Course Description

Open Sources constitute a very important and powerful Intelligence tool named as Open Source  Intelligence (OSINT) which is a term used to refer to the data collected from publicly available sources to be used in an intelligence context.
In the intelligence community, the term “open” refers to overt, publicly available sources (as opposed to covert or clandestine sources). It is not related to open-source software or public intelligence.
OSINT under one name or another has been around for hundreds of years. With the advent of instant communications and rapid information transfer, a great deal of actionable and predictive intelligence can now be obtained from public, unclassified sources.

Course Goal

To enhance the participants’ knowledge, skills, and ability necessary to understand the collection and analysis of information that is gathered from public, or open, sources. 
 

Course Objectives

By the end of this course, participant will have covered:

• Be familiar with the collection and analysis of information that is gathered from public, or open, sources. 
• Be familiar with using OSINT in national security, law enforcement, and business intelligence functions.
• Be familiar with the six different categories of information flow of OSINT sources.

Who Can Benefit

Officers & Analysts in the Field of:

• National security.
• Law enforcement.
• Business intelligence functions.