Strategic Intelligence · Investigations · Due Diligence

The Advantageof Knowing First

Iconic applies the tradecraft of seasoned diplomatic, intelligence, cyber, and law-enforcement professionals to the decisions that define your business.

[ 01 / Approach ]

The Iconic
Approach

We apply the methods, instincts, and hard-won experience of the intelligence and diplomatic world to commercial problems. Every engagement is built around your objectives — and conducted with the discretion the work demands. We stand for integrity, discretion, and results.

01

Integrity

We report what we find, not what you hope to hear. Clear assessments, sourced and defensible.

02

Discretion

Quiet by default. Your name — and ours — stays out of it. Confidentiality is the standard, not an add-on.

03

Results

Insight you can act on, delivered on the timeline the decision actually runs on.

[ 02 / Capabilities ]

Four Divisions.
One Standard.

Bespoke solutions across the full risk picture — from the boardroom to the field.

DIV · S-AD

Strategic Advisory

Corporate intelligence from planning through execution: investigations, threat warning, risk mitigation, and trend and opportunity analysis — plus systems architecture for your in-house intelligence function.

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DIV · T-SEC

Travel Security

Our advance team plans and runs secure domestic and international movement: destination surveys, in-country law-enforcement liaison, and round-the-clock protection. Incognito when the situation calls for it.

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DIV · C-IDM

Cyber & IdM

Tailored security-awareness training for your workforce, and full-stack Identity Management to control, role-base, and protect your digital identities and transactional data across internal and outward-facing lines.

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DIV · T-AQ

Talent Acquisition

Assessment methods drawn from the U.S. Intelligence Community. Situational interviews surface critical thinking, judgment, and self-awareness — the qualities a résumé can't show.

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[ 03 / Leadership ]

The Advisors

Iconic's leadership is drawn from the senior ranks of the CIA, the U.S. Department of State's Diplomatic Security Service, and federal law enforcement — officers who have run intelligence and security operations across six continents.

PROFILE 01 Joseph Waterman FMR · CIA
Joseph Waterman
Managing Director / CEO

Former senior officer in the CIA's Directorate of Operations (2012–2024), with earlier U.S. Department of State service in EU cyber policy and nuclear-energy security. Ph.D., Boston University; recipient of multiple intelligence awards.

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PROFILE 02 Zachariah Zittle FMR · DSS / DOS
Zachariah “Zach” Zittle
Managing Director · Due Diligence & Travel Security

Retired Diplomatic Security Service leader and Regional Security Officer in Phnom Penh, with security operations across Karachi, Baghdad, Moscow, Ashgabat, and Erbil. Former EPA special agent, U.S. Border Patrol agent, and Marine.

PROFILE 03 Douglas R. Austin FMR · CIA
Douglas R. Austin
Managing Director · Special Projects & Training

Retired CIA Paramilitary Operations Officer — 34 years of civilian and military service across Africa, the Balkans, Latin America, and the Near East, with multiple tours in Afghanistan and Iraq. Field operations, covert action, and training alongside JSOC and SOCOM.

PROFILE 04 Gregory Sims PRINCIPAL
Gregory Sims
Principal Advisor

A seasoned addition to the Iconic advisory bench. Full profile forthcoming.

[ 04 / Network ]

Affiliated Network

Specialist partners who extend our reach across data integrity, operational support, and secure communications.

[ 05 / Contact ]

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