This Ofqual approved, accredited course will introduce you into the world of open source intelligence (OSINT) and provide you with the vital initial steps to obtain improved results from your research. It will explain how the fundamental components of the internet work, such as web browsers and search engines. It will explore boolean searches and how to get focused results from your research. The course is practically based on students learning to build complex search strings within search engines to enable focused results. It will explore legal, welfare, and security aspects in a broad context. It will focus on using OSINT in different areas such as people, images, videos, organisations and places.
