CES specializes in conducting investigations and analysis of open source data which typically is embedded in websites, social media sites, blogs, news feeds, and other Internet-based sources. 

Each of those locations requires specific methodologies to ensure that the data is located and captured in a legally sound and comprehensive manner.   

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Websites are typically identified through Google custom searches and captured with web queries, screen prints, or other archival tools. 

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Social media profiles are identified through standard Google searches and Google custom searches.   

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PRISM is an API-driven (Application Programming Interface) browser-based solution created by a team comprised of former FBI investigators, attorneys, and investigative analysts who are engaged daily in searching and capturing Internet-based information. An API-driven solution provides access to social media data not available through traditional search engine queries, which include additional information, such as metadata and geo-location data. PRISM was created to make life easier for analysts and investigators engaged in Internet-based investigations by systematizing the search, capture, and authentication of social media site data. PRISM also allows real-time monitoring of social media profiles. PRISM currently accesses data from: