Advanced Tailored Course
We would like to thank you for the opportunity to develop a custom-made training program for your organisation. This form is designed to gain some understanding on the content you are interested in covering during the course. To guide you, below is a summary of all the content we can cover by module and the individual sessions the form that module; and duration provides both an estimate and flexibility to our course offerings. A tailored course would usually run over 5 days and be around 40 hours worth of content.
Module
1: Open-Source Intelligence Fundamentals (1-4 hours)
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Introduction to OSINT
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planning and direction
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collection, processing and exploitation
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analysis and production
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reporting and Integration
2: OSINT Attribution & Tradecraft (up to 3 hours)
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Introduction to ICT
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technical attribution
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developing an OSINT platform
3: Information Searching Essentials (6 hours)
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Advanced google searching
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country specific resources
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username correlation
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reverse image searching
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contact validation
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people search engines
4: Person of Interest Searching (up to 8 hours)
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Mainstream platforms (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, and Pinterest)
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non-western platforms (Vkontakte and TikTok)
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professional platforms (LinkedIn)
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gaming platforms (Discord and Twitch)
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non-mainstream platforms (Reddit, 4Chan, Quora, GitHub, Gab, MeWe, Parler, BitChute)
5: Social Network Analysis (1-2 hours)
Cross platform social network analysis
6: Australian OSINT (1 hour)
Australian data sources
7: Corporate Profiling (3 hours)
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company structures and networks
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technical artefacts
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domain enumeration and visualisation
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trade activity
8: Area of Interest Monitoring & Events (up to 4 hours)
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finding, investigating, and monitoring events via social media
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collecting information from CCTV
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transport monitoring by land, air and sea
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alerts and triggers for events; and,
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geospatial tools (advanced mapping)
9. Area Assessment (2 hours)
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informational terrain (social and mainstream informational flow)
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human terrain (political actors and threat actors)
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health impacts; and,
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NGO activity
10: The Deep Web (1 hour)
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Telegram
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WhatsApp
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Element.io
11: The Dark Web (2-4 hours)
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introduction and attribution
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services, searching and monitoring
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network and client configuration
12: Cryptocurrency (1 hour)
Cryptocurrency monitoring
13: TTPs (1 hour)
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Tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTP) Analysis
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TTP collection from Paste Sites
14: Advanced OSINT Techniques (4 hours)
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Data mining & OSINT at scale
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using AI for OSINT
15: Sock Puppets (2-3 hours)
Development of sock puppet profiles
16: Applied Disinformation (2-6 hours)
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Disinformation primer
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actor intent & capability
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validating & verifying
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analysis of troll bot networks
17: Image and Video Analysis using OSINT (6 hours)
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image and video meta-data
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image analysis techniques including image modification
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video analysis tools
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applying search engine techniques
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geolocation, geospatial referencing, time calculations
18. Summative Assessment (4 hours)
Long form practical session aligned to thematic theme of tailored course