Open Source Intelligence
Structured collection and exploitation of publicly and commercially available information against defined targets and requirements, conducted to a documented and defensible methodology.
Polster Kroeger Molini provides open source and all source intelligence, cyber threat intelligence, and network defense to federal customers and their prime contractors. Our analysts hold active Top Secret clearances and deploy on short notice.
The company was founded by four principals with experience across the Intelligence Community. Three hold active Top Secret clearances today, and the firm is structured to obtain a facility clearance through a sponsoring prime contractor.
We concentrate on the work that benefits most from experienced people: open source and all source intelligence, cyber threat intelligence, and the defense of the networks that intelligence depends on.
We bring together publicly and commercially available information, classified reporting, and cyber telemetry into one clear intelligence picture, delivered to the standard the mission requires.
Each principal carries a requirement across the intelligence cycle and supports the networks that requirement runs on.
Open source collection, all source fusion, target development, and collection management, delivered as finished intelligence to Intelligence Community standards.
View capabilitiesCyber threat intelligence and network defense, including adversary tracking, detection engineering, threat hunting, and incident response for cleared environments.
View capabilitiesForward deployed analytic support with reachback to the full team, on station within 48 hours of a customer requirement.
See how we operateWe team with established prime contractors as a specialized cleared subcontractor, and support government offices directly where that is the better fit.
Our service areas span the intelligence cycle and the defense of controlled networks. Each is staffed by principals with direct experience in the Intelligence Community.
Structured collection and exploitation of publicly and commercially available information against defined targets and requirements, conducted to a documented and defensible methodology.
Fusion of open source and classified reporting into finished intelligence products, including assessments, target packages, and indications and warning for the customer mission.
Adversary and physical threat characterization supporting operations, force protection, and due diligence for government and commercial decision makers.
Adversary tracking and analysis of indicators and of tactics, techniques, and procedures, mapped to the MITRE ATT&CK framework and delivered as prioritized, actionable finished intelligence.
Detection engineering, threat hunting, and incident response support for controlled and cleared environments, aligned to CMMC and applicable federal security requirements.
Forward deployed analytic support that integrates with the supported element and maintains reachback to the full team, on station within 48 hours of tasking.
Requirements development, collection planning, and management of requests for information, translating customer questions into an executable and prioritized collection strategy.
Development of open source programs, tooling, and analytic tradecraft standards for organizations building internal capability, consistent with ICD 203.
A defined mobilization process and a teaming posture designed to integrate cleanly into a prime contractor task order.
Polster Kroeger Molini maintains a small, senior bench and a defined mobilization process. When a requirement moves to a new location, target, or deadline, a cleared analyst can be tasked, prepared, and forward deployed within two business days.
The customer requirement is translated into an intelligence problem and assigned to a named lead.
Approach, tooling, and reporting cadence are established, and the forward element is identified.
Travel, credentials, and secure communications are arranged, with reachback to the full team confirmed.
The cleared analyst is in place and producing at the supported location.
We team with prime contractors as a specialized cleared subcontractor, and we support government and program offices directly where appropriate.
Subcontract support that fills the analytic or cyber requirement on your task order.
Direct access to senior analysts with Intelligence Community experience.
Polster Kroeger Molini is a cleared intelligence and cyber services firm incorporated in Virginia and based in Northern Virginia, founded by four principals with experience across the Intelligence Community.
The firm is deliberately small and senior. Names and detailed backgrounds are provided under non disclosure agreement during a capability briefing.
Cybersecurity operations and CMMC background. Responsible for contracts, compliance, and the network defense practice.
Active Top Secret clearance. Finished intelligence and target development experience against difficult problems.
Active Top Secret clearance. Open source tradecraft, collection planning, and network analysis at scale.
Active Top Secret clearance. Cyber threat analysis and forward deployed analytic support.
The company presents its qualifications accurately. The items below reflect exactly where Polster Kroeger Molini stands as it stands up operations.
Three principals hold active Top Secret eligibility today, ready to be sponsored under a prime contractor facility clearance at award.
Federal entity registration is underway, including UEI and CAGE code, small business size status, and NAICS alignment for intelligence and technical services.
The company is structured for a DCSA sponsored facility clearance through a teaming prime, with key management personnel and security roles identified.
The firm is building toward a CMMC Level 2 aligned cloud enclave for controlled unclassified information, ready for performance at contract start.
Incorporated in Virginia and based in Northern Virginia, within the DCSA Capital Region and close to the region prime contractors.
Products are written to Intelligence Community analytic tradecraft standards under ICD 203, with sourcing and confidence documented.
Clearance status reflects each individual personnel security eligibility. A facility clearance is established through prime contractor sponsorship at contract award, at which point clearances are activated to the company. Polster Kroeger Molini does not represent a current facility clearance, contract award, or classified performance authority ahead of that milestone. No classified information is discussed or solicited through this website.
We work with prime contractors and government customers who need cleared analytic and cyber capacity on a responsive timeline.
Briefings and teaming discussions are handled directly by the principals, under non disclosure agreement where appropriate.