OSINT As Your Compass: Utilizing Open-source Data to Guide Your Investigations

In today’s digital age, navigating open-source information (OSINT) effectively can significantly enhance investigative efforts. Presenters John O’Hare and Stephen Lerner will cover OSINT basics, discuss what qualifies as open-source information, and why it’s crucial for deep investigations.

The session will outline legal guidelines for OSINT use, offer actionable advice on initiating OSINT-based investigations and pinpointing relevant data that you can then subpoena to further your investigation. We’ll introduce you to the PenLink’s OSINT solution and discuss how this data can be used alongside your evidentiary data in PLX.

Learn how to leverage OSINT for advancing investigations, identifying leads, and determining necessary evidence to push your investigations further with confidence.

Key Objectives: 

• Define the basics of OSINT and why it’s crucial for investigations.
• Identify strategies for starting your investigations with OSINT
• How OSINT can advance investigations, identify leads, and determine necessary evidence to push your investigations further.
• Introduction to the PenLink OSINT solution and how it can be used alongside PLX

 

This webinar is available to law enforcement and government personnel only. You must register with your agency email address to be approved.