Intensive: OSINT in Practice

A Hands-On Intelligence For CI/MI Professionals

Self-Paced Intensive

Online

16 Learning Hours
Start: April 20, 2026
End: June 17, 2026


Your organization is sitting on a goldmine of open-source information. The challenge is knowing where to look, what to trust, and how to turn it into decisions that matter.

This intensive program shows you exactly how to do that.

 

Why This Program?

Because most OSINT efforts fall short for one reason: They rely on ad hoc searches, unverified sources, and gut feeling instead of structured methodology.

In this hands-on intensive, you will learn how to:

  • Master OSINT collection methods across a wide range of open sources
  • Apply rigorous verification techniques to ensure accuracy and credibility
  • Navigate ethical and legal safeguards with confidence
  • Integrate OSINT into your broader intelligence and decision-making process

You won't leave with a list of websites. You'll leave with a repeatable, professional-grade OSINT methodology.

The Intensive includes

  • Expert video insights
  • Practical assignments
  • Reflective tools and self-assessments
  • Peer exchange in moderated forums
  • Dedicated technical support

OSINT in Practice

available from April 20, 2026; 
includes the activation phase

150,00 €

Learn by Doing — Not by Listening

This is not a passive course.

  • You will work through a case study with realistic collection challenges.
  • You will practice, verify, refine, and stress-test your findings using professional OSINT tools and frameworks.
  • Each module directly builds your personal OSINT playbook.
The result: sharper instincts, verified insights, and the confidence to act on what you find.

Continue Your Journey

Phase 2 – Deepen & Refine

Take your learning further by joining optional OSINT workshop(s) and Knowledge Xchange/Barcamp session — designed to sharpen, challenge, and expand what you have learned. Engage directly with experts and peers, discuss real challenges, and stress-test your insights in an open, collaborative environment. (Separate registration required.)

Phase 3 – Activation

Move from blueprint to execution.

Finalize and implement your personal OSINT roadmap with targeted feedback from peers and faculty — practical, focused, and built for real-world application.


Who Should Attend?

  • Competitive and Market Intelligence Researchers and Analysts
  • Market Researchers and Journalists
  • Professionals responsible for research capabilities within their organizations
  • Consultants and Strategy Advisors
  • Due Diligence and Compliance Officers
  • Security and Risk Professionals
  • Law Enforcement and Investigations Professionals

Ready to dive into the OSINT world?


Join this intensive and take your intelligence capabilities to the next level:
  • Stop being seen as a data collector — become a strategic advisor
  • Back every insight with verified, defensible sources
  • Deliver measurable, actionable value
Secure your place now.
Turn open-source intelligence into your strategic advantage. 


Faculty

Arthur Weiss  Managing Director, Aware, Faculty ICI,

Arthur Weiss is the managing director of AWARE, specialising in competitive intelligence training, analysis and research. Arthur has worked in Competitive & Market Intelligence for over 30 years. Clients include biotech, pharma, defense, IT, industrial and services companies. He has written articles and lectured on a variety of marketing, competitive intelligence and information industry related topics and offered the world’s first workshop on using the Internet for Competitive Intelligence, at the 1997 Online Information Conference. Current interests include AI and it's implications for online research, the role of social networking in business, scenarios for the future and using online approaches to finding key competitive intelligence information (OSINT).

Arthur is a Chartered Marketer with the UK's Chartered Institute of Marketing and a member of AIIP (where he served as membership development director between 2012-2014) and the Association of MBAs. He is married to Susy, a teacher, and has two children the older of whom is Maths Professor at Trinity College in Conneticut and the younger is still studying. Arthur has been a faculty member of ICI for many years, leading the OSINT, SOCMINT, Counter-Intelligence and Financial Analysis workshops.