Open-Source Intelligence OSINT

Catalog description

This course familiarizes students with Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT), as collected by the intelligence community and the private sector. Students explore the knowledge, skills, ethics, and technologies needed to collect OSINT from open, public, or unclassified sources, including grey literature and the Internet, in the twenty-first century. The course culminates in case studies of real-world OSINT collection and products, where students examine how OSINT informs decision-making and supports intelligence operations. Students should complete INSS 5305 prior to this course.