Course · NCOSA

NSD Certified OSINT Analyst

Open-source intelligence, practised on 60+ real-world scenarios.

A course by the Cyber Law & First Response Initiative, an ISAC Foundation centre.

Length
65 hours
Format
E-learning videos with practical lab sessions; advanced training on request for groups of 10 or more
Certification
Listed in the National Security Database at Falcon level; 24-hour simulated lab examination, two attempts
Before you start
Basic forensics, operating systems, GitHub, Python and virtual machines preferred

About the course

A programme with practical lab sessions on open-source intelligence and information gathering, with hands-on experience of current tools. It includes 60+ custom-built, real-world simulated lab scenarios and a 24-hour simulated lab examination.

What you become

An OSINT analyst listed in the National Security Database at Falcon level.

Who it is for

  • Security researchers
  • Students and professionals keen on investigations
  • Security teams
  • Law-enforcement agencies
  • Military and police personnel

Curriculum

  1. Understanding the stages of the OSINT process

  2. The OSINT report

    template and presentation

  3. Setting up an OSINT platform

  4. Recording data within OSINT investigations

  5. Sock puppets

  6. Social engineering and social-media intelligence

    SOCMINT

  7. Developing OSINT skills

    search engines, web harvesting, metadata, reverse image search, maps, people, emails, usernames and geolocation

  8. Website, domain and IP investigations

  9. Business OSINT

  10. Deep web OSINT

  11. Dark web OSINT

  12. OSINT automation

  13. Finding breached data

  14. 60+ real-world simulated lab scenarios

  15. The 24-hour simulated lab examination

What is included

  • 60 days of e-learning and Cyberange virtual labs
  • 60+ custom-built, real-world simulated lab scenarios

Enrol

Send an enquiry to the Cyber Law & First Response Initiative from this page.