JHowell wrote:
My company recently purchased the IntelTechniques OSINT training for every member. We all learned a lot (and I have been doing OSINT for many years). It takes about 40 hours to go through it all, but we all received unlimited access for a year. The instructor, Michael Bazzell, uploads multiple new videos monthly. He also shares a lot of his resources for free here:
http://inteltechniques.com/links.html
He is active FBI and teaches their OSINT courses. He also gives you free software (open source stuff) that he has configured for optimal use. I found it to be some of the best OSINT training out there, and they make us take all of it. The ONLY non-positive thing I would say about his training is that he does not update each video, he uploads new videos. For example, I watched a video on how to identify the owners of cell phone numbers, only to watch another video explaining the new method since the other methods was shut down. Not a big deal, and maybe the archive of videos is better, but just my opinion. Otherwise, fascinating stuff.
On a LinkedIn OSINT group, someone posted two free trial videos of his:
Facebook Graph Search: http://inteltechniques.com/demo-fb.html
Twitter Advanced Search: http://inteltechniques.com/demo-TW.html
Glad to hear from someone involved in Mr Bazzell's program.
I was leaning toward taking that one later this year.
When I do it will be an out-of-pocket expense for me. Hence the questions.
If I calculated correctly then the cost to do 1 year of "month by month" of Frank Bazzell's OSINT is:
The first month at $399, then 11 more months x $99 each month =
$1,488 for one year. Or $124/month.
To do the "one year access via a single payment" price is $999 .
So $999 / 12 months = $83.25/month.
Quite a savings, $124 vs $83.25 per month, if you are paying your own way.
I have a few questions if you don't mind.
Question 1:
- If you were paying for access to Frank's website out of your own pocket, do you feel it pays for itself as far as the info it provides to you?
In teaching techniques that save you significant time and money?
Question 2:
I assume there are some "BASICS (or a FOUNDATION) of conducting OSINT" training videos. Probably the "40 hours to complete" that people talk about.
Then other videos dealing with more of the "SPECIFICS of OSINT"; perhaps how to use specific search tools, specific websites, software etc.
The "monthly updates":
As far as the ongoing monthly updates to the website.
- Do you see many updates to the BASICS of conducting OSINT?
- Or are most of the updates for the SPECIFICS of OSINT, like
using new software products or using new web tools that just became available?
(Or, like the example you mentioned. How one cell phone technique no longer worked. so it was replaced by a new method).
Question 3:
I know OSINT is supposed to be "open source" and most people often equate "open source" to equaling "free".
- How many of the research products, services or techniques involved have
additional out-of-pocket expenses?
Like subscriptions or membership websites?
Thanks in advance.
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