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The "Financial Crime Investigations and Fundamentals of Open Source Intelligence - OSINT" course is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills needed to conduct a successful financial crime and fraud investigation, as well as the basics to effectively gather and analyze Open Source Intelligence also known as OSINT.In the first part of the course, you will be introduced to the criminal intelligence process and all its stages. You will learn analysis techniques, how to develop premises and inferences, and how to present the results in different forms. In the second part, you will learn how to prepare the tech environment for research and use the tools needed to conduct a secure and safe investigation. You'll explore the basic fundamentals of virtual machines - VMs, VPNs, DNS records, exif data, the dark web, virtual currencies / cryptocurrencies, and much more.To assess your knowledge, the course includes small questionnaires for some of the sections.Besides Udemy's certificate, we additionally offer a Personalized Certificate of Completion issued by The Elite Compliance Group, upon request. To obtain yours, simply send us a private message through Udemy, including the name you'd like to see on the certificate. Please consider that due to high demand, the certificates are processed and issued at the end of each month. For instance, if you request a certificate in January, it will be provided in February.Enroll in the course now to take your knowledge and skills to the next level and advance your career in the compliance field.Full Course IndexPart 1: Financial Crime and Fraud InvestigationsAn introduction to intelligenceInformation vs. IntelligenceStagesThe origins of intelligence analysisThe analystCriminal intelligence analysisIntelligence analysis and organized crimeThe intelligence processWhat is the intelligence process?The intelligence cycleDirection and collectionDirection/taskingCollection - Data gatheringSourcesCollection planEvaluationEvaluation processEvaluation tablesCollation and AnalysisCollationData integration and analysisInferencesDisseminationExtra section - Optional articlesSanitizationDisseminationAxioms for an intelligence analystTen standards for intelligence analystsBasic analysis techniquesLink analysisInference developmentPremisesInferencePresentation of resultsOral briefingsBriefing structureAnalyze the audienceOutline your briefingWritten reportsContents of a written reportPart 2: Open Source Intelligence OSINTIntroductionHow OSINT fits into the intelligence cycleCan OSINT support law enforcement?Where does OSINT come from?The value of OSINT for both public and private sectorsHow to fight infoxicationOpen sourcesPreparing the environmentVirtual MachinesThe browserVPNs and More tools and tipsResearchDNS recordsArchived and cached pagesSocial MediaImage informationThe Dark WebVirtual Currencies

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