Maltego

Maltego allows the graphical analysis of data collected for investigations and research. It is versatile enough to cater to forensic investigators, journalists, researchers or anyone who requires a way to collect, store, correlate and connect data gathered from different sources. 

Built on a Java-based architecture, Maltego is fully compatible with all the major desktop platforms. In other words, regardless of the operating system you are using, working with Maltego for mining, analyzing, connecting and mapping data. 

Upon launch, Maltego prompts you to go through a setup process to log in to your account, install the so-called Transforms and configure options for the web browser and the privacy mode. After that, you are ready to go. 

The Maltego Transform Hub provides one-click access to almost five dozen data sources from various categories related to cybersecurity operations, law enforcement, trust and safety. Cybercrime, financial data, infrastructure, social media, fraud, investigative journalists, safety, compliance are just a few of them. The public (OSINT) data sources can be connected to your own, which makes Maltego a pretty flexible tool when it comes to data handling.

Maltego makes it possible for you to visualize data sets collected in your investigation or research and make graphical connections between entities, even for huge numbers of items, up to 1 million. With a little help from Maltego, you can organize your data to have meaning and logic, visually explore relationships and connections and find patterns using entity weights. Graphs you create with Maltego can be easily exported for later use.

Thanks to the way information can be structured and organized in Maltego, the speed and the accuracy of complex investigations can be significantly enhanced. It features data analysis and automation tools, and robust visualization capabilities. It comes with a reliable set of collaboration tools that allows teams to work together by sharing graphs and investigation reports.