Professionals from a variety of backgrounds, including:

• Law enforcement agencies
• Financial institutions
• IT departments
• Insurance companies
• Human Resources
• Marketing departments

Earning a Certificate of Completion in Open Source Intelligence can lead to rewarding positions such as:

• Open Source Intelligence Analyst
• Intelligence Associate
• Crime Analyst
• Fraud Prevention Associate

Open source intelligence (OSINT) skills can be used in a variety of industries, including:

• Law enforcement to better monitor national security and predict future actions
• Financial institutions to identify money laundering activities
• IT departments to detect cyber threats
• Insurance companies to expose claims fraud cases
• Human resources to investigate employees and potential candidates
• Marketing departments to effectively track competitors and marketplace trends

Upon completion of the program, students will:

1. Apply advanced research techniques to find relevant information on issues of interest from a wide range of sources
2. Recognize cyber threats and safeguard your safety and privacy online
3. Accurately assess the value and quality of online sources and data
4. Design tools and processes to collect and manage data from online and traditional sources
5. Use various tools and methods to monitor online and social media sources in real time
6. Process information, produce reports, and apply appropriate and useful metadata
7. Structure and prepare data for analysis and visualization
8. Conduct basic and advanced analysis of collected data and construct predictive models to forecast possible future
   outcomes