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OSINT: Uncovering Digital Footprints

Learn from a corporate intelligence analyst how to investigate a person’s digital footprint through interactive demonstrations and case studies.

Journalists can reveal valuable insights into a person’s identity by examining digital footprints. In this course, corporate intelligence analyst and former journalist Sarah Cammarata will walk you through the tools, techniques and tips to answer questions such as:

– How do you search, gather and analyse data from social media platforms?
– How do you find hidden social media profiles and uncover new connections?
– How can we use this data to strengthen our investigations or uncover new leads?

You may also like: Locating State Violence: OSINT and Geolocation. Hands-On. [B] – on Thu 4 July.

4 July 2024 – OSINT: Uncovering digital footprints

12:30–13:30

Sarah Cammarata

Sarah Cammarata is an OSINT practitioner and corporate intelligence analyst, investigating white collar crime. Before moving to London from Washington, DC to pursue a Master’s in War Studies from King’s College London, she worked as a reporter at POLITICO and Stars and Stripes, where she covered defence, Congress and US military branches.
  • 4 July 2024 12.30–13.30
Location: LG 01
Class
All levels
Beginner
OSINT
4 July 2024

Locating State Violence: OSINT and Geolocation. Hands-On. [B]

This workshop is an introduction to the principles and techniques of Forensic Architecture and open-source human rights investigations more broadly. This session will cover open-source research and geolocation, as well as basic media and spatial analysis.