Certified Open Source Intelligence Expert®
You can obtain the Certified Open Source Intelligence Expert® diploma if you have completed the three-day OSINT training I (Beginner), the three-day OSINT training (Professional) and the four-day OSINT training III (Expert) with us. These three modules are part of the Post HBO Registertraining to become a Certified Open Source Intelligence Expert®. If you have successfully completed our training, you may use the title COE®. This diploma shows that your knowledge, insight, attitude and skills in the field of Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) are of a particularly high level.
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About the training program
Millions of messages, photos and videos are shared via the internet and social media every day. All this online data is a very important source of information for investigators, analysts and researchers from both the public sector and the private sector. For example, online data is used in investigations into persons, companies, organizations and networks in relation to themes such as cybercrime, human trafficking, sexual crimes, financial economic crime, subversion, counterterrorism, extremism and radicalization.
Within the aforementioned investigations and themes, it is necessary for detectives, analysts and researchers to know how information can be collected, recorded, monitored and analyzed in a legally responsible and secure manner. The Post HBO-Registertraining Certified Open Source Intelligence Expert® meets this need by offering investigators, analysts and researchers tools to conduct safe and effective internet research within the framework of the law and to report on this in a thorough manner.
The Post HBO-Registertraining Certified Open Source Intelligence Expert® training course is intended for investigators, analysts and researchers from within the public and private sector and for anyone who is involved in gathering information in the context of investigation, enforcement, supervision or intelligence. internet.
This OSINT-training is suitable for law enforcement, intelligence personnel, private investigators, insurance investigators, researchers, recruiters, sourcers, customer due diligence analyst, journalists, lawyers, governments and (local) authorities.
The Post HBO-Registertraining Certified Open Source Intelligence Expert® consists of the OSINT training I (Beginner), the OSINT training II (Professional) and the OSINT training III (Expert).
The OSINT training I (Beginner) consists of three teaching days of eight hours each plus four hours of self-study and ends with a digital exam. If you successfully pass the exam, you will receive the Certified Open Source Investigator® certificate. Obtaining this certificate gives you access to the OSINT training II (Professional).
The OSINT training II (Professional) consists of three teaching days of eight hours each plus eight hours of self-study and ends with a digital exam. If you successfully pass the exam, you will receive the official Certified Open Source Intelligence Specialist® diploma. Obtaining this certificate gives you access to the OSINT training III (Expert).
The OSINT training III (Expert) consists of four teaching days of eight hours each plus ten hours of self-study and ends with a digital exam. If you successfully pass the exam, you will receive the official Certified Open Source Intelligence Expert® diploma.
No specific prior knowledge is required to participate in the Post HBO- Registertraining. Experience with surfing the internet and using social media is considered an advantage.
If you wish to participate in the OSINT training III (Expert) without having followed the OSINT training I (Beginner) and the OSINT training II (Professional), you can take an admission test. If you complete this test with a sufficient score, you can participate in the OSINT training III (Expert).
However, participating in the OSINT training III (Expert) is not equivalent to completing the Registertraining to become a Certified Open Source Intelligence Expert®. You cannot therefore receive the Certified Open Source Intelligence Expert® diploma simply by completing the OSINT III (Expert) training. You will receive a certificate of participation instead.
These study load hours consist of ten days of eight contact hours each and twenty-two self-study hours.
This Post HBO-Registertraining ends with a digital exam, which you can take from home within one month after the last day of classes. You pass the exam when you have answered at least 70% of all exam questions with a correct answer.
The exam tests whether you have acquired sufficient knowledge and skills to conduct structured and effective internet research in a safe manner and to be able to report on this in a thorough manner.
During the exam, this knowledge and skills are tested on the one hand through practical assignments in which you have to conduct your own online research and on the other hand through multiple choice assignments in which you have to select the correct answers.
After successfully completing the exam, you will receive the official Certified Open Source Intelligence Expert® diploma and you will be registered in the CPIONs so called “Abituriëntenregister”
Competencies and learning objectives
With the title Certified Open Source Expert® you indicate that you have certain competencies to conduct a safe and effective OSINT investigation. The competencies and learning objectives relate to formulating an investigation strategy, applying a threat assessment, acting within laws and regulations, collecting, monitoring, recording and processing data and reporting findings. In addition to the competencies and learning objectives of the OSINT training I (Beginner) and the OSINT training II (Professional), the OSINT training III (Expert) has the following competencies and learning objectives.
Follow-up on SPEN-Registertraining
The OSINT-training III (Expert) is a follow-up on the SPEN-Registertraing Certified Open Source Intelligence Specialist®.
Part of the Post HBO-Registertraining
The OSINT-training III (Expert) is the last of three modules that are part of the Post HBO-Registertraining Certified Open Source Intelligence Expert®.
