#OSINT
ONBOARDING SEASON HOSTED BY HENK VAN ESS

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SOCIAL LINKS TEAMS UP WITH THE HENK VAN ESS (EX-BELLINGCAT) AND LAUNCHES A SERIES OF OSINT ONBOARDING ONLINE EVENTS WITHTHE AIM TO HELP BUSINESSES TO OBTAIN AND COMPLETE THEIR KNOWLEDGE

If OSINT is something that you work with on a daily basis, or an area that you have long wanted to dive into, but didn't know where to start – this webinar series will be very useful for you

onboard

Start diving into OSINT if you are an aspiring investigator, or expand your background with the fresh cases if you are an experienced specialist. The extensive webinar program gives valuable insights for participants with different levels of knowledge in the topic.

learn

Collect the latest techniques and methods that professionals use on a daily bases for successful conducting the most complex investigations. You will get acquainted with the ways of filtering Social Media, using geolocation techniques, searching by images, validating results and more.

do it yourself

With the trial keys for Maltego and Social Links PRO you will try the methods of Open Source Intelligence with your own hands and conduct the real OSINT researches. Make connections with the most inspired members of the community.

THE PROGRAM

The program of 3 webinars is diversified. In this way, the course will give you valuable insights whether you are a professional or a beginner and will include materials for different levels, from in-depth case overviews to specific advanced training.

Registration for the next webinar will provide you with access to the next two sessions that will be held in February and in March.

January 12, 2021

4 PM (UTC time

)Online via Zoom

No recording*finished*

  • LET'S GET PERSONAL

4 hours session about filtering Social Media

February 16, 2021

4 PM (UTC time)

Online via Zoom

No recording*finished*

  • PICTURE THIS

4 hours session about geolocation, video and image research

March 16, 2021

4 PM (UTC time)

Online via Zoom

No recording*finished*

  • THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE

4 hours about verification, validation and backgrounding

  • EVENT ATTENDEES WILL BE PROVIDED WITH THE MALTEGO AND SOCIAL LINKS PRO TRIAL KEYS AND STARTUP GUIDES

the cases

DURING THE COURSE WE WILL EXPLORE REAL-LIFE CASES THAT ARE BOTH A BASE FOR LEARNING OSINT TOOLS AND ILLUSTRATIONS OF HIGH SKILL OF FIELD SPECIALISTS

  • Search for a weapons dealer from South Africa with a very common name. An impossible feat made possible through OSINT/Facebook tooling.
  • Search for a corrupt Italian policeman,with only a first name. How will we find his full name?
  • Learn how to find the victim of a murder case with one gigantic precise LinkedIn formula.
  • Learn how to quickly find the background of an unknown person with the help of sophisticated filtering.
  • Search for people from New York who support the Turkish politician Gulen with the help of sophisticated Facebook Filtering.
  • Learn a case of a fugitive from the Netherlands is taunting Dutch police with provocative pictures and videos from Iran, playing a game of "catch me if you can" via social media.
  • Discuss the counterintuitive method of finding off-beat documents.
  • Learn and discuss the strategies usedto turn a hunch into a hypothesis andmany more.

WHERE AND HOW
ARE #OSINT
METHODS USED

  • OSINT AND SOCMINT ARE GETTING MORE AND MORE COMPLEX EVERY DAY AS WE SEE THE NUMBER OF WEB RESOURCES RISE
LAW ENFORCEMENT

Law enforcement agencies use OSINT to find leads on criminals and establish their connections

CORPORATE SECURITY

Corporations rely on OSINT tools to identify information leaks, brand risks, employee misconduct and much more

LEGAL AND DUE DILIGENCE

Legal departments use OSINT tools to check the backgrounds of counterparties and identify risks of nonpayment, money-laundering and much more

MEDIA AND JOURMALISM

Journalists rely heavily on OSINT in the course of their investigations to identify points of interest and hidden connections in cases

RESEARCH AND SCIENCE

OSINT tools are used in science and research to establish scientific networks, conduct social experiments and uncover valuable data on population and other strata

HUMAN RESOURCES

Visualize connections and structures with the powerful tools

about the host

HENK VAN ESS

Assessor for Poynter's International Fact-Checking Network

Dutch-born Henk van Ess is obsessed with finding stories in big data. Media houses, like Buzzfeed, NBC News,ITV, Financial Times, BBC, Axel Springer, and De Persgroep love his literal and lateral thinking and hire Henk,on a regular basis to spill his secret, but he also helps law enforcement and NGO's. Henk, ex-Bellingcat, rarely appears in public workshops, so this is your chance to find out the best tricks for research.