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Duration: 8 hours
Format: Online, self-paced with practical activities and a short assessment
Topics covered
- OSINT fundamentals: scope, rules of engagement, ethics & legality
- Passive techniques: DNS, WHOIS, metadata, social & code repositories
- Tooling basics (e.g., search operators, footprinting platforms)
- Interpreting signals: services, credentials, code leaks, shadow IT
- Reporting: evidence logs, risk summaries, shareable insights
What you’ll learn
- Explain the purpose and ethics of passive reconnaissance (OSINT)
- Systematically gather and document publicly available information
- Identify exposed data, misconfigurations and attack surface indicators
- Distil findings into a concise risk snapshot with recommended next steps
- Apply legal, policy and privacy considerations when handling discovered information
Badges earned
Vulnerability Assessment
(VUAS) – Level 3
Vulnerability Research
(VURE) – Level 3
Threat Intelligence
(THIN) – Level 3
Methods & Tools
(METL) – Level 3
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