Translate broad requests into intelligence requirements, priorities and collectable questions.
12workflow steps
5learning stages
1controlled case study
80%recommended pass standard
Learning outcomes
Build an investigation practice that another analyst can audit.
The course focuses on professional judgement, documentation and defensible outcomes—not tool collecting or unauthorised access.
Apply a repeatable 12-step OSINT workflow from tasking through defensible reporting.
Evaluate source reliability, independence, corroboration and analytical confidence.
Handle sensitive information with proportionality, redaction and evidential traceability.
Public curriculum overview
Five stages from tasking to evidence-ready reporting.
Lesson bodies, labs and assessments become available after account and enrolment validation.
Foundations and guardrails
OSINT boundaries, intelligence concepts and analyst responsibilities.
Planning and requirements
Scope, authority, IRs, PIRs, SIRs and collection decision gates.
Search and collection
Query engineering, source strategy, metadata and controlled monitoring.
Verification and analysis
Corroboration, confidence, evidence logging and structured judgement.
Applied investigation
Controlled case study, investigation sprint and final assessment.
How access works
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Course operating standard
Methodology first. Legal by design. Evidence-ready.
Methodology first
Use a stable operating model instead of depending on individual tools.
Legal by design
Build authority, proportionality and privacy into every collection decision.
Evidence-ready
Record source, time, relevance, sensitivity and confidence from the first artefact.
Non-negotiable boundary
Public sources only.
The course does not authorise credential testing, access-control bypass, evasion, exploitation, harassment, doxxing or collection behind login walls.
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