Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) Foundations

Course Requirement

Licenced Private Investigator  | Submission of valid licence (Any Province/Country) | No prior knowledge of surveillance | No expensive fancy gear | Excitement to learn and advance your investigative career

Target Audience

✓ New investigators looking to lightning fast-track their skills and confidence in research areas

✓ Active PIs ready to exponentially expand their research skills for a digital age

✓ Experienced professionals aiming to rapidly enhance research skills for the digital age, increasing their value

Course Brief

In today’s digital battlefield, Open Source Intelligence Training isn’t a bonus skill — it’s a survival requirement. Hidden inside oceans of digital noise are the clues that solve cases, win litigation, and expose the truth. Investigators trained in real-world Open Source Intelligence Training techniques know how to find that information, verify it, and weaponize it legally. Those who don’t are simply guessing — and in this industry, guessing gets you fired.

At PIcourse.ca, you’re not learning theory. You’re learning from professionals who have operated at the top of the investigative world, serving the biggest firms, law offices, and government contracts. Whether you’re a 30-year veteran or a newly minted PI, this course teaches you how to dominate the digital landscape and deliver evidence that no opponent can ignore with your Open Source Intelligence Training.

You’ll master the fundamentals of Open Source Intelligence Training while developing the critical edge that separates true professionals from amateurs. This course goes far beyond basic internet searches — you’ll learn how to gather digital evidence properly, protect operational anonymity, and meet the highest legal standards required for admissible investigations.

In this course, you will learn how to:

• Build covert digital identities to shield your real-world footprint during investigations

• Assess the credibility of online sources quickly and accurately under time pressure

• Map target networks through open-source relationships and metadata analysis

• Extract hidden information from social media platforms, forums, and public databases

• Develop pretexting strategies that stay within legal and ethical boundaries

• Create evidence packages ready for immediate presentation to clients or the court

• Recognize counterintelligence behaviours and avoid detection during digital investigations

• Design and maintain an operational security (OpSec) framework for long-term investigative protection

Open Source Intelligence Training isn’t optional anymore — it’s foundational. Mistakes in OSINT don’t just lose cases; they destroy reputations and cost clients hundreds of thousands of dollars. Correct investigative research, properly structured and professionally presented, wins high-stakes battles behind the scenes.

Your instructor personally assisted in rebuilding operational standards now adopted by major investigative firms across North America. What you’re getting isn’t a theory — it’s a real-world system, designed for professionals who need results, not excuses, in Open Source Intelligence Training.

Implement these methods today, and you won’t just survive the modern investigative field — you’ll dominate it. Become the investigator clients trust when everything is on the line — the one opponents can’t outmaneuver.

These skills are for educational use only. Under provincial or country laws, performing certain investigative actions may require licensing. Always stay within legal limits.