Participants will learn the fundamentals of Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) tradecraft and operations for traditional and new media sources, including how to accurately assess and effectively monitor new sources, collect and process relevant information, and characterize and analyse information for intelligence insights. In addition, this course offers an overview of data literacy and data management, and highlights the increasing importance of large-scale data collection and analysis for effective OSINT work.
Saturday, January 25 - March 29: 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. (Virtual)
Location:
ONLINE
Instructor:
Sami Khoury
Notes:
This is a professional development; non-credit course. This course is offered as a virtual classroom with classes held, as per the scheduled day/time. Classes will be held online, using a combination of synchronous, real-time, instructor led sessions, supplemented with asynchronous activities. You should expect to attend class at the same time, each week, although not every session will be a full 3 hours of live instruction. Rather, classes will provide learners the opportunity to apply what has been covered by your course facilitator. Participants must bring a laptop to the class. NO CLASS Feb 15
Instructors
Sami Khoury
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Sami Khoury served as a US open source officer, linguist, and analyst for over 15 years. A subject matter expert in Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) tradecraft and operations and in large scale public data collection and mining, Mr. Khoury became a sought-after training developer, designer, and instructor, delivering training to intelligence, law enforcement, and military personnel worldwide in diverse subject areas ranging from OSINT procedures, tools, and methods to natural language processing and machine learning.
