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Janes Tradecraft OSINT Training

Empowering national security and government organisations with expert OSINT training

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Learn essential OSINT concepts, tools, and tradecraft

Exploit open-source information safely and quickly with online and in-person training developed and delivered by instructor-qualified OSINT experts, Janes Tradecraft OSINT training courses enhance your ability to produce timely, verified, and shareable intelligence from open sources, facilitating effective planning and decision-making. 

In-Person Courses

Since 2009 Janes has developed and delivered workshops and courses – both in-house and for our customers – to further the professionalisation of open-source intelligence. Our team of dedicated and qualified instructors offer a progressive, structured curriculum to take analysts and leaders through foundational, intermediate, and advanced OSINT tradecraft including the Dark Web and Social Media Intelligence.

All courses are practical with case studies and exercises woven throughout, ensuring participants are ready to apply the knowledge and skills to their roles. Courses include:

  • Foundational OSINT Tradecraft
  • Train the Trainer
  • Intermediate OSINT Tradecraft
  • Social Media
  • Commander/Manager OSINT Overview 
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Self-Paced Courses

These courses enable learners to enhance their knowledge of OSINT via a secure, web-based learning management system. Participants can complete their chosen courses at their own pace while a manager or administrator can view progress across their organisation.

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Foundational courses cover key concepts and practices.

Courses include:
  • OSINT Primer
  • Fundamentals of OSINT
  • OSINT Practices and Processes
  • Online Security
  • Structured Analytic Techniques
  • Legislation, Governance, and Ethics

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Familiarisation courses introduce OSINT analysts to other intelligence disciplines:

  • Open-Source Imagery, Geospatial Intelligence
  • Social media and Online Human Intelligence
  • Open-Source Signals Intelligence and CEMA
  • Open-Source Financial Intelligence
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Janes Tradecraft OSINT Training

Janes Tradecraft OSINT Training supports intelligence organisations in integrating OSINT with other disciplines to meet specific requirements. Janes training enhances the effectiveness of intelligence support for planners and decision-makers using Janes proven OSINT methodology.

“Both instructors engaged with students throughout – bringing in previous operational experience in order to relate to students and maintain interest. Both instructors were available to answer all questions from students. Instructors also encouraged students to share their experiences (being mindful of classification), which led to good class discussions and sharing of best practices. The examples and demonstrations of tools were tailored to relate to MoD interests, which helped students understand how they can use the tools/techniques demonstrated back at the unit."

In-person training

“I really enjoyed the course. I have taken some courses before on the subject, and even though they were more ‘hands on’ ending up on the darknet quite fast, this course was extremely solid with its methodology, which I find very useful in a professional setting. Methodology and research techniques are quite underestimated tools if you want to produce something valid.”

Self-paced training

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