Open Source Intelligence Investigation Course

Name: Open Source Intelligence Investigation and Verification Course
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Plan lawful online investigations, resolve entities, verify digital content, preserve evidence, and report findings with a traceable case method.

Open Source Intelligence Investigation Course

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Duration: 5 days
Format: Classroom
Cities: London, Jakarta, Istanbul, Prague, Tashkent, Rome and more
Next session: 12 – 16 October 2026, London
Average fee: 5,800 €

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Overview

Open Source Intelligence Investigation and Verification Course is a five-day intermediate-to-advanced course for investigators, intelligence analysts, compliance and fraud teams, security functions, journalists, and researchers, who leave with an auditable OSINT Case File. The course connects lawful investigation planning, open-source discovery, entity resolution, web and social evidence, geolocation, chronology, content verification, collection integrity, analytical assessment, and reporting. Agile Leaders Training Center delivers practical open source intelligence investigation training.

Who Should Attend

Investigation functions responsible for lawful online inquiries and evidence documentation
Intelligence functions responsible for source discovery, assessment, and analytical reporting
Compliance and fraud functions responsible for due diligence, alerts, and case escalation
Corporate security functions responsible for threat, incident, and integrity inquiries
Journalism and research functions responsible for verifying public claims and digital content
Assurance functions responsible for reviewing investigation methods and records

The course assumes participants already conduct research, investigations, due diligence, or evidence review and leaves out hacking, credential abuse, malware, covert access, and jurisdiction-specific legal advice.

Departments and Industries

The course supports departments that conduct lawful online investigations and assess publicly available information across public-interest and commercial settings.

Investigation, intelligence, security, and fraud departments
Compliance, due diligence, risk, and internal-audit functions
Newsrooms, research organizations, and civil-society teams
Financial services, insurance, and professional-services organizations
Technology, telecommunications, logistics, and platform businesses
Legal support, corporate affairs, and reputation-risk functions

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

Apply a lawful OSINT investigation cycle
Use search, archive, and source-discovery methods
Build identity, entity, and relationship assessments
Analyze imagery, location, chronology, and online claims
Evaluate source reliability, evidence integrity, and analytical confidence
Build an auditable OSINT Case File

Course Agenda

Day 1: Investigation Scope and Controls

OSINT Investigation Cycle and Decision Map
Question, Hypothesis, and Collection Plan
Lawful Source and Ethical Boundary Checklist
Investigator Safety and Exposure Risk Register
Case Log and Audit Trail Standard

Day 2: Discovery and Entity Resolution

Advanced Search Operator Query Matrix
Web Archive and Change Timeline Method
Public Record and Domain Evidence Register
Identity Attribute and Alias Resolution Grid
Entity Relationship and Network Mapping Canvas

Day 3: Content Verification and Location

Source Provenance and Reliability Assessment
Reverse Image and Video Search Workflow
Visual Landmark and Geolocation Evidence Sheet
Timestamp, Shadow, and Chronology Analysis
Claim Corroboration and Contradiction Matrix

Day 4: Evidence and Analytical Reporting

Digital Collection and Preservation Record
Metadata Relevance and Limitation Checklist
Evidence Integrity and Handling Log
Competing Hypotheses Analysis Table
Confidence Statement and Intelligence Report Template

Day 5: OSINT Investigation Practice

Suggested Exercise: Investigation Plan and Safety Review
Suggested Exercise: Search, Archive, and Entity Resolution
Suggested Exercise: Image, Location, and Chronology Verification
Suggested Exercise: Evidence and Confidence Assessment
Capstone Exercise: Auditable OSINT Case File

Practical Exercises

The course uses suggested activities to connect investigation questions, public sources, verification evidence, and defensible findings.

Suggested activity: convert a case question into hypotheses, collection priorities, ethical limits, and a traceable case log.
Suggested activity: resolve aliases and entities across public web, archive, domain, and social evidence.
Suggested activity: test imagery, location, time, provenance, and contradictory claims before reaching a finding.
Suggested activity: assemble collected evidence, alternative explanations, confidence judgments, and reporting records into the capstone file.

FAQs

Who suits open source intelligence investigation training, and what does it assume?

Open source intelligence investigation training suits professionals who already conduct research, casework, due diligence, verification, or evidence review and need a repeatable lawful online investigation method.

How does OSINT investigation training differ from digital forensics training?

OSINT investigation training works with lawfully accessible public information, while digital forensics training focuses on acquiring and examining devices, systems, or stored data under separate technical and legal controls.

How is source reliability evaluated in an OSINT investigation?

Source reliability is evaluated through provenance, access path, independence, consistency, corroboration, motive, context, technical limitations, and the distinction between what the source shows and what the analyst infers.

How do geolocation and chronology support online investigation verification?

Geolocation and chronology test where and when content was created by comparing landmarks, terrain, shadows, weather, transport, archived pages, timestamps, and independent reference material.

What makes an OSINT Case File auditable?

An OSINT Case File is auditable when it records questions, searches, sources, collection times, preserved items, verification steps, analytical alternatives, confidence judgments, limitations, and reporting decisions.

Conclusion

Participants take back an auditable OSINT Case File containing plans, search records, entity maps, verification sheets, preserved evidence, hypothesis tests, confidence statements, and findings. The file changes scattered online material into a traceable investigation record. It supports reviewable decisions, transparent limitations, and consistent reporting.

credits: 5 credit per day

Course Mode: full-time

Provider: Agile Leaders Training Center

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Location	Dates	Duration	Mode	Price
Doha	Week 02, 2027 17 – 21 January 2027	5 Days	Onsite	€5,500
Tbilisi	Week 04, 2027 25 – 29 January 2027	5 Days	Onsite	€5,000
Manama	Week 04, 2027 31 January – 4 February 2027	5 Days	Onsite	€4,700
Paris	Week 05, 2027 1 – 5 February 2027	5 Days	Onsite	€5,700
Cape town	Week 05, 2027 7 – 11 February 2027	5 Days	Onsite	€4,500
Amsterdam	Week 06, 2027 8 – 12 February 2027	5 Days	Onsite	€5,700
Muscat	Week 06, 2027 14 – 18 February 2027	5 Days	Onsite	€5,700
Dubai	Week 07, 2027 15 – 19 February 2027	5 Days	Onsite	€4,500
Kuala Lumpur	Week 08, 2027 22 – 26 February 2027	5 Days	Onsite	€5,200
Nice	Week 08, 2027 22 – 26 February 2027	5 Days	Onsite	€5,700
Milan	Week 09, 2027 1 – 5 March 2027	5 Days	Onsite	€5,700
Zanzibar	Week 09, 2027 7 – 11 March 2027	5 Days	Onsite	€5,500
Abu Dhabi	Week 11, 2027 15 – 19 March 2027	5 Days	Onsite	€4,700
Baku	Week 12, 2027 22 – 26 March 2027	5 Days	Onsite	€5,000
Munich	Week 13, 2027 29 March – 2 April 2027	5 Days	Onsite	€5,700
Amsterdam	Week 14, 2027 5 – 9 April 2027	5 Days	Onsite	€5,700
Montreux	Week 14, 2027 5 – 9 April 2027	5 Days	Onsite	€7,500
Rome	Week 15, 2027 12 – 16 April 2027	5 Days	Onsite	€5,700
Kuala Lumpur	Week 16, 2027 19 – 23 April 2027	5 Days	Onsite	€5,200
New York	Week 16, 2027 19 – 23 April 2027	5 Days	Onsite	€12,000

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OverviewOpen Source Intelligence Investigation and Verification Course is a five-day intermediate-to-advanced course for investigators, intelligence analysts, compliance and fraud teams, security functions, journalists, and researchers, who leave with an auditable OSINT Case File. The course connects lawful investigation planning, open-source discovery, e…

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Open Source Intelligence Investigation Course