Summer Conference Events

Open-Source Intelligence (frequently referred to as OSINT) has been adopted into many investigators’ practice over the past decade and now covers a wide range of skills, tools and techniques. This practical course will teach you the basics of some key areas of OSINT that will help you not only save time in your research, but […]

This two-part practical online course will guide you through the basics of freedom of information legislation and equip you with the skills necessary to make successful information requests and appeals. This course is part of the #CIJSummer Investigative Journalism Conference 2021.

This four-part online course, which takes place over two days gives you the basics for starting, deepening, organising and writing an investigative report. This course is part of the #CIJSummer Investigative Journalism Conference 2021. 

You’ve heard people talking about data journalism, but don’t know where to start? Then this course is for you. This course is part of our annual #CIJSummer Investigative Journalism Conference 2021.

(90 mins) 18:00 BST & 18:00 EST This session focuses on guidelines and frameworks to support your sources to protect their own identity. Even if you take every care to keep your own infosec practices tight, it will often mean little if you can't also give your sources the support they need to secure their communication with you from their side.

Book a one to one session with one of our trainers to go over specific issues or review last weeks training.

(90 mins) 18:00 BST & 18:00 EST In this workshop you will receive training in keeping your sources confidential. We'll look into how to encrypt not just your communications with a source on both email and mobile, but also how to keep documents, data and other source material encrypted with tools like diskutility, bitlocker and VeraCrypt.

(90mins) 18:00 BST & 18:00 EST Building on earlier security sessions, this training will help you protect yourself and your online accounts. We’ll talk about various forms of phishing; steps you can take if an account has been compromised; and how to handle online threats and harassment, including the risk of doxxing.

(90mins) 18:00 BST & 18:00 EST This session builds on the fundamentals to bring in more advanced information security topics. It will go into the technical details of mobile security, and look at the privacy and security settings within different operating systems including those built for security such as Tails.

Book a one to one session with one of our trainers to go over specific issues or review last weeks training.