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Operational security
Security direction and command, details, access control, protection of persons and infrastructure. The base everything else sits on.
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Technical notebook of an active lab
Zero101OSINT
Independent operational security lab · OSINT · UAS
Spain · Barcelona
Independent lab with nearly four decades of operational security in Spain. The work began in 1987 on the street and in the chain of command; it is still active today from a hybrid position between security direction, OSINT analysis and applied technologies. Zero101OSINT is the technical notebook: a space where only what has been walked, cross-checked or honestly reasoned gets published.
- Active since
- 1987
- Based in
- Barcelona, ES
- Format
- Individual lab
- Languages
- ES · EN
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What is behind this
We are not a consultancy, not an agency, not a large team. Zero101OSINT is an individual lab with a long operational record, which over the last few years has gradually integrated digital tooling — OSINT, applied AI, unmanned systems, cybersecurity — into the same work it was already doing: observing, verifying, documenting and protecting.
The technological transition is not a career pivot. It is the natural consequence of three decades reading context, accesses, people and environments. The tools change; the method — observation first, hypothesis last — does not.
Zero101OSINT exists as a sober editorial space. It does not sell smoke, does not promise absolute certainty and does not pretend to be a large structure. What is published here has first passed through direct experience, professional judgment and review.
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Record
Verifiable timeline. Each date corresponds to a real credential, posting or formal milestone.
- 1987
Guardia Civil
10th class of Auxiliary cadets. First contact with operational discipline, continuous duty and chain of command.
- 1991
Security Officer
Professional credential in private security. Asset, industrial and access control duties.
- 1992
Team Leader · Barcelona 92
Team coordination during the Olympic deployment. First mid-level command experience under real operational pressure.
- 2004
Webmanager · Web design · Social Media
Early move into the digital domain. Technical understanding of how information is built, published and propagated online.
- 2022
Bodyguard · AVSEC C1 and C2
Private bodyguard credential and airport AVSEC certifications. Protection of persons and civil aviation infrastructure.
- 2023
Director of Security
Planning and operational direction. Detail design, procedural audit and responsibility over teams.
- 2025
MBA in New Technologies and AI
Formal training in integrating AI, data and new technologies into professional processes. Conceptual frame for current work with models.
- 2025
Zero101OSINT consolidated
The project moves from internal notes to public editorial laboratory. Own line, own voice, own judgment.
- 2026
Diploma in Cybersecurity
Formal extension to the cyber domain. Technical reading of incidents, exposure surfaces and vectors applied to corporate security.
- 2026
UAS Pilot · A1 · A2 · A3 · STS
Full unmanned aircraft pilot credentials. Integration of aerial assets into reconnaissance and perimeters.
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Areas of work
Six domains that overlap and feed each other. Not standalone services: the same craft seen from different angles.
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OSINT
Open-source intelligence applied to due diligence, executive digital exposure, third-party verification and reputational analysis.
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UAS / Drones
Unmanned systems for reconnaissance, perimeters, critical infrastructure and events. Pilot credentials A1/A2/A3/STS.
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Applied cybersecurity
Technical reading of incidents and exposure surfaces from the perspective of a security director, not a pentester.
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Web & social media management
Design, maintenance and editorial control of corporate digital presence. Message coherence, public-footprint hygiene and continuous monitoring of own narrative against external one.
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Artificial Intelligence
Disciplined integration of generative and analytical models into the workflow: faster reading, document cross-checking and automation of repetitive tasks. The tool never replaces human judgment or verification.
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Specialties
Nine concrete work lines where the same method applies: observation, verification, hypothesis, documentation. Each specialty rests on real credentials and years on the field, not on imported catalogs.
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OSINT due diligence
Third-party, partner and supplier verification via public sources. Document cross-checks, corporate registries, digital footprint and reputational traceability.
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Executive digital exposure
Personal footprint analysis, attack surfaces, historical leaks and indirect exposure through family and entourage.
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Reputational risk analysis
Online narrative monitoring, early detection of hostile campaigns and impact assessment on corporate brand.
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Critical infrastructure security
Airports, ports, hospitals, logistics and energy hubs. Detail design, access control and procedural audit.
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UAS reconnaissance
Use of drones for perimeter reconnaissance, infrastructure inspection, event details and aerial verification of operational scenarios.
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AVSEC · Airport security
Access control, passenger and cargo screening, civil aviation protection. AVSEC C1 and C2 certifications.
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Lateral intelligence
Cross-reading of OSINT signals, terrain and weak signals to anticipate incidents before they materialize.
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AI applied to analysis
Disciplined integration of generative models as reading accelerator, document cross-check and automation, with mandatory human verification.
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Executive cybersecurity
Technical reading of incidents and exposure surfaces from the security director's role, not the pentester's.
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Editorial principles
Internal rules of this notebook. They apply to every article, case and analysis published.
- 01Observation first. Verification next. Hypothesis last.
- 02Only what can be cross-checked or honestly reasoned is published. If something is unknown, it is said.
- 03Real cases anonymized. Clients, locations and sensitive data are never exposed.
- 04Technology as a tool, not a replacement for professional judgment.
- 05No motivational tone, no inflated commercial promises, no vanity metrics.
Work with the lab
A limited number of engagements are accepted per year. No aggressive packages, no artificial scaling. Each case is evaluated individually and, if it doesn't fit, that is said clearly.
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