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Performing OSINT Gathering on Corporate Targets

Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) gathering is a critical component of penetration testing. This course will teach you how to gather various forms of corporate OSINT, including physical, logical, org chart, electronic, infrastructure, and financial.

Intermediate
5h 12m
(20)

Created by Jerod Brennen

Last Updated Jan 27, 2023

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Performing OSINT Gathering on Corporate Targets

Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) gathering is a critical component of penetration testing. This course will teach you how to gather various forms of corporate OSINT, including physical, logical, org chart, electronic, infrastructure, and financial.

Intermediate
5h 12m
(20)

Created by Jerod Brennen

Last Updated Jan 27, 2023

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What you'll learn

While many organizations are focusing their resources on implementing internal security controls, few turn their attention to the open source intelligence (OSINT) that attackers exploit in an effort to circumvent those controls. In this course, Performing OSINT Gathering on Corporate Targets, you'll learn foundational knowledge of gathering various forms of corporate OSINT as part of a penetration test. First, you'll explore tools and techniques for collecting OSINT. Next, you'll discover how to analyze that OSINT, separating the useful information from the noise. Finally, you'll learn how to organize your findings and prepare the subsequent phases of the penetration test. When you're finished with this course, you'll have the skills and knowledge of corporate OSINT gathering needed to conduct an effective, worthwhile penetration test.

Performing OSINT Gathering on Corporate Targets
Intermediate
5h 12m
(20)
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Jerod Brennen - Pluralsight course - Performing OSINT Gathering on Corporate Targets
Jerod Brennen
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By day, Jerod is a Security Solutions Architect with One Identity. By night, he's a husband, father, writer, filmmaker, martial artist, musician, gamer, and social media junkie.

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