SANS Open-Source (OSINT) Summit & Training 2024 | SANS Institute | 29 February 2024 | The Westin Crystal City, 1800 Richmond Hwy, Arlington, VA 22202, USA

The summit will bring together practitioners, investigators, and enthusiasts alike to share their OSINT techniques and tools. As an attendee, you will learn current, real-world methods from others in the OSINT community who collect information across the Internet, analyze the results, and utilize key data to reach their objectives.

The 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

Why you should attend:
• Two Full Days of Highly Technical Talks and Panel Discussions: The industry's top OSINT practitioners will share their latest research, solutions, tools, and case studies.
• Hands-on Workshops: Led by SANS instructors and course authors, these extended sessions will give you the chance to get practical experience within a specific focus area.
• Evening Social Events: The fun goes up another level at night for those joining us in person. Join us for food, drinks, and fun.
• First Access to Approved Recordings and Presentations
• SANS Merchandise and Swag
• FOOD! - 2 Full Breakfasts & Lunches, and Breaks with Snacks and Drinks

2024 Speakers

Andrew Logan
Investigative Developer, Helicopters of DC

Chris Poulter
Founder & CEO, OSINT Combine

Carlos Fragoso
Associate Instructor

Megan Munoz
Founder, DataPoint Intelligence Training & Solutions

Stephen Lerner,
Intelligence Analyst Team Leader, Cobwebs Technologies

Mick Douglas
Principal Instructor

Ken Westin
Field CISO, Panther

Stephen Silver
Senior Investigator, Brown Rudnick

Steven Harris
SANS Instructor Candidate

Michael James
Sr. Security OSINT Architect, Berkshire Hathaway

Sagar Tiwari
Independent cybersecurity researcher and writer

Shubham Kumar
Senior Information Security Analyst, Transunion LLC.

Jan Lauridtsen
OSINT investigator, Special Crimes Unit, Danish National Police

Craig Pedersen
Director of Forensics , TCG Digital Forensics

Haris Qazi
Analyst, SINT, and OPSEC

Calvin Nobles
Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT)

Griffin Glynn
Chief Investigations Officer, National Child Protection Task Force

Julia Bayer
Investigative journalist, innovation manager and trainer, Deutsche Welle

Ritu Gill
Intelligence Analyst, Canadian law enforcement

Steven Harris
Cyber Threat Analyst, Protection Group International