Account Types

OwlyScan provides two distinct user experiences, each carefully designed to serve different organizational needs and user expertise levels. Understanding these account types will help you maximize the value of your cybersecurity monitoring investment.

OwlyScan Alerts: Executive-Ready Threat Intelligence

OwlyScan Alerts represents a paradigm shift in how organizations approach darknet monitoring. This service is specifically designed for executives, compliance officers, and decision-makers who need comprehensive threat intelligence without requiring deep cybersecurity expertise or technical knowledge.

The service addresses several critical business needs. First, it ensures that no organizational documents exist outside your IT systems, particularly those that may have been leaked by business partners rather than your organization directly. The primary threat in such cases is spear phishing, where cybercriminals use leaked internal information such as employee directories, organizational charts, or communication patterns to craft highly targeted attacks against your personnel.

Second, OwlyScan Alerts helps reduce business risks by detecting when sensitive commercial information such as pricing details, contracts, or strategic documents appear on darknet sources. These exposures, often originating from partner organizations rather than direct breaches, can provide competitors with valuable intelligence that affects your market position.

Third, the service supports regulatory compliance obligations, particularly under DORA (Digital Operational Resilience Act) Article 19, which requires financial entities to implement continuous monitoring capabilities for cyber threats and vulnerabilities affecting their digital operational resilience.

The service operates on a fully automated model, continuously monitoring darknet websites and processing vast amounts of data. This comprehensive monitoring would be impossible to achieve manually, yet OwlyScan Alerts presents the results in clear, actionable reports that focus on business impact rather than technical details.

Monthly reports arrive directly in your inbox, providing comprehensive summaries of any data exposures discovered during the monitoring period. These reports include not only direct threats to your organization but also indirect risks from partner breaches, supplier compromises, and third-party data exposures that could affect your business. The AI-enhanced analysis ensures that you receive contextualized intelligence, helping you understand not just what was found, but why it matters and what actions you should consider.

For organizations requiring immediate notification of critical threats, the real-time alerts add-on provides intelligence delivery within hours rather than waiting for the monthly report. This premium service ensures that time-sensitive discoveries reach decision-makers rapidly, enabling swift response to emerging threats. The real-time alerts feature can be added or removed at any time according to your billing cycle through the billing tab.

When necessary, monitoring of multiple entities can be activated by contacting SitinCloud in advance to configure the appropriate scope and parameters for your organizational structure.

For big companies

Please note that this service may not be suitable for large enterprises with extensive online document presence, as the volume of discovered materials may require specialized filtering and interpretation methods. Large organizations should contact us beforehand to discuss customized monitoring approaches that better serve their specific needs.

Expert Mode: Comprehensive Investigation Platform

Expert Mode serves cybersecurity professionals, incident responders, threat analysts, and technical teams who require granular control over their darknet investigations. This powerful platform provides direct access to OwlyScan's complete database and search capabilities, enabling sophisticated queries and detailed analysis.

The token-based system underlying Expert Mode offers exceptional flexibility for organizations with varying investigation needs. In this context, a token represents a single search operation on the platform. Administrative users purchase token allocations that can be distributed across multiple teams and organizations. Each search consumes one token regardless of its complexity or scope, allowing organizations to manage costs while providing teams with the tools they need for thorough investigations.

Technical capabilities in Expert Mode extend far beyond basic keyword searches. Users can apply advanced filtering parameters, target specific time periods, and combine multiple search criteria to create highly targeted investigations. The platform provides access to raw, unfiltered data, enabling technical teams to conduct deep forensic analysis and develop comprehensive threat intelligence.

Expert Mode also incorporates sophisticated AI capabilities that enhance the investigation process. The integrated artificial intelligence can further filter among discovered documents to identify the most relevant materials, reducing analysis time significantly. With one click, users can leverage AI-powered document explanation and summarization features that provide instant context about complex documents, helping analysts quickly understand the content, assess relevance, and prioritize their investigation efforts without manually reviewing every discovered file.

The API integration capabilities make Expert Mode particularly valuable for organizations seeking to incorporate darknet intelligence into existing security workflows. Automated searches can feed threat intelligence platforms, populate security dashboards, and trigger incident response procedures based on predefined criteria.

Understanding the Differences

The fundamental distinction between these account types lies in their approach to threat intelligence consumption. OwlyScan Alerts emphasizes automation, synthesis, and executive communication, delivering pre-analyzed intelligence in business-friendly formats. Expert Mode prioritizes flexibility, depth, and technical control, providing raw materials for sophisticated analysis.

Many organizations benefit from combining both approaches. Executive teams rely on OwlyScan Alerts for strategic threat awareness and compliance reporting, while technical teams use Expert Mode for incident response, detailed investigations, and proactive threat hunting. The platform seamlessly supports users with access to both modes, automatically adapting the interface based on the selected operational mode.

Choosing Your Approach

Organizations new to darknet monitoring typically find OwlyScan Alerts provides immediate value with minimal learning curve. The automated nature of the service means that threat monitoring begins immediately upon subscription, with no configuration or training required. This approach is particularly effective for meeting regulatory compliance requirements, such as DORA mandates for continuous threat monitoring.

Technical teams and organizations with existing cybersecurity operations often prefer Expert Mode's comprehensive capabilities. Computer Emergency Response Teams (CERTs), cybersecurity remediation companies, and red team operations find this mode particularly valuable for their specialized requirements. The ability to conduct on-demand investigations, integrate with existing security tools, and access raw intelligence data makes Expert Mode invaluable for incident response, threat hunting, and proactive security operations. These professional security organizations leverage the platform's advanced capabilities to support client investigations, conduct thorough breach analysis, and develop sophisticated threat intelligence that informs both defensive strategies and offensive security testing scenarios.

The decision between these approaches should align with your organization's cybersecurity maturity, available resources, and specific threat intelligence requirements. Both modes benefit from OwlyScan's comprehensive darknet coverage and AI-enhanced analysis capabilities, ensuring that your organization receives high-quality threat intelligence regardless of your chosen approach.