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Program overview
Online
On-site
Hybrid
OSINT in Artificial Intelligence
Conduct professional OSINT investigations with manual techniques and AI tools across five lab-first days - from advanced search and verification through prompt engineering to agentic research workflows.
Duration:
5 Days
Level:
Intermediate
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1500+ users onboarded
Who will Benefit from this Training?
Training Objectives
Build a high-performing, job-ready tech team.
Personalise your team’s upskilling roadmap and design a befitting, hands-on training program with Uptut
Key training modules
Comprehensive, hands-on modules designed to take you from basics to advanced concepts
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- The Intelligence Cycle and Advanced Search in Practice
- Apply Boolean operators and Google dork techniques to surface non-obvious results
- Map a research question through the full intelligence cycle
- Build a practical baseline for structured OSINT investigations
- Search Operators and Specialist Source Mastery
- Extract intelligence from WHOIS and company registries
- Use Wayback Machine, Shodan, and government open data portals
- Choose the right specialist source for each investigative need
- Digital Footprint Analysis Across Platforms
- Map a subject's presence across seven platform categories
- Identify cross-platform investigative patterns and linkages
- Document findings in a structured footprint map
- Username, Email, and Domain Investigation
- Trace usernames with Sherlock and related tooling
- Investigate email addresses with Hunter.io and EmailRep
- Run a full domain deep dive and record evidence sources
- Image and Video Verification with Metadata Analysis
- Extract EXIF metadata from images and media files
- Run reverse image searches to find original sources
- Geolocate images using visual clues and open data
- Identifying Misinformation, Fake Profiles, and AI-Generated Content
- Apply structured fact-checking workflows to open-source claims
- Detect AI-generated images, text, and synthetic media
- Spot fake profiles and coordinated inauthentic behaviour signals
- Introduction to AI Tools - Capabilities and Limitations in OSINT
- Use Perplexity AI and ChatGPT on a live investigation scenario
- Compare AI-assisted findings against manual collection
- Build a personal AI limitations log covering hallucination, freshness, and bias
- AI-Assisted Social Media Research and Profile Analysis
- Build a structured subject profile using AI support
- Analyse posting patterns and sentiment across platforms
- Map social network connections relevant to the investigation
- AI Integration Across the Intelligence Cycle
- Re-run an earlier investigation using AI at every cycle stage
- Compare AI output against the manual baseline
- Identify where AI adds value and where verification is essential
- AI for Evidence Collection and Information Organisation
- Capture and preserve digital evidence with AI-assisted workflows
- Organise a large heterogeneous evidence base
- Identify gaps and missing source coverage
- AI Summarisation and Large-Volume Source Analysis
- Summarise long documents and multi-source material with AI
- Analyse large social datasets for investigative patterns
- Reconcile conflicting source material into a clear assessment
- Hallucination Hunt and AI Output Verification
- Identify deliberate errors and fabricated citations in AI summaries
- Cross-check claims against primary sources
- Design a personal minimum verification standard
- Core OSINT Prompt Patterns
- Build prompts for entity extraction and timeline reconstruction
- Create prompts for relationship mapping and source verification
- Iterate prompts until outputs are reliable and reusable
- Advanced Prompt Techniques - Chain-of-Thought and Role Prompting
- Apply chain-of-thought reasoning to complex analytical tasks
- Use expert role personas for investigation workflows
- Improve depth and structure of AI-assisted analysis
- Prompt Stress Testing and Failure Analysis
- Break and diagnose partner prompts under stress conditions
- Classify failure types and root causes
- Produce hardened, reliable prompt versions
- Personal Prompt Library Build
- Consolidate prompts into a structured take-away library
- Annotate each prompt with use case and reliability ratings
- Prepare the library for day-one professional use
- AI Research Tool Rotation and Workflow Design
- Sprint across Perplexity AI, ChatGPT, Gemini, and Maltego
- Compare tool strengths for research and mapping tasks
- Design and document a personal research workflow SOP
- Agentic OSINT - Observation and Agent Design
- Observe a live agent investigation run
- Map risk points and human oversight checkpoints
- Design a multi-step agent task brief
- Build and Run Your Own Agent Workflow
- Configure and execute an agent workflow in n8n
- Monitor oversight gates during execution
- Evaluate output against the original intelligence requirement
- Capstone: End-to-End Investigation Challenge
- Complete a timed competitive investigation using the full toolkit
- Apply prompts, verification standards, and workflow SOPs from the programme
- Deliver a structured intelligence report with documented sources
Hands-on Experience with Tools
Training Delivery Format
Flexible, comprehensive training designed to fit your schedule and learning preferences
Opt-in Certifications
AWS, Scrum.org, DASA & more
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100% Live
on-site/online training
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Hands-on
Labs and capstone projects
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Lifetime Access
to training material and sessions
Skill-Gap Assessment
Analysing skill gap and assessing business requirements to craft a unique program
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Personalisation
Customising curriculum and projects to prepare your team for challenges within your industry
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Implementation
Supplementing training with consulting support to ensure implementation in real projects
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Why this course
- Hands-on progression: Move from manual OSINT fundamentals through AI integration and prompt engineering to agentic multi-step research - learning by doing every session.
- Professionally tested takeaways: Leave with a personal prompt library, a documented research workflow SOP, and an agentic governance framework built and stress-tested in class.
- Speed with verification discipline: Use AI across the intelligence cycle while detecting hallucinations, misinformation, and synthetic media.
- Ready for day one: Practise advanced search, footprint mapping, identity investigation, media verification, social analysis, and a competitive capstone investigation.
Training objectives
- Execute a complete OSINT investigation using the intelligence cycle, from requirement definition to a structured intelligence report
- Apply advanced search techniques using Boolean operators, Google dorks, and specialist OSINT databases
- Map and analyse the digital footprint of an individual or organisation across multiple platforms
- Conduct username, email, and domain investigations using purpose-built OSINT tools
- Verify images and videos using metadata extraction and reverse search techniques
- Identify misinformation, fake profiles, and AI-generated content in open source material
- Use AI tools across the full intelligence cycle and critically evaluate output for accuracy
- Collect, organise, and preserve digital evidence using AI-assisted workflows
- Apply AI to summarise and compare large volumes of open-source information efficiently
- Conduct AI-assisted social media research and produce structured profile analyses
- Write, stress-test, and maintain a personal library of professional OSINT prompts
- Design and execute a repeatable AI-assisted research workflow with defined human oversight checkpoints
- Configure and run an agentic OSINT workflow to automate multi-step investigation tasks
- Assess and manage the legal, ethical, and governance risks of AI-assisted and agentic research
Who will benefit
- Security Analysts
- Threat Intelligence Analysts
- Compliance Teams
- Risk Analysts
- Investigators
- Research Professionals
- Digital Forensics Specialists
- Corporate Intelligence Teams
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Frequently Asked Questions
2. Will my team get any practical experience with this training?
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With our focus on experiential learning, we have made the training as hands-on as possible with assignments, quizzes and capstone projects, and a lab where trainees will learn by doing tasks live.
3. What is your mode of delivery - online or on-site?
We conduct both online and on-site training sessions. You can choose any according to the convenience of your team.
4. Will trainees get certified?
Yes, all trainees will get certificates issued by Uptut under the guidance of industry experts.
5. What do we do if we need further support after the training?
We have an incredible team of mentors that are available for consultations in case your team needs further assistance. Our experienced team of mentors is ready to guide your team and resolve their queries to utilize the training in the best possible way. Just book a consultation to get support.