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OSINT Practitioner Course

Day 1

  • Legalities & Legislation
    • Comprehend the legislation in place when considering Open-Source Intelligence investigations.
    • Learn how to operate legally by understanding permissible actions and their timing.
  • The Deep & Dark Web
    • Gain an understanding of the history of the Dark Web.
    • Differentiate between the Surface, Deep, and Dark Web.
    • Understand how Tor works.
    • Learn how to access the Dark Web securely and safely.
  • Transportation
    • Develop the skillsets necessary to use OSINT in aviation and maritime tasking.
    • Learn how to find and identify aviation & maritime assets.
    • Identify vehicles, through various methods, that may be the subject of an investigation.
  • Alternative Social Media Platforms
    • Develop an understanding of the social media platforms currently in use.
    • Learn how to gather OSINT from these platforms and their users.
  • People Search
    • Understand and apply various methodologies and tools used to trace people.
    • Leverage digital footprints to aid in investigations.
  • Course Cases
    • Exploit publicly available information for investigative purposes.

Day 2

  • Business Intelligence
    • Understand what DNS is and how it can aid in OSINT investigations.
    • Analyze email headers from an OSINT perspective.
    • Utilize image hosting sites for OSINT purposes.
    • Leverage journalism resources in an investigation.
    • Understand what metadata is.
  • Cryptocurrency
    • Overview of cryptocurrency fundamentals.
    • Identify the main players in this rapidly developing area.
    • Cryptocurrency investigation techniques.
  • Geospatial Analysis
    • Understand the advantages and disadvantages of the main mapping platforms available.
    • Task & exploit satellite capabilities for OSINT purposes.
  • Critical Thinking
    • Develop an understanding of the importance of critical thinking skills.
    • Appreciate the use of misinformation and disinformation in the OSINT arena.
    • Evaluate information on a website.
  • Report Methodology & Tooling
    • Understand commercial off-the-shelf tools for investigative purposes.
    • Save research & create an audit trail.
  • Advanced Tradecraft
    • Understand the importance of Operational Security (OpSec).
    • Develop methods to maintain Personal Security (PerSec).
    • Create sustainable and legal covert accounts.

Requirements

Basic understanding of computers and the internet.

Recommended:

Attendance on the "Open Source Cyber Intelligence - Introduction" training course

 14 Hours

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