Best Practices and Lessons Learned from Starting Up Multiple OSINT Teams

Over the course of his career, SEC497: Practical Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) Course Author Matt Edmondson has started up multiple OSINT teams within the U.S. government and worked with private sector cyber threat intelligence teams ranging from Fortune 100 businesses to small startups. In this talk, Matt will explain how the OSINT landscape is changing and most importantly, he’ll discuss some crucial decisions that organizations can make which can severely hinder the effectiveness of their OSINT operations. He’ll also talk about what really matters with operational security (OPSEC) and how we can improve our OPSEC with minimal cost.