Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) in Cybersecurity

Whether they are reading information on Facebook, searching old friends or colleagues on google, researching for a term paper online, or hunting for employees on platforms like LinkedIn, most individuals already engage in some form of OSINT collection and analysis in their daily lives. However, the real value added to the field of cybersecurity in teaching individuals how to use OSINT is that they are able to evaluate the vulnerability of an individual or company directly from the information they provide online. Individuals can often find sensitive/confidential, private, and personal information through the process of enumeration, aggregation, and deduction that can help them protect individuals or exploit targets. In addition, by teaching individuals to use OSINT in cybersecurity, we can open the door to larger discussions of privacy and ethics regarding open source information. This workshop is going to go introduce OSINT in cybersecurity and open the discussion on privacy and ethics.

Presented by Anastacia Webster from California State University, San Bernardino