A Short Glossary

The individual who ultimately owns or controls an asset or structure, whatever name sits on the paperwork.

The assembly of many small, separately harmless facts into a single, revealing picture.

Confirming a fact by finding it, or its consequences, in more than one independent source.

What can lawfully be found and assembled about a person from public and licensed records.

Ongoing monitoring of a person's public-record exposure as it changes over time.

Someone holding or close to a prominent public position, subject to enhanced screening.

Know your customer: the identity verification a regulated relationship requires before it begins.