Throughout the year, Hetherington Group offers monthly live webinars on current investigative tactics involving social networks, search engines, due diligence, the dark web, and other related topics.

2023 Single Webinars

1 hour Webinars @ $89 to 6 hour Webinars @ $486

Participants should have some basic experience of the topic, as all programs are offered at an intermediate level, unless otherwise noted.

All Hg training classes are approved as continuing professional education credits by ACFE, NASBA, DHS, LPF, SHRM, and ASIS. Individuals will earn continuing professional education credits for attending the live webinar. These webinars are also available for purchase after the live event; however, they are not approved for CEU credits with some associations (specifically NASBA). Registrations are required one per person attending each class.

Upcoming Live Webinars

June 15, 2023 – Stolen Asset Investigations, 60 minutes, 1 CPE

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.

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June 27, 2023 – Intellectual Property and Trademark Investigations: Protecting the Brand, 60 minutes, 1 CPE

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.

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July 10-14, 2023 – Open Source Intelligence: Start to Finish, 360 minutes, 6 CPEs

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.

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August 1-29, 2023 – Online Social Media Primer, 300 minutes, 5 CPEs

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.

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August 31, 2023 – Conducting an Ethical Online Investigation, 120 minutes, 2 CPEs

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.

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September 14, 2023 – Discreet Investigations Online: Your Digital Footprint, 60 minutes, 1 CPE

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.

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November 16, 2023 – Risk Monitoring: Social Media Platforms, Chat Rooms, & More, 60 minutes, 1 CPE

Hg’s new webinar provides the key tasks associated with risk monitoring of people, events, and movements through social media, chat rooms, and other online sources. Be it active shooters or travel disruptions, this informative OSINT webinar addresses the nuances of online security teamwork, monitoring protocols, and data collection and reporting.

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December 14, 2023 – OSINT Hitlist: Best of 2023 and into 2024, 60 minutes, 1 CPE

Another year winds down, and all investigators’ eyes look forward to new ideas, new trends, and new technologies to improve their work. Hg’s popular end-of-year webinar is updated annually to help you slide into the new year with sharp knowledge, refined critical thinking skills, and enthusiasm for all that 2024 will bring!

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Recorded Webinars

Recorded Webinar – Social Media: Locating Unknown Individuals Online, 60 minutes, May 18, 2023

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.

Recorded Webinar – Private Tools & Databases for Due Diligence, 60 minutes, April 13, 2023

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.

Recorded Webinar – Social Media Investigations 101, 60 minutes, March 16, 2023

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.

Recorded Webinar – Domestic Background Checks, 60 minutes, February 16, 2023

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.

Recorded Webinar – Google Dorking – Building on Your Solid Foundation, 60 minutes, January 19, 2023

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.

Recorded Webinar – OSINT Hitlists: Best of 2022 & Into 2023, 60 minutes, December 15, 2022

As the year draws to a close, the keen OSINT investigator takes stock in what was learned over the last 11 months and what is on the horizon for due diligence investigations, background checks, social media research and monitoring, and everything from TikTok to Meta. This webinar wraps 2022 online investigation trends into a bright bow, while shining a bright light on 2023 trends before the ball drops in Times Square.

Recorded Webinar – Social Media Investigations & Monitoring Primer, 60 minutes, November 17, 2022

Often online investigations require more than a surface exploration of social media accounts. This hands-on, intermediate to advanced webinar introduces updated protocols to spotlight the brightest and best in social media monitoring for protective intelligence.

Recorded Webinar – Discreet Investigations Online: Your Digital Footprint, 60 minutes, September 15, 2022

In this intermediate to advanced class, participants will receive hands-on training on how to conduct investigations on social media platforms without compromising their online identity, gain tools for working online undercover, and understand how to avoid exposure when researching subjects online.

Recorded Webinar Pack – Social Media Primer Series, 300 minutes, August 1-29, 2022

How 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!

Recorded Webinar Pack – Open Source Intelligence – Start to Finish, 360 minutes, July 18-22, 2022

Designed 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.

Recorded Webinar – Due Diligence for ESG: Oh, the Places We Find Data, 60 minutes, June 16, 2022

 Whether 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.

Recorded Webinar – Event Monitoring: Extremism & Other Security Team Work Online, 60 minutes, May 26, 2022

This 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.

Recorded Webinar – Private Tools & Databases for Due Diligence Investigators, 60 minutes, April 14, 2022

Online due diligence investigations examine the backgrounds of corporate entities and the principals who manage them. This OSINT webinar will explore the databases, websites, and internet resources required to locate difficult information on companies, their assets, and the people that run them.

Recorded Webinar: Global Due Diligence, 60 minutes – December 16, 2021

In today’s global marketplace, investors must adhere to multi-national compliance regulations. The nimble financial analyst provides compliance-based intelligence based on top foreign corporate databases and country-specific social media platforms. In this course, we will review how to conduct international due diligence and background checks based on available databases and open sources in a variety of countries.

Recorded Webinar: Dark Web Primer, 60 minutes – September 16, 2021

How well-equipped are you to follow a lead and enter the Dark Web? Is your computer secure? Your identity protected? Do you know directory structures? Can you speak Tor and Tails? With hackers and cyber terrorists at an all-time high, now is the time to beef up on your Dark Web cyber skills. This intermediate to advanced hands-on class will examine the Dark Web, the channels used to institute private sales and exchanges, and inform you of how to conduct investigations safely.

Recorded Webinar: Advanced Social Media Investigations, 60 minutes – June 17, 2021

Is unlocking the doors to conducting comprehensive investigations on multiple social media platforms one of your 2021 goals? If so, this advanced, hands-on webinar is your ticket to increasing your knowledge and honing your open source skills. Focus will be on popular platforms such as LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, and Instagram, among others.

Recorded Webinar: Your Digital Footprint – Online & Off, 60 minutes – May 20, 2021

Many 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.

Recorded Webinar: Online Image Tracking & IP Tracing, 60 minutes – April 15, 2021

An important open source skill is understanding how to track down the owner of a website, photo, copyrighted image, or other types of electronic documents. These specialized search techniques are invaluable to asset investigations. This webinar provides a comprehensive introduction to unique search tools for tracing images and IP addresses.

Recorded Webinar: Social Media Searching, 60 minutes – February 18, 2021

As an investigator, social media platforms and search engines are important tools for tracking down facts and following leads. This intermediate to advanced hands-on webinar expands your general knowledge of social media platforms and search engines by exploring the latest trends in this ever-evolving medium for communication and the dissemination of information.
Hetherington Group is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State Boards of Accountancy have the final authority on the acceptance of individual course for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website: www.nasbaregistry.org.