Join us in-person (Arlington, VA) for an All-Access Summit Experience or Attend Free Live Online for Access to Select Content
Summit: February 24-25 | Training: February 26 - March 3
Co-Chairs: Nico Dekens and Matt Edmondson | Summit CPE Credits: 12
Connect, Analyze, and Act: Elevate Your OSINT Skills
Attending the Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) Summit is essential for anyone looking to enhance their OSINT skills and knowledge. This event will gather OSINT practitioners, investigators, and enthusiasts to share cutting-edge techniques and tools. You'll learn real-world methods from experts on capturing and analyzing open-source information, utilizing data from social media, and employing automated processes to streamline OSINT collection.
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The Summit will also cover ethical issues, provide case studies, and explore the relationship between OSINT and other forms of intelligence work. Don't miss this opportunity to connect with the OSINT community and elevate your expertise.
The OSINT Summit will explore the following topics:
- Capturing, recording, and harvesting open source information
- Exploring the varied applications of OSINT in industry/the community
- Accessing and collecting data from social media
- Using tools and automated processes to accelerate OSINT collection or filtering of data
- Ethical issues concerning OSINT collection and analysis
- OSINT case studies of investigations you performed (sanitized, of course)
- OSINT and its relationship with other forms of research, investigations and intelligence work
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A One-of-a-Kind Virtual Networking Experience
In addition to the whole day of focused Summit content, this Live Online event offers exclusive access to connect with others in the OSINT community, leading experts and investigators, and some of the SANS instructors and authors you have taken courses from. In addition to in-depth presentations and panels, you will also be invited to join the conference chat workspace which is a place to engage with attendees and speakers, to ask your questions, and to share your knowledge. Attendees tell us time and again that one of the greatest takeaways from a SANS Summit is the many industry connections they forge or deepen during their time with us.
Choose Your Experience: In-Person or Live Online
Whether you're planning to dive into the full Summit experience in-person, or the free, curated content offered Live Online, you'll walk away with new tools, techniques, and connections that will have a lasting impact on your career.
In-Person: All Access Summit Experience
The In-Person Summit includes exclusive access to:
- ALL Summit Keynotes & Talks: Two full days of highly technical content
- One-of-a-Kind Networking Opportunities: You'll have the chance to engage with leading experts, SANS instructors, and your peers in the pen test community.
- Summit Night Out: Join us for an exclusive evening to network with chairs, speakers, and fellow attendees with food and drinks!
- SANS Merchandise and Posters
- FOOD! - 2-days of breakfasts, lunches, and snacks included
- First-Access to Approved Recordings and Presentations
Live Online: Curated Talks Streamed Live
- Select talks and content
- Interactive chat on Slack – connect with your OSINT community
- First access to recordings and presentations
As an attendee, you’ll walk away from your Summit experience with a fresh perspective, a better connection with the community and new tools that you can immediately leverage in your work.
What Attendees Say
"I don't think I've attended another conference, summit, or training that provided more excellent content-rich information with a plethora of sources, links, that are immediately applicable to daily work." - Lisa S.
"I was looking forward to this for months, and you knocked it out of the park. Well done, all around. Having presenters speak to, and show, actual methodology is one of the best things about OSINT Summits." - Daniel P.
"As someone new in the OSINT world, I found most of the presenters very informative. I really appreciated the case studies and clear real-world applications." - Jen Roberts