Learn From Leading Practitioners

Access presentations and insights from experienced OSINT professionals, intelligence analysts, and subject matter experts who have shared their knowledge.

Explore Diverse Topics

The library spans tradecraft fundamentals, real-world case studies, emerging technologies including AI, and specialist domains such as human trafficking investigations, supply chain analysis, and disinformation detection.

Build Your Knowledge at Your Own Pace

Browse content organised by category or year, allowing you to focus on the area's most relevant to your current learning goals

ABOUT THIS LIBRARY

The OSINT Combine Free Knowledge Library brings together sessions from the Australian OSINT Symposium (2021–2025) and the Tools & Techniques Webinar Series. 

Content is organised into six categories: OSINT in Action, OSINT Tradecraft, Topic Specific Insights, OSINT in Context, Practitioner Focused, and AI and OSINT. 

Whether you're seeking practical tradecraft guidance, exploring how OSINT applies to specific domains, or staying current with developments in AI, this library provides a foundation for continued professional growth and a gateway to OSINT Combine's training courses and software tools.

WHO THIS LIBRARY IS FOR

This library is designed for OSINT practitioners, intelligence analysts, investigators, researchers, and anyone seeking to develop or refine their open source intelligence capabilities. 

The content suits those new to the field as well as experienced professionals looking to broaden their knowledge across specialist areas or stay informed on emerging trends.

PREREQUISITES

None. This is a free resource open to all learners.

WHAT'S NEXT?

Ready to move from learning to doing? OSINT Combine offers structured training courses with hands-on exercises. 

For operational capability, NexusXplore provides AI-enabled OSINT collection and analysis, while Kaseware delivers investigative case management—together covering the full workflow from discovery to action.

SESSIONS INCLUDE

    1. Disinformation | AOS2024 | Using OSINT to De-anonymize a Misinformation X Account with Artus Huot de Saint-Albin

    2. Attribution | AOS2023 | Hiding While Watching: Managed Attribution for Everyone with Cynthia Hetherington

    3. Disinformation | AOS2023 | Detecting Disinformation through OSINT with Jemma Ward

    4. Native Language Searching | AOS2023 | Finding Content Online in a Foreign Language with Skip Schiphorst

    5. Workflows | AOS2023 | Setting the Bar: Leveraging traditional intelligence practices to optimise OSINT with Kylie Pert

    6. Verification | Webinar 2023 | Verifying Online Information with Kylie Pert

    7. Verification | Webinar 2023 | Image Analysis and Verification with Jacob Hunter

    8. Attribution | AOS2022 | Protecting your Online Footprint with Ritu Gill

    9. Geolocation | AOS2022 | Geojournalism: How to Use Satellite Imagery to Verify Information and Uncover New Investigations with Ben Strick

    10. Darkweb | AOS2022 | Dark Web Demystified with Chris Poulter

    11. Dark Web | SANS OSINT Summit 2022| The Other Side with Chris Poulter

    12. Workflows | AOS2021 | Show Me What You Got with Amy Ormrod

    13. Building Tools | SANS OSINT Summit 2021 | OSINT Efficiency: Extending & Building Tools with Chris Poulter

    14. Disinformation | AOS2020 | Investigating Information Campaigns with Elise Thomas

    15. Geolocation | AOS2020 | Geospatial Analysis and Satellite Imagery with Nathan Ruser

    16. Geolocation | AOS2020 | Geolocating from Imagery with Ben Strick

    1. Cybercrime | AOS2024 | From Chats to Hacks: OSINT Insights into an Evolving Cybercrime Ecosystem with Jesse Hoppo

    2. Geopolitics | AOS2024 | OSINT and the National Security Enterprise in an Uncertain Geopolitical Environment with Marc Ablong

    3. Geopolitics | AOS2024 | Using OSINT to Monitor Great Power Competition with Emerald Sage

    4. Cybercrime | AOS2023 | They're a 10 But They Don't Exist: Investigating Dating Apps with OSINT with Jemma Ward

    5. Geopolitics | AOS2023 | Analysing vectors of PRC external activity with Alex Joske

    6. Human Trafficking | AOS2023 | Human Trafficking: A Tech-Facilitated Global Epidemic with Julie Jones

    7. Human Trafficking | AOS2023 | Great pay, safe work, no human trafficking with Jack Kerr

    8. Risk & Threat Assessment | AOS2023 | Beyond the Algorithm: The Human Touch in Effective Risk Assessment and Supply Chain Analysis with Beau Jose

    9. Risk & Threat Assessment | AOS2023 | The Application of OSINT Techniques to Identify and Assess Online Threats and Establish a Digital Behavioural Baseline with Colton Easton

    10. Risk & Threat Assessment | AOS2023 | Looking Inwards - Leveraging OSINT in the protection of employees from Serious Threats ​ with Matt Lucas

    11. Cybercrime | Webinar 2022 | Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) Actor Catfishing with Emerald Sage

    12. Financial Crime | AOS2022 | The Devil Is In The Data: Sports Betting Investigations Through the Prism of OSINT with Jack Kerr

    13. Geopolitics | AOS2022 | Use of OSINT to Source and Analyse Procurement Data to Inform on Global Issues - PCR Purchasing Report Wuhan China with David Dennison

    14. Risk & Threat Assessment | AOS2021 | Supply Chains & Modern Slavery with Kyle Randall

    15. Disinformation | AOS2021 | Disinformation in the Online Environment with Nico Dekens

    1. Applying AI | Webinar 2023 | Choosing the Right Search Party, AI and Its Connectivity to the Internet with Jacob Hunter

    2. Applying AI | Webinar 2023 | PrivateGPT with Chris Poulter

    3. Challenges & Opportunities | AOS2024 | Opportunities and Challenges with Chris Poulter

    4. Challenges & Opportunities | AOS2023 | Emerging Technologies: Generative AI and OSINT​ with Chris Poulter

    5. Challenges & Opportunities | AOS2024 | Mastering the Digital Frontier: Triumphs and Challenges in the Age of AI with Ashleigh Brown and Emma Sanderson

    6. Workflows | Webinar 2023 | Using ChatGPT for OSINT Workflows with Chris Poulter

    1. Crowd Sourced Intelligence | AOS2021 | OSINT & Crime Stoppers International with Shane Britton

    2. Digital & Analogue Investigations | AOS2021 | Case Studies from work in the Intelligence Community with Daniel Maki

    3. Election Investigations | AOS2021 | Common Pitfalls of OSINT with Steve Micallef

    4. Human Trafficking | AOS2023 | Behind the Screens: Harnessing OSINT to Identify Online Human Trafficking & Child Exploitation Networks with Alisa Gbiorczyk

    5. Sanctions Evasion | AOS2021 | The Sentry & OSINT Combine with Michelle Kendler-Kretsch

    6. Tracking Weapons | AOS2024 | Investigating ISIL's Development, and use of Chemical Weapons in Iraq with Sarah Andruchow

    1. Challenges & Opportunities | AOS2024 | Tailwinds and Tensions of Technology and OSINT with Dr Miah Hammond-Errey

    2. Challenges & Opportunities | AOS2023| The Power and Pitfalls of Open Source Intelligence Analysis with Dallas Knight

    3. Challenges & Opportunities | AOS2021 | OSINT & Information Manipulation with Emerson Brooking

    4. Cross-discipline | AOS2022 | Future Pathways for OSINT in Government with Adam Calver

    5. Cross-discipline | AOS2023 | The Intersection of HUMINT and OSINT in Modern Intelligence Gathering with Jessica Stutzman

    6. Cross-discipline | AOS2021 | The Convergence of Human Security, OSINT and Cyber Security with Nicholas Martin

    7. Role of OSINT | AOS2024 | Evolving OSINT from Post 9/11 Frontlines to AI Innovations with Buddy Jericho

    8. Role of OSINT | AOS2021 | Keynote Address with Marcus Thompson AM PhD

    9. Role of OSINT | AOS2024 | NatSec Panel: Trust, Tradecraft, and Global Security - OSINT and Strategic Decision Making in the Modern World with Jane van Tienen, Ben Scott, Cameron Mitchell and David Wroe

    10. Role of OSINT | AustCyber's Webinar 2020 | The Power and Application of OSINT in Australia with Chris Poulter, Julia Robson, Nathan Herbert, Dan Holman, and Linda Cavanagh

    1. Practitioner Education | Interview with Chris Poulter

    2. Practitioner Education | AOS2022 | Teaching OSINT Through Hands-on Activities with Micah Hoffman and Griffin Glynn

    3. Practitioner Resilience | AOS2024 | Mindful OSINT: The Resilient OSINT Practitioner with Ashleigh Brady and Colm Phillips

    4. Practitioner Teams | AOS2023 | Building and Enhancing an OSINT Team: Gaining Executive and Board Support ​ with Tara Dharnikota

    5. Practitioner Teams | AOS2021 | The Challenges of Building Strong OSINT Services Teams with Deborah Jeppesen

About this course

  • Free
  • 58 lessons
  • 39 hours of video content