OSINT Module 1
Learn the latest OSINT techniques and tools in OSINT Module 1 (IOSI101). No prior training is required. For professionals in investigation, financial investigation, fraud investigation and intelligence.
✓ No prior education required · part of accredited registered programs · in person or live online
About the training
Taught by operational OSINT experts
Our instructors have years of experience collecting, capturing and analyzing digital information for various sectors, including law enforcement, defense, (inter)national government agencies, financial institutions and businesses. Their expertise spans a broad spectrum of research areas.
In the area of investigation, they have in-depth knowledge of criminal and extremist networks, subversion and organized crime. Their expertise also covers methods for tracking fugitives and techniques for identifying risk areas and threats to national security. They are also appointed as OSINT experts within the National Police.
In the financial sector, their expertise covers combating financial-economic crime and understanding complex corporate structures. They have in-depth knowledge of money laundering schemes and terrorist financing, as well as methods for tracing hidden assets and fraudulent business activities.
This versatile knowledge has led to the recognition of our unique training program in the field of digital intelligence-led investigation, detection and action.
This program strengthens your information position across a wide range of areas, from financial flows and criminal networks to tracing persons and threat analysis. This allows you to expose complex structures and contribute effectively to a wide range of investigative and security inquiries.
Program · IOSI101
Course components
The module consists of nine connected components, from the fundamentals of online data collection to investigation on the dark web and deep web, Open Source Financial Intelligence and advanced monitoring.
Introduction — Online Data Collection (ODC)
IACA Tactical Digital Elements
Cybersecurity and digital footprint
Search operators and building effective search queries
Documentation of digital information
Using virtual machines and mobile emulators
The dark and deep web
OSFINT® — Open Source Financial Intelligence
Advanced monitoring and alert techniques for digital sources
Exclusive to IACA
Access to the unique IACA toolset
During this module participants gain access to a unique toolset developed specifically by IACA. The IACA toolset includes exclusive OSINT tools for quickly searching social media sources, such as Facebook and Telegram, visualizing geolocations, refining search queries and clearly mapping online networks and relationships. These tools can be applied to financial investigations, tracing individuals and analyzing criminal networks, among other things.
In addition, participants learn to work with the unique OSINT methodologies and procedures developed by IACA. This enables them to gather and analyze information in a structured and efficient way, both for financial-economic questions and for broader security and investigative purposes. The program offers insight into detecting various forms of crime, including financial offenses, and into investigating complex corporate structures and tracing individuals.
The combination of the versatile IACA toolset and methodologies makes this training unique. The training is available exclusively at IACA.
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Target audience
Who is this training developed for?
This practical training is developed for professionals who, for their work, need to gather, document and analyze digital information and intelligence about individuals, national and international companies, organizations, activities and networks. This is essential for conducting criminal, civil, international, internal or financial investigations, and is often crucial for protecting business interests and maintaining national and international order and security. To make this possible, you are intensively trained in the latest techniques and trends within the field of Digital Intelligence-Led Investigation, Detection and Action, in which Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) is a key component.
After completing this first module, you will have the skills to efficiently collect, process and interpret digital information and intelligence about individuals, national and international companies, organizations and networks. This concerns, among other things, information about financial integrity, side activities, events, locations, (under)performance and assets. You will also learn how to trace and monitor individuals and organizations online to map their current and future plans and activities. The information gathered can be combined with information from other sources and investigative methods. This produces a more comprehensive and complete intelligence picture.
Because of its versatile practical applications, this training is particularly suitable for a broad spectrum of professionals, including:
Certification & accreditation
Part of the recognized registered programs
Our training institute has been assessed and registered with the CRKBO, the Central Register for Short Vocational Education. This module is part of the recognized registered programs that have been assessed and accredited:
- ✓Registered Open Source Intelligence Analyst®
- ✓Registered Open Source Intelligence Expert-B®
- ✓Registered Open Source Intelligence Expert-A®
Select one of the programs above for more information about the recognition and registration. IACA is the only training organization in Europe authorized to award these SPEN and post-graduate diplomas. After successfully completing OSINT Module 1 you receive the IACA certificate:
- ✓IOSI101: OSINT Module 1
Assessment is based on attendance during the lessons and active participation in the learning activities.
Our OSINT programs and diplomas are widely recognized and highly regarded by various government agencies and a wide range of financial and international organizations. Whether you already work for such an organization or are pursuing a position with one of these employers, our OSINT programs are a valuable addition to your CV.
NIVRE
NIVRE awards 6 PE points to registered experts on completion of this training.
ACFE CPE
This program provides 20 CPE credits for Certified Fraud Examiners (CFEs). Classification: Fraud-Related CPE. Field of Study: Fraud Investigations and Legal Issues.
The CPE hours are calculated in accordance with the CPE guidelines of the ACFE.
Course formats
Open, private or customized
While this program is usually offered as an open program, we understand that you may need a private setting given the nature of your work. With at least fifteen participants, we can provide a private training session at our location. We also offer tailored programs based on parts of this module. We are happy to put together a suitable proposal.
All private programs can be offered in Dutch or English.
All our instructors are screened and have signed non-disclosure agreements with various government agencies. A specific non-disclosure agreement for your organization or service is also possible.
Follow-up modules
Once you have successfully completed IOSI101, you can enroll in IOSI102: OSINT Module 2.
Enrollment
Start dates & availability
You can attend the program in person at our location or live online. Open programs are taught in Dutch by default. Private programs can also be offered in English.
Reviews
What our students say
Reviews from professionals who have completed IOSI101 and the follow-up modules. These reviews were originally written in Dutch and translated into English.
Frequently asked questions
OSINT Module 1: your questions answered
The name OSINT Module 1 stems from the modular OSINT learning path that the International Anti Crime Academy developed in 2016. That learning path was the first accredited OSINT registered program in the Netherlands and Belgium. The modules build on one another and together lead to an official registered diploma.
Within that learning path, OSINT Module 1 is the foundation on which the follow-up modules build. Over the years, similar program names have also been used by other providers. To make clear which specific IACA program is meant, every module has therefore been given its own program code.
IOSI101 refers specifically to OSINT Module 1 at the International Anti Crime Academy. The full IACA learning path consists of:
IOSI101 – OSINT Module 1 → IOSI102 – OSINT Module 2 → IOSI103 – OSINT Module 3 → IOSI104 – OSINT Module 4
Each module comprises three class days and builds on the module before it. The OSINT methodology developed by IACA runs as a common thread through the entire learning path.
No. OSINT Module 1 is not a standardized program name.
Another provider may also call a course OSINT Module 1, but that does not mean it is the same program. The content, duration, investigative methods, practical assignments, tools used, level and connection to follow-up programs differ.
IOSI101 is the specific three-day OSINT Module 1 of the International Anti Crime Academy and forms the first part of the accredited IACA registered programs in the field of Open Source Intelligence. A program taken elsewhere under the same or a similar name is therefore not the same program as IOSI101.
The IACA OSINT methodology is the approach developed by the International Anti Crime Academy for the structured collection, recording, analysis and interpretation of information from public sources.
The methodology is taught from IOSI101: OSINT Module 1 onward and then runs as a common thread through IOSI102, IOSI103 and IOSI104. In each follow-up module the methodology is applied further and deepened with additional sources, techniques and methods of analysis.
Participants therefore learn not only to use individual OSINT tools and search techniques, but above all how to set up and carry out a digital investigation systematically, purposefully and in a structured way.
The methodology is combined with IACA's own procedures and a specially developed OSINT toolset. This is what makes the modules connect to one another and creates a single continuous way of working.
No. Within the IACA OSINT learning path, IOSI101: OSINT Module 1 must be completed successfully before you can take part in IOSI102: OSINT Module 2.
OSINT training taken elsewhere may provide background knowledge, but it does not replace IOSI101. The follow-up modules build on the specific IACA OSINT methodology, procedures and way of working that are taught from IOSI101 onward and deepened in every module that follows.
The OSINT modules are moreover part of several accredited SPEN and Post-HBO registered programs. Within those registered programs no exemptions are possible: to qualify for the diploma, all prescribed program components and program hours must be attended.
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