Hello and welcome to the course: How to search for information online (advanced search).

Valeryia has over 5 years of experience in corporate investigations, specialising in due diligence, asset tracing, and litigation support. Her passion for online investigations has led her to develop advanced skills in collecting and analysing online information. She is an expert in Open Source Intelligence and has successfully applied her skills to various investigations, including people tracing, brand protection, strategic intelligence, fraud, and others. She has a degree in Psychology and is certified by CIPFA with an accreditation in Financial Crime Investigation.

In this course you will learn:

• how to access a huge amount of information from many sources;
• how to use search engines, social networks, blogs, news sites and others;
• how to turn from an ordinary user into a confident one who knows exactly what and where to search.

Authors of additional lessons

1. Lesson: "What is OSINT? The primary sources of OSINT intelligence. The concept of restricted and open data."

Chris Proops, the director of Perseus Intelligence, a UK based training provider for Intelligence Analysis, Great Britain. He is also a keynote speaker on intelligence analysis, security, defense and cyber security, as well as mis- and dis-information.

Chris is a subject matter expert on Open Source Intelligence (also known as OSINT, or PAI (Publicly Available Information)). “Facebook exemplifies the axiom that if a product is free, you aren’t the customer. You are the product.” – Michael Bazzell, Hiding from the Internet: Eliminating Personal Online Information.

If you are interested in learning more about intelligence analysis as a discipline, please visit a course, that Chris prepared – Perseus Intelligence Analysis Course

2. Lesson: "OSINT: Image Search and Analysis."

Tobias Dietrich, OSINT / SOCMINT | Poli Sci Graduate Student, Intelligence Investigator at Foreus Blockchain Analytics, Austria.

Tobias is an Intelligence Investigator at "Foreus Blockchain Analytics", where he specializes in combating online financial crime, with a particular focus on the crypto sector. In addition to his work there, he also collaborates with the NGO "OSINT for Ukraine", which is dedicated to the documentation and analysis of war crimes in Ukraine. Apart from his work, Tobias is currently pursuing a Master's degree in Political Science at the University of Vienna.

3. Lesson: "How to obtain information from public authorities through access to public information."

Olga Bederson, Cyber Analyst OSINT WEBINT Analyst, Israel.

Olga is OSINT analyst with legal experience. Engaged in open source research for civil and criminal cases. Studied in Israel on the Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst course. OSINT analyst, freelancer in projects of international companies.

Course structure

If you want to learn this topic, this course is just for you. Enjoy your studies!