About the OSINT Academy
An Elite Training Academy
About US
The OSINT Academy (“The Academy”) is the training program for Hetherington Group, a leader in investigative due diligence, corporate intelligence, and cyber investigations. The Academy aims to equip analysts and investigators in corporate security, government, military, and law enforcement with learner-centric, competency-focused education.
The Academy offers Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) training, education, and tradecraft best practices. OSINT is a unique and specialized form of information curation and analysis of non-protected content. Experts, authors, and established trainers from military, government, and private industry collaborated to establish a benchmark of expertise and an ethical standard to promote growth in industry.
The Academy was founded to promote and train students on best practices for curating, analyzing and communicating open-source information and intelligence for sound decision making. A student of the OSINT Academy will gain a well-balanced education in fundamental research skills, the ability to write proficient OSINT reports, understand the comparative intelligence disciplines, and learn how to present report findings.
BUILDING AN OSINT WORKFORCE
The explosion of digital information warfare over the last 20 years has created a need for trained analysts and investigators needed to protect our national interests and assets. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that information security analyst positions are expected to grow 33% in the next 10 years–much more quickly than other occupations. The median pay for an Information Security Analyst was $103,590 in 2020. OSINT Academy Training prepares students for the following positions (among others within the Analyze, Collect and Operate, Investigate, and Protect and Defend categories):
• Law Enforcement / Counterintelligence Forensics Analyst
• Cyber Defense Forensics Analyst
• Cyber Operator / Cyber Crime Investigator
• Cyber Defense Analyst
• Cyber Incident Responder
ABOUT THE OSINT ACADEMY COLLABORATION
Hetherington Group (Hg)
Hg is committed to sharing expertise, so the world can be a safer place. As a leader in open-source intelligence gathering, it provides accredited training to industry professionals across the country. Hg offerings include seminar and webinar training in beginner, intermediate, and advanced internet and social media investigations; online ethics and best practices; online monitoring tools; fraud examinations; and open-source intelligence searching. Annually, Hg staff train over 8,000 investigators, security professionals, attorneys, accountants, auditors, military intelligence professionals, and federal, state, and local agencies on best practices. Material is timely and actionable. Participants gain useful knowledge which can be used in the course of their own investigations. Hg is an NSA Center of Excellence grant recipient charged with developing and offering training opportunities at the U.S. Department of Defense and academic settings. Hg classes are ACFE, NASBA, DHS, LPF, SHRM, and ASIS approDividerved for continuing professional education credits.
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