Practical Open Source Intelligence
This open source intelligence (OSINT) training in Toronto covers collection and analysis as a discipline, not a list of websites. You build and maintain research accounts, work image and video geolocation, and pull what corporate and financial registries will tell you.
Six weeks ends with the part most courses skip: writing the analytic product so a decision maker can use it, with sourcing and confidence stated plainly.
- Duration
- 6 weeks
- Format
- Live online, instructor-led
- Prerequisites
- None required
- Class size
- Capped at 12 learners
What you will be able to do
- Build a sock puppet account that survives basic scrutiny
- Geolocate a photograph from terrain, signage and shadow
- Trace ownership of a company through public registry filings
- Collect from social platforms without alerting the subject
- Assess source reliability and state confidence in writing
- Access dark web sources safely using a compartmented setup
- Deliver a written analytic product with a defensible sourcing trail
Course outline
6 modules
- Framing the intelligence requirement before collecting
- Attribution risk and how investigators get burned
- Compartmented browsers, virtual machines and networks
- Sock puppet creation and long term maintenance
- Record keeping and evidence handling
What you need before you start
- Comfort with everyday web research and browser settings
- A machine where you can run a virtual machine or separate browser profile
- Willingness to work within legal and ethical collection limits
- No prior security or investigation experience is required
Who this course is for
- Corporate investigators and due diligence researchers
- Journalists and researchers verifying claims and imagery
- SOC and threat intelligence analysts adding a collection skill
- Fraud, insurance and recruitment screening staff
- Public sector professionals working with open sources
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