Online Intelligence - Internet Research & Investigation Skills - Live at Your Desk

Introduction

With the use of the Internet and associated technologies growing rapidly in recent years, so has the opportunity for computer related crime. Unlawful activity can be committed or facilitated online with criminals trading and sharing information, masking their identity, gathering information on victims and communicating with co-conspirators.

This virtual classroom seminar will give delegates a better understanding of both the surface and deep web, advanced searching, social media monitoring, company checks (due diligence) and 'people search' techniques.

It is designed for anyone who wishes to use the internet more effectively for research and investigation. If you are looking to gain intelligence swiftly and safely from publicly available sources on the internet then this course is for you.

What You Will Learn

This live broadcast session will include face-to-face training, group participation and a live investigation and will cover:

• How to efficiently surf the web and save time getting the result you want
• Utilise the internet in a more effective way as an open source and/or investigation intelligence tool
• Protect yourself online including privacy techniques
• Understand Web 2.0 technology and the benefits/threats posed
• Overview of the internet and world wide web including the methods to connect online
• Surface and invisible (deep) web searching strategies and tools
• Advanced use of internet search tools to efficiently be able to find more information in less time
• How to search social networks such as Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter
• How to use specialist tools to automate a search and retrieve websites from online archives
• Finding and investigating company information and profiles
• Examining geo-location data in Twitter and photos
• How to determine the owner and location of a website
• How to maintain security and privacy (including anonymity) when engaged in collecting evidence
• Using chat bots - Chat GPT, Bing Chat & Google Bard

Recording of live sessions: Soon after the Learn Live session has taken place you will be able to go back and access the recording - should you wish to revisit the material discussed.