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Using Sayari Graph for Investigations
This article examines the use of Sayari for intelligence analysts and corporate risk management professionals to collect, extract, and analyze data across borders and languages. Sayari can be used for due diligence to reduce risk or to enter a new market, to meet compliance or regulatory requirements, or to prevent fraud, financial crimes, and corruption. -
DNA: The New Open Source
This article examines how the growing trend of DNA testing can help the investigator, but also may be a damaging unwanted intrusion on personal privacy. We discuss how to protect yourself and how to remove any DNA you have left behind. -
TikTok: An OSINT Tool of Today's Youth
This article examines the quickly growing Chinese app and how from an open source intelligence perspective, this novelty app provides researchers and investigators with a plethora of knowledge and useful information. -
Predictive Intelligence How-To's
This article examines the step-by-step key methods for how to properly use social media platforms to monitor location-specific events. -
What the APP?! Top Social Media APPS and the Lowdown on What Info They Collect
Starting a new health and fitness routine? Need to get to the library, but your car is in the shop? Has your 12-year-old son been grounded from receiving photos from his friends on his smartphone but appears unaffected by it? Booking a trip to Bermuda? Or, are you stepping out of your single’s lifestyle and looking for love?
All of these questions have one thing in common that a mere 10 years ago did not exist: There’s an app for that!
This Hg FactSheet gives you a foundational understanding of what these APPS collect, better preparing you to protect yourself. -
OSINT for the Coming Year
This article examines the tools we're looking at for 2021 to further improve our investigative skills and to keep our OSINT community current on the latest resources. -
Some of My Favorite Fraud Schemes
In this issue of Data2Know Newsletter, Hg's Cynthia dives into her favorite fraud schemes while the Hg team contributes to a new round of Industry Undercover tips. -
In Hg’s Spring FactSheet, Manager of Intelligence Dennis Maida and Analyst Thomas Fogle explore and analyze significant threat and risk concerns for the next 6-12 months; Ukraine/Russian War; U.S. midterm elections; the Great Resignation; supply chain; and COVID-19. Each one is unique, yet there is a connection between them all. -
This introductory hands-on course offers a comprehensive overview of the legal parameters for conducting online investigations. We discuss current laws, acceptable practices, and pitfalls that can occur in investigations. Hg’s expert trainer provides you with the information you need to feel confident in conducting OSINT and SOCMINT investigations that are legal and compliant—nationally and internationally. Upon completion, field investigators will be able to- Identify drawbacks to taking shortcuts in online investigations.
- Understand the laws and compliance requirements to stay inline online.
- Garner the resources for staying abreast of current issues and legal requirements.
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September 14, 2023 | 2pm ET | 60 minutes | 1 CPE In this intermediate to advanced Hg webinar, participants receive hands-on training on how to conduct investigations on social media platforms without compromising their online identity. The objective of this Hg webinar is to provide participants with the tools to work online undercover. Hg’s expert trainer will help you understand how to avoid exposure when researching subjects online. Upon completion of the course, investigators will be able to- Conduct undercover online investigations.
- Ethically protect their identity while conducting an investigation.
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Let Hg equip you with the know-how to enter 2024 with a bang. Our expert investigators share storied tales from their own case notes to create our 2023 OSINT Hitlists just for you! Updating your knowledge on search engine resources and how to properly conduct advanced internet and social media searches are the objectives of this favorite Hg webinar.
Hg’s expert trainer provides OSINT investigators with the best, the worst, and the mediocre online internet tools and techniques for conducting cyber investigations.
Upon completion of the course, field investigators will be able to
- Implement the best search techniques and resources of 2023 into their research, analysis, and reporting.
- Identify and select the best online monitoring alert services, both free and fee-based, currently available and develop transparent reports for clients.
- Become aware of new OSINT tools, techniques, services, and options in 2024.
- Understand how to keep up with new search engines for investigations and research.
All participants receive handouts on concepts and investigative techniques.
About Hg’s Webinars Hetherington Group’s live webinars are approved as continuing professional education credits by ACFE, NASBA, DHS, LPF, SHRM, and ASIS. Hg makes these webinars available for purchase after the live event; however, they are not approved for CPE credits with some associations (specifically NASBA).
