Internet Intelligence Course at Cambridge University

How to use the Internet as an Effective Investigative Research Tool: Three-day course at Cambridge University March 28 – 31 2010. The course is developed by the Internationa Chamber of Commerce Commercial Crime Services.

Topics covered in the course include:

• Open Sources Intelligence (OSINT)
• Web 2.0 and ‘user generated content’
• Search Engine Mechanics
• Meta” and “Mega” Search Tools
• Public Directories, Specialised Databases & Desktop Search Tools
• Downloading and Archiving Internet Sourced Materials
• Mapping and Automatically Monitoring Websites of Special Interest
• Determining the Geographic and Physical Location of Websites and Internet Users
• Maintaining Security and Protecting Privacy in the Networked World
• Advanced Forum and Newsgroup Searching Techniques
• Maintaining Anonymity Online – How and When to Protect Your Online Identity
• Making Sense of the Data – Introduction to the Intelligence Analysis Process
• Using Blog, Wiki and Social Networking sites as tactical intelligence tools
• Using RSS Feeds and News Aggregators

http://www.icc-ccs.org

Naked Intelligence 2010

Naked Intelligence, “Gathering Knowledge in a See Through World”, is a conference created by Sandstone s.a. and Infosphere AB.

“ISS World and Naked Intelligence have partnered to create the world’s most unique Intelligence Support Systems and Intelligence Gathering conference. This is an event that combines hands-on access to intelligence support systems solution providers and valuable insight and know-how presented by experienced practitioners of intelligence.

The ISS World Americas and Naked Intelligence conferences will take place on October 11-13, 2010 in Washington D.C. They will share an exposition hall that will showcase both tools and services for the Intelligence and Law Enforcement Communities. Registrants will be able to attend both conferences with a single registration and choose among several tracks focused on both Intelligence Support Systems and Open Source Intelligence methods and techniques.”

http://www.nakedintelligence.org

OSINT-WM 2010

University of Southern Denmark - venue for OSINT-WM 2010

The International Symposium on Open Source Intelligence & Web Mining 2010 (OSINT-WM 2010) takes place on 09-11 August, 2010, in Odense, Denmark.

“The aim of this symposium is to provide an international forum for researchers, professionals, and industrial practitioners to share their knowledge in the rapidly growing area of OSINT-WM.”

Topics include among others:

Open Source Intelligence Dark Web (Deep Web) Web Content Mining Web Structure Mining Web Usage Mining Web Mining for Blog Analysis

Web Mining and Intelligence News Analysis and Visualization News Monitoring Harvesting Web Social Network Analysis Investigative Data Mining

http://www.osint-wm.org/index.html