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Supporting decision makers with structured OSINT research techniques for actionable intelligence production
- Monday 1 September - Thursday 4 September (4 days)
- Monday 8 December - Thursday 11 December (4 days)
SOLD OUT
New applicants go on the Standby List
- Monday 13 April - Thursday 16 April, OPEN FOR REGISTRATION
The price for the full course is €1.789,- including 21% VAT (btw).
In today’s world, massive amounts of ever-increasing freely available information in hundreds of channels and thousands of sources
make it very difficult to find exactly what you are looking for.
The OSINT Pathfinder training programme was designed to share precisely that. Innovative technologies and ground breaking procedures to find the best possible information from open sources to produce answers.
Arno’s OSINT Methodology is the heart of the programme.
Mastering ground breaking innovative techniques to find reliable, validated and authoritative open source information in a structured, systematic and planned way. A thorough, in-depth system is essential to find the pearls in the ever increasing ocean of publicly available information. No more Google Guessing (see the post about this phenomenon), but structure.
The programme will show that OSINT is much more than just randomly entering terms in an internet search engine or AI assistent. Search engines only cover a fraction of the open source information that is out there and AI bots are not reliable enough.
In addition, research in open sources should be safe, that is, protecting the identity of the researcher and safeguarding his/hers information profile and information position by applying important security measures.
The training will be a lot of work, but all is fully supported by extensive and detailed documentation to go on your own. But rest assured, since the real work for you starts after the training has ended, the teachers will be available for a year after the training for questions, issues and solutions.
Ground breaking, innovative skills and techniques to find the best information out there in support of decision making.
The programme is packed with practical information that will help you change the way you do OSINT research.
The Pathfinder aims to share Arno’s OSINT Methodology to
In addition: requirement analysis ; constructing an open source research plan, dark web research, the global information landscape, how to find out about…; news sources, country information sources, expert Boolean, best search strategies, and much more.
The programme is particularly suited for:
There is some technical stuff included, but extensive technical knowledge is not required to do the programme.
The training is not a Tool Tricks Training type of course. It is more about the WHY and HOW, the details are covered in the OSINT Training Manual and in the quick reference sheets.
It is about Arno’s OSINT Methodology to cover the OSINT Intelligence Cycle and the global open source information landscape, not limited to the world wide web.
The programme will be performed LIVE, with REAL TIME exercises so participants can see for themselves that Arno’s OSINT Methodology actually does work.
The programme runs for four full days, 32 hours in total.
The training aims to be practical and applicable. The goal is to have participants return to their office with a set of new capabilities and skills that can be applied immediately.
Prior to the training programme, we publish several Preparation Letters for participants with important information on how to best prepare for the training. Technical information and travel information is included.
The venue for the OSINT Pathfinder training programme will be the beautiful Fletcher Welness hotel in Leiden, The Netherlands.
The venue is very close to the historical city center with bars, cafes, restaurants, shopping and within easy reach of public transport.
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How to get thereThis 4 star venue is almost on top of Leiden Central Station. The hotel has a large car park underneath the hotel as well. More information on travel and accommodations will be published in the Preparation Newsletters that will be send to every participant. |
The price for the full course is € 1.789,- including 21% VAT (btw).
This includes the full four day training programme, lunch, catering, documentation and all listed in What You Get.
If you like to hire a laptop for the duration of the training as well, please indicate so on the registration form. A rental laptop is priced at € 80,- for the full training programme, four days.
The laptop will be configured in English with MS Windows. and administrator rights for the user.
We have two more OSINT Pathfinder training programmes this year. One in September and one in December.
The number of participants is limited to 15 persons.
The Pathfinder programme has a number that is simply an identifier for reference purposes. The programmes are the same, updates excepted.
Tuesday 15 – Thursday 17 April 2025. OSINT Pathfinder 51 training programme. SOLD OUT
Monday 1 - Thursday 4 September (4 days). OSINT Pathfinder 52
Monday 8 – Thursday 11 December 2025. OSINT Pathfinder 53 FULLY BOOKED
Monday 13 – Thursday 16 April 2026. OSINT Pathfinder 54 OPEN FOR REGISTRATION
What you get with the programme is the following:
Full training programme, four days, 32 hours
A collection of about 150 reports, books, papers and notes on OSINT techniques, theory and practice
Lunch, coffee/tea and beverages, morning and afternoon snack
Printed and wire-bounded, holding quick reference sheets, OSINT flowcharts, detailed search languages and more
OSINT handbook, containing all the lessons, about 200 pages, printed and wire-bound, one copy each to keep
Exclusively for the OSINT Pathfinder, holding agenda, exercises, background material used during the training and available well after the training.
A selection of free software tools that are particularly useful for conducting OSINT research, including a modified browser with additional tools and extensions.
For up to a year after completion of the OSINT Pathfinder, the After Care service is avaliable for all participants individually to contact the teacher for questions and general support.
Online workshop about two months after completing the OSINT Pathfinder training as a refresher for participants to ask questions, discuss issues, share findings and meet other participants again.
Arno is the founder and manager (ret.) of the Open Source Intelligence branch of the Dutch Defence Intelligence & Security Service. He founded OSINT in 1990 and was its manager until 2013. Since then, Arno devotes all his time to share his passion on OSINT.
Register for any of our training programmes, workshops, Master programmes or contact us for alternatives or in-house programmes.
A copy of your registration form plus further information will be send to your address in a few minutes.
We shall also issue an invoice in the coming days.
Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions!
Marjon van Dijk,
Manager & Hostess
Reuser’s Information Services
