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Trace a Finding to Its Source
You take a claim headed for the report and practice tracing it back to where it came from, so it survives the first serious question instead of collapsing under it.
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Run Down an Adverse Item
You work an adverse signal to ground, learning the difference between noting a flag and actually resolving what it means.
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Document So It Holds
You build the record that carries the review through scrutiny, where every finding is sourced and every adverse item accounted for.
About the course
A completed checklist is not a defensible review. This workshop is two hours of hands-on practice in the difference, built for anyone whose work has to hold up when the deal, the regulator, or the courtroom tests it. You work the situations that separate real diligence from the appearance of it. A finding that cannot be traced. An adverse item that was flagged and never resolved. A file that has to be documented so the conclusions stand when someone asks how you reached them. Each exercise is drawn from the kind of review the job produces. This is the practitioner tier, so the emphasis is on doing. You leave having practiced defensible diligence, not just read a definition of it.
Practice tracing a finding to a primary source, so it holds when the first hard question comes.
Learn to run an adverse item to ground rather than leaving it as a flag on the file.
Document a review so its findings are sourced and its conclusions stand under challenge.
Sean Mahon
A senior intelligence professional with over 20 years of experience across military intelligence, KYC/AML compliance, open-source intelligence instruction, and forensic due diligence. He has directed analytical teams in regulated, high-stakes environments where incomplete or misattributed information can have significant operational and legal consequences. As the founder of The Collective Risk Intelligence, he provides structured, evidence-based due diligence and investigative analysis to law firms, private equity firms, investment firms, and high-net-worth individuals. His expertise lies at the intersection of investigative intelligence, identity verification, and litigation support, where the standard of proof is uncompromising. The course content is derived from analytical methodologies used in real-world engagements rather than theoretical frameworks developed in academic settings.
What You'll Work Through
Two hours of hands-on work, from risk-based scoping to a report that holds up under scrutiny. • Risk-Based Scoping and Collection Planning • Defensible Documentation Standards • Analytical Validation: Corroboration, Contradictions, and Gaps • Defensible Reporting: Structure and Language • Scored Assessment (80% to pass) The certificate and downloadable job aids unlock on completion. Drawn from real engagements, reworked for practice.
Diligence That Holds Under Pressure.
Defensible Due Diligence is a two-hour practitioner workshop. Enroll now and practice on reviews built from real engagements.
$179.00