Online Course 2001/2023/ONL: Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT)

The aim of the activity is to enhance the collection, processing, analysis, and distribution of online information to tackle cyber-dependent and cyber-enabled crimes, particularly terrorism and organised crime, and to improve online intelligence collection in qualitative and quantitative terms.

The main topics of the course will be:

• OSINT definition, categories, and methodologies
• The Intelligence Cycle
• Anonymisation tools
• Google hacking techniques
• Images and video search techniques
• OSINT tools for websites, social media, and dark web

The learning strategy is focused to support the participants to achieve the learning outcomes by following a learner-centred approach and interactive, participatory, practical, and experiential principles in accordance with andragogic theory. The activity involves didactic learning through presentations by subject matter experts, practical exercises, and experiential learning by individual and group work.

The course will be held entirely in English, therefore it is essential that nominated officials possess appropriate language skills (at least B2 level). The entire activity will be carried out online hence the physical presence of participants will not be required.

Completion of the course would require around 2 hours’ investment / working day from the attending participants during the length of three weeks, from 1 to 21 May 2023. While there is no specific time slot when participants shall be available for completing the course tasks, they should follow the course continuously.

Nomination:

In case you are interested to attend, please contact your local CEPOL National Unit / CEPOL National Contact Point as soon as possible. Deadline for nominations by CEPOL National Units: 24 March 2023.

Selected participants have to be registered to CEPOL's Law Enforcement Education platform LEEd where the online activity will take the place.