SOCIAL MEDIA INVESTIGATIONS
A three module Open Source Intelligence course that teaches the essential skills and techniques to process social media platforms as part of an investigation.
The Social Media course will provide a beginner with the capabilities to be a valuable member of an OSINT team. Also, it works as an excellent refresher for the experienced social media investigator.
The social media landscape changes so frequently that it is difficult for a practitioner to be consistently effective without regular training.
If you take this SOCMINT course, it is prudent to have taken the 2 module foundation course. Also, consider extending your knowledge and skills by taking the 5 other modules in the OSINT Practitioner Training (LOT-X-P). This will complete your training. We will discount the cost of the LOT-X-P as you do not need to take again the three modules from this SOCMINT course.
MATERIALS PROVIDED WITH THE LOT-X-S
A Live Online Training (LOT) course.
With each module of the course, two items of training material are provided.
1. A Help Notes & Links file in PDF. One for each module.
The pages correlate to the slides in the LOT with step-by-step process descriptions and links to all of the online resources covered in the module.
Trainees do not spend any time taking notes. All the notes they will ever need a provided. Trainees can focus on the LOT.
2. After each module, a video recording of the LOT is made available for download from the Axeten Cloud.
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TRAINING OBJECTIVES OF THE SOCMINT COURSE
The SOCMINT Training teaches practitioners how to locate people on social media platforms and how to safely process their accounts. So that by the end of the course, the trainee shall have acquired the capability to be a proficient Social Media investigator.
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE SOCMINT COURSE
The practitioner will have acquired the capability to safely deploy a Social Media investigation, in compliance with the legislation and will know how to locate and gather open source intelligence and material from multiple Social Media Platforms (SMPs) and to connect people and organisations through their online activity, even where an entity might have no intended on-line presence.
Looking for more than this course offers?
The OSINT Training is a practical course for people that will be active practitioners. If you have a position of responsibility inside your organisation you should understand the wider implications of OSINT processing. Consider an Axeten Blended Course.
The Blended courses are ideal for team leaders, anyone with oversight of OSINT investigations and for people want to get their career as an Open Source investigator, off to the best possible start. The Advanced course is indispensable if you are planning to setup an OSINT department.
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LOT-X-S PRICE: £199 per delegate PAY NOW
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MODULES COVERED IN THE SOCMINT TRAINING COURSE
MODULE 1 : SOCIAL MEDIA PART 1 - LINKEDIN, INSTAGRAM, XCOM & THREADS
This is Module 8 of The Online OSINT Practitioner Training. Demonstrating with trainee exercises, the OSINT capabilities of Social Media as an investigative resource & processing users and the content they publish on Instagram, X, Linkedin, Threads and other social media platforms.
MODULE 2 : SOCIAL MEDIA PART 2 - TIKTOK, SNAPCHAT, YOUTUBE
This is Module 9 of the Online OSINT Practitioner Training. Demonstrating with exercises, the OSINT capabilities of Social Media as an investigative resource & processing users and the still and moving image (video) content they publish on TikTok and YouTube, SnapChat and other social media and image sharing platforms.
MODULE 3 : SOCIAL MEDIA PART 3 - FACEBOOK - THE DEEP DIVE
Module 3 of the SOCMINT training is Module 10 of the Online OSINT Practitioner Training. This module is also available as the standalone Facebook Deep Dive Training. Demonstrating live and online, the extensive capabilities of Facebook, including access to restricted accounts and the Facebook Marketplace.
Social Media & Online Marketplaces
Wednesday 03 March 2027
Wednesday 17 March 2027
3 modules over 3 weeks
Social Media Investigations
Wednesday 2 June 2027
Wednesday 16 June 2027
3 modules over 3 weeks