Cyber Investigations
Law Enforcement Appreciation – Internet Intelligence Training
ATF NJ Field Office 1 Garret Mountain Plaza Suite 400, Woodland Park, NJ, United StatesTo celebrate National Police Week, Hetherington Group will be hosting a day of in-person Internet Intelligence Training on May 17th, 2022 at no cost to active law enforcement. The day-long, 6-module training explores the realm of social media exploitation through topics including, but not limited to Utilizing Advanced Google Searches, Online Image Tracking, IP Tracing, and using anonymity as you investigate.
Event Monitoring: Extremism & Other Security Team Work Online
Hg WebinarThis rich and informative webinar will cover the steps needed to monitor events– whether it's active shooters or travel disruptions. Hg’s expert intelligence gatherers provide in-depth training on how to prepare for and conduct event monitory in a straightforward approach that includes current analyses of local to global issues and a live fire exercise.
Due Diligence for ESG: Oh, the Places We Find Data
Hg WebinarWhether your client is expanding its footprint into an under-developed neighborhood or exploring new borders, today demands that community concerns are taken into consideration. Today’s environmental, social and governance (ESG) footprint sets a guideline for due diligence, which helps the online researcher understand the issues they will be tasked to research. In this class, you will learn how to conduct this specialized investigation via open sources, social media pages, and dark web sites.
Open Source Intelligence – Start to Finish
Hg WebinarDesigned as an online investigations’ primer, this series provides the basics of open source intelligence gathering to those entering the field. With three days of content, the field investigator will complete the 360 minutes of training with the tools needed to conduct open source intelligence (OSINT) investigations.
PAGC Wednesday Workshop Series: Advanced Cyber Investigations
Hetherington Group's Investigative Analyst Matthew Golabek and President Cynthia Hetherington will be presenting virtually as a part of Santa Clara County's PAGC Wednesday Workshop Series with a session on Advanced Cyber Investigations. Participants will learn: The different types of open sources and social media sites How to effectively use Google beyond basic searches and run advanced
Online Social Media Primer
Hg WebinarHow good are you at incorporating social media into your cyber investigations? No worries—we all start somewhere! This online social media primer details the riches social media offers to an OSINT investigator. With a few mouse clicks, leads can be discovered, facts challenged, and game changing details can be unveiled—all in support of a case!
Discreet Investigations Online: Your Digital Footprint
Hg WebinarMany social networks and online information sources allow the subjects of searches to see who has been searching them or provide some obvious clues as to who is looking at their information. This intermediate to advanced webinar provides tools for how to work undercover online, while adhering to ethical standards and laws.
8th Annual OSMOSIS Conference
Grand Hyatt Tampa Bay 2900 Bayport Drive, Tampa, FL, United StatesHundreds of investigators gather annually at Hg's OSMOSIS Conference to gain insights into Open Source Intelligence and receive training from the most recognized experts within the cyber security industry.
Midwest Counterdrug Training Center – Open Source Investigations for Anti-Trafficking Operations
Midwest Counterdrug Training Center 7105 NW 70th Bldg 3585, Johnston, IA, United StatesThe Midwest Counterdrug Training Center (MCTC) will be hosting a two-day training course on Open Source Investigations for Anti-Trafficking Operations from December 21st to 22nd, 2022 at their training center in Johnston, IA. Hg's Director of Education and Knowledge Management Megan Munoz will be teaching this two-day course on Open Source Investigations for Anti-Trafficking Operations.
Hg Webinar | Google Dorking: Building on Your Solid Foundation
Since Larry Page and Sergey Brin launched Google over twenty years ago, the search engine has evolved exponentially—and so have its competitors. Hg’s new webinar expands your knowledge of the internet’s search engines, including Google, Bing, and others.
Hg Webinar | Domestic Background Checks
Hg’s intermediate to advanced webinar increases OSINT investigators’ abilities to utilize databases, free resources, and techniques for uncovering an individual’s personal and professional history.
Hg Webinar | Social Media Investigations 101
Social media platforms are a key element of online investigations. This webinar provides the latest search tools for locating and uncovering social media users and their online content.
Hg Webinar | Private Tools & Databases for Due Diligence
Hg’s new OSINT webinar explores databases, websites, and internet resources used to locate difficult information on companies, their assets, and the people that run them. Special focus is given to public records, legal filings, newspapers, magazines, trade journals, blogs, and open source material.
Hg Webinar | Social Media: Locating Unknown Individuals Online
Hg’s new OSINT webinar combines expert know-how with hands-on exercises to aide you in identifying the person or group behind an online username. Real case examples are discussed and analyzed. Future challenges in identifying unknown persons are addressed.
San Francisco Public Defender Webinar | Online Investigations and Open Source Primer
WebinarEvery investigation involves, at some level, social media, and open-source examinations. This introductory webinar, hosted by the San Francisco Public Defenders and the Hetherington Group will cover best practices in Open-Source Collection. Covered will include the different types of open source and social media platforms and the language of this unique investigative world.
Hg Webinar | Stolen Asset Investigations
Conducting asset investigations often requires a keen understanding of how to track down stolen money and property on a variety of internet sites. Hg’s new webinar provides first-hand training on tracking down materials stolen and sold on the internet.
Hg Special Webinar | Intellectual Property and Trademark Investigations: Protecting the Brand
Hg’s new webinar provides first-hand training on tracking down fraudsters using a brand to scam, deceive, or confuse. Developed for business owners, consumers, investigators, and attorneys, participants learn how to recognize trademark fraud and gather intelligence to help stop it.
Hg Webinar Series | Open Source Intelligence – Start to Finish
Designed as an online investigation’s primer, Hg’s new webinar series provides the basics of open source intelligence gathering to those entering the field. With three days of content, the field investigator will complete the 360 minutes of training with the tools needed to conduct open source intelligence (OSINT) investigations.
ACFE Twin Cities Summer Double Feature | Open Source Investigations and Multi-Level Marketing
ACFE WebinarThe Twin Cities of Certified Fraud Examiners will be hosting their second session for their summer double feature on July 12, 2023 via Zoom. Hg’s founder and president Cynthia Hetherington will be conducting a session on Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) Investigations from 9:30AM-11:30AM EDT.
Hg Webinar Series | Online Social Media Primer
How good are you at incorporating social media into your cyber investigations? Hg’s new online social media primer details the riches social media offers to an OSINT investigator. With a few mouse clicks, leads can be discovered, facts challenged, and game changing details can be unveiled—all in support of a case.
Paraben Forensic Innovation Conference 2023
VirtualParaben will be hosting their annual Paraben Forensic Innovation Conference (PFIC) from August 1 - 4, 2023 both in-person at the Nashville Marriott Vanderbilt, located in Nashville, Tennessee and virtually. Hg's Senior Analyst Matthew Golabek will be conducting a virtual session on Social Media and Online Investigations: Identifying Unknown Individuals on Thursday, August 3rd.
Hg Webinar | Conducting an Ethical Online Investigation
As investigators, we are governed by foreign and domestic ethics standards and laws. Hg’s new webinar enhances your understanding of compliance requirements to keep you and your clients within the rules of law.
Hg Webinar | Discreet Investigations Online: Your Digital Footprint
Many social networks and online information sources allow the subjects of searches to see who has searched them. Hg’s new intermediate to advanced webinar provides tools for how to work undercover online, while adhering to ethical standards and laws.