarchies.
PDF & Excel
Structured tools for identifying trends, cycles, and recurring behaviours. Helps analysts recognise modus operandi and predict future activity.
Excel Template
Risk evaluation tool that categorises threats by likelihood and impact severity with a standardised scoring system.
Excel Template
Centralised system for tracking and prioritising information needs. Manages standing requirements and critical intelligence gaps.
Word Template
Standardised format for routine intelligence updates including overnight incidents, emerging trends, and priority actions.
Excel Template
Organisational tool for mapping evidence to hypotheses in investigations. Tracks information consistency and identifies case gaps.
PowerPoint Template
Mission intelligence package format containing subject information, threat assessments, support requirements, and contingency procedures.
PDF Checklist
Self-assessment tool for identifying potential biases affecting analytical judgement, with prompts for maintaining objectivity.
PDF Form
Critical analysis tool for identifying and challenging underlying beliefs. Forces analysts to explicitly state and test assumptions against evidence.
PDF Checklist
Systematic protocol for open-source intelligence gathering, covering search strategies, source types, and legal compliance.
Excel Template
Visual chronology creator for case development showing event sequences and temporal relationships.
PDF & Excel
System for evaluating operational hazards, including threat analysis, vulnerability assessment, and mitigation planning.
PDF Handbook
Foundational reference guide covering core intelligence concepts, methodologies, terminology, best practices, and ethics.
PDF Reference
Standardised probability expressions for analytical accuracy — consistent interpretation of terms like "likely" and "probable".
PDF Checklist
Quality assurance tool ensuring clear, concise, and accurate intelligence products — structure, grammar, evidence citation.
Word Template
Subject research framework for biographical information, criminal history, associations, and behavioural patterns.
Excel Template
Structured tool for tracking money flow, asset ownership, business relationships, and suspicious activity patterns.
PDF & Digital Tools
Collection of location identification methods — coordinate systems, map reading, landmark identification, and GPS analysis.
PDF Guide
Standards for collecting, preserving, and documenting electronic evidence — chain of custody and admissibility requirements.