What Centre for Information Resilience does

Centre for Information Resilience (CIR) is an independent, UK-registered community interest company founded in 2021 and headquartered at International House, Cornhill, London. Its functional mission is to expose human rights violations and threats to democracy through open-source investigations conducted in partnership with local groups in conflict zones. CIR operates more than a dozen regional and thematic project hubs — Afghan Witness, Myanmar Witness, Sudan Witness, Eyes on Russia, Israel-Palestine, Syria, Eastern DRC, West Africa, Ethiopia (TFGBV), Financial Integrity, Gender Lens, and Spotlight on Extremism — producing verified reports, articles, interactive maps, and timelines on incidents including attacks on civilians, infrastructure destruction, disinformation, and scam compounds.

CIR's core technology stack is open-source investigation (OSINT): geolocation of user-generated imagery and video, satellite imagery analysis using providers such as Planet, Maxar Technologies, Sentinel Hub, and Google Earth, fire verification via NASA's Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS), small arms identification from documented weapons, and cross-referencing across social media, news, and witness testimony. It also operates the Digital Investigation Academy to train local researchers in these methodologies and runs the Cyber Allies Initiative — a six-language toolkit addressing technology-facilitated gender-based violence in Ethiopia. Output is amplified through earned media coverage (Reuters, BBC, Al Jazeera, CNN, The Guardian) and original documentary and film-award programming.

CIR's business model is non-commercial: as a non-profit / community interest company it is funded by donations and charitable grants, distributes all investigations and reports through a free, open-access website, and does not sell products or services. Its principal user constituencies are media organisations, civil society and human-rights NGOs, and international bodies and governments that consume its verified evidence for reporting, advocacy, litigation, and international accountability processes. No parent company, equity investors, mergers, acquisitions, funding rounds, or senior leadership disclosures are present in the available data.

Name

Centre for Information Resilience

Legal name

Centre for Information Resilience

Website

https://info-res.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Centre for Information Resilience is a UK-registered non-profit conducting open-source investigations to document human rights violations across global conflict zones, serving media organisations, civil society, and international bodies with verified evidence.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Human Rights Open Source Intelligence Documentation

NAICS

Human Rights Organizations (813311)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Human Rights Monitoring, Documentation & Advocacy (BPADAGAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Risk Intelligence, Threat Monitoring & Crisis Response (Harmful trends, coordinated abuse) (BPAAALAN), Early Warning, Conflict Analysis & Prevention Programs (BPADAFAK)

Keywords

• Open source investigations
• Human rights documentation
• Conflict monitoring
• Disinformation analysis
• Satellite imagery analysis

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Funding: As an independent non-profit organisation, CIR relies on donations and charitable funding to support its operations. The organisation accepts donations through its website and operates as a community interest company.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

The Centre for Information Resilience conducts open-source investigations (OSINT) to document and verify human rights violations, war crimes, and disinformation campaigns across active conflict zones including Afghanistan, Myanmar, Sudan, Syria, Israel-Palestine, Eastern DRC, Ethiopia, West Africa, and Russia. It operates multiple regional project hubs that combine geolocation, satellite imagery analysis, video/image verification, and witness testimony to produce evidence suitable for media reporting, legal proceedings, and international accountability. Supporting offerings include the Digital Investigation Academy (training in OSINT methodology), the Cyber Allies Initiative (addressing technology-facilitated gender-based violence in Ethiopia), reference guides (e.g., Myanmar Witness Small Arms Guide), interactive maps (Israel-Gaza Conflict Map), and documentary productions with annual Film Awards.

Product overview

Centre for Information Resilience is an independent organisation exposing human rights violations and threats to democracy through open source investigations. The offering consists of multiple thematic investigation projects (Afghan Witness, Eyes on Russia, Israel-Palestine, Myanmar Witness, Sudan Witness, Syria, Eastern DRC, West Africa, Financial Integrity, Gender Lens, Spotlight on Extremism, Ethiopia) that document human rights abuses across conflict zones using satellite imagery, geolocation, video verification, and social media analysis. Supporting offerings include the Digital Investigation Academy (training), the Israel-Gaza Conflict Map (visualization tool), Documentaries and Film Awards (media amplification), Guides (reference documentation of military infrastructure), and the Cyber Allies Initiative with its Cyber Allies Toolkit (combating technology-facilitated gender-based violence).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Afghan Witness: Project documenting human rights abuses and documenting evidence of war crimes in Afghanistan
• Myanmar Witness
• Sudan Witness
• Eyes on Russia
• Digital Investigation Academy
• Cyber Allies Initiative
• CIR Open Source Film Awards
• Israel-Gaza Conflict Map

Products and services

• Afghan Witness Open-source investigation project documenting human rights violations and attacks in Afghanistan, including infrastructure damage, civilian casualties, and terrorist activities by ISKP targeting Hazara communities; provides verified evidence for media and accountability stakeholders.
• Myanmar Witness Open-source investigation project documenting human rights violations in Myanmar, including airstrikes on religious sites, detention facility attacks, military activities, scam compound identification, and disinformation; provides verified evidence, satellite imagery analysis, and reference guides.
• Sudan Witness Open-source investigation project documenting airstrikes, infrastructure damage, and civilian harm in Sudan, including incidents in Khartoum, Darfur, and other conflict zones; provides verified evidence and visual documentation.
• Eyes on Russia Open-source investigation project monitoring and documenting activities related to the Russia-Ukraine conflict and Russian operations; produces verified analyses and visual evidence.
• Israel-Palestine Project Open-source investigation project documenting the Israel-Gaza conflict, including displacement orders, infrastructure destruction, and civilian harm since October 2023; provides verified investigations for media and international accountability use.
• Syria Project Open-source investigation project documenting human rights violations in Syria, including water infrastructure attacks, massacre documentation, and infrastructure destruction; provides verified evidence for media and accountability purposes.
• Eastern DRC Project Open-source investigation project documenting armed clashes, security incidents, and human rights violations in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo; provides verified evidence and analysis.
• West Africa Project Open-source investigation project documenting human rights violations and security incidents across West Africa; provides verified investigations and reporting.
• Financial Integrity Project Project investigating financial networks, sanctions evasion, and financial mechanisms supporting conflicts and human rights violations; produces research for accountability and sanctions-related work.
• Gender Lens Project Thematic project applying a gender lens to investigate gender-based violence, discrimination, and the specific impact of conflicts on women and girls across CIR's regional coverage.
• Spotlight on Extremism Project monitoring and investigating online extremism, far-right radicalization, coded language, and extremist recruitment tactics on social media platforms; produces investigative reports.
• TFGBV in Ethiopia Project addressing technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV) in Ethiopia, including the Cyber Allies Initiative; promotes safer online spaces through education, digital self-defence, research, and community action.
• Digital Investigation Academy Training and capacity-building programme teaching open-source investigation techniques, digital verification, and documentation methodologies to local partners, researchers, and civil society.
• Israel-Gaza Conflict Map Interactive visualisation tool mapping documented incidents in the Israel-Gaza conflict since October 2023, using verified videos, photos, and satellite imagery to record when and where incidents occurred.
• Documentaries Documentary productions created from open-source investigations to amplify and communicate findings to broader audiences through long-form visual storytelling.
• CIR Open Source Film Awards Annual film awards programme recognising outstanding open-source documentary filmmaking that exposes human rights violations and conflicts.
• Cyber Allies Initiative Initiative in partnership with Media Smart Youth Ethiopia to combat technology-facilitated gender-based violence through education, digital self-defence, research, and community action; includes a Cyber Allies Toolkit in six languages and a facilitation guide for workshops and training programmes.

Quantifiable outcome

• Documented over 1,000 incidents of water being used as a weapon throughout Syria's conflict
• +2 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability6 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Media Smart Youth EthiopiacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026CIR partnered with Media Smart Youth Ethiopia to develop the Cyber Allies Initiative, which aims to equip young people in Ethiopia with knowledge and tools to understand, prevent, document, and combat technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV). The partnership involves co-developing a Cyber Allies Toolkit available in six languages (English, Amharic, Afaan Oromo, Tigrigna, Somali, and Afar), along with a facilitation guide for workshops and training programmes.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Syrian Archive: Syrian Archive (now part of Mnemonic) collects, preserves, and verifies digital content from Syria for use in justice and accountability mechanisms. CIR's Syria project and the joint water-as-weapon investigation show direct collaboration and method overlap.
• Bellingcat: Bellingcat is an independent OSINT investigative organization that conducts open-source investigations into conflicts, human rights abuses, and disinformation using geolocation, satellite imagery, and social media verification—the same core methodology as CIR. It is the closest methodological and product-category peer.
• Forensic Architecture: Forensic Architecture is a research agency using architectural and OSINT methods to investigate human rights violations and state violence, producing spatial and visual evidence for courts and international bodies. Closely comparable methodology and target users to CIR's Witness projects.
• AirWars: AirWars is a non-profit that tracks and assesses civilian casualties from airstrikes using open-source techniques in conflict zones including Iraq, Syria, and Yemen. Comparable methodology (OSINT, geolocation, satellite imagery) and similar downstream users (media, accountability bodies).
• Syria Justice and Accountability Centre: Syria Justice and Accountability Centre documents serious violations in Syria for transitional justice and accountability processes, frequently drawing on open-source evidence. Overlapping thematic focus with CIR's Syria project and shared accountability-mechanism users.
• Mnemonic: Mnemonic is a non-profit that preserves digital evidence of human rights violations from conflict zones, including Syria and Myanmar, and supports accountability processes. Directly comparable mission and digital-evidence preservation methodology to CIR's Witness projects.
• New Lines Magazine: New Lines Magazine covers global conflicts and foreign policy using original reporting and open-source investigations, including long-form OSINT pieces comparable in depth to CIR's investigative reports. Different distribution format (magazine vs. open-access reports) but analogous editorial methodology and audience.

Broad incumbents

• Human Rights Watch: Human Rights Watch is a large, established international human rights organization that investigates and reports on violations globally. Different methodology (field investigation vs. OSINT) but overlapping audience of media, governments, and international bodies that consume both organizations' outputs.
• Amnesty International: Amnesty International is a large global human rights organization with a broad portfolio of investigations, advocacy, and accountability work. Indirectly comparable through shared downstream consumers (UN bodies, media, courts) and overlapping conflict-zone coverage.
• Witness.org: Witness is a long-established non-profit that trains and supports the use of video for human rights documentation. Broader mission (video-first, not OSINT-specific) but overlapping audience of accountability users, civil society, and media.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/Cen4infoRes

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Subsidiaries7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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