SANS OSINT Summit & Training 2026

Mon, Mar 16 - Sun, Mar 22, 2026
2 Courses
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Hilton Arlington Rosslyn The Key & Virtual (ET)

1900 Fort Myer Drive, Arlington, VA 22209

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Summit: March 16 | Training: March 17-22

Master OSINT in the Era of Information Overload at the OSINT Summit

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Join Us on Monday, March 16 for the OSINT Summit – In-Person in Arlington, VA or Free Live Online

The Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) Summit is the premier event for cybersecurity professionals, investigators, threat analysts, and open-source researchers who are shaping the future of intelligence gathering in an increasingly complex digital world. This Summit delivers cutting-edge insights and practical techniques from top experts who leverage OSINT to drive real-world impact from uncovering cyber threats to assessing geopolitical risk.

Whether you're joining in person or tuning in virtually, this is your opportunity to dive deep into the tools, tradecraft, and trends driving OSINT forward.

"As someone new in the OSINT world, I found most of the presenters very informative. I really appreciated the case studies and clear real-world applications." - Jen R.

What Attendees Say

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As someone new to the OSINT world, the Summit and presentations sparked new curiosity and a passion to learn more and dig deeper into the tools and techniques used every day.
Carlie A.Booz Allen Hamilton
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The Summit exposed me to new techniques for research and brought to my attention information sources I was not aware of before. The talks were engaging and well-prepared.
Jordan B.Recorded Future
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I learned things at this Summit I can use both personally and when working for my company.
Johnny T.Jacobs Engineering Group
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I was looking forward to this for months, and you knocked it out of the park. Well done, all around. Having presenters speak to, and show, actual methodology is one of the best things about OSINT Summits.
Daniel P.

Summit Highlights

Highly Technical Talks, Sessions, & Workshops

The industry's top practitioners will share their latest OSINT research, solutions, tools, and case studies.

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One-Of-A-Kind Networking with The Top Minds In OSINT

You’ll have the chance to engage with Summit Chairs, speakers, and your peers in the community for deep-dive discussions, and casual chats over breaks, meals, and evening receptions.

Summit Night Out

The days will be filled with the latest in OSINT, but the fun goes up a notch at night for those joining us in DC.

Solutions Expo Hall

Explore the latest tools and solutions in cyber threat intelligence, and incident response.

Actionable Insights You Can Implement Immediately

Walk away with practical techniques, vetted tools, and proven methodologies you can implement in your work right away.

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Summit: Evening Receptions
Summit: Access to Summit Exhibit Hall
Summit: Lunch and light refreshments will be provided during the event and scheduled breaks

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Lunch and light refreshments will be provided during the event and scheduled breaks

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Access to Select Talks
Interactive Chat on Slack
First Access to Approved Recordings and Decks

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SEC587: Advanced Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) Gathering and Analysis

SEC587Cyber Defense

GIAC Strategic OSINT Analyst
6 Days
36 CPEs
Chris Pizor

Starts 17 Mar 2026 at 8:30 AM ET
$8,780 USD (Course)
$999 USD (Certification)
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SEC497: Practical Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT)

SEC497Cyber Defense

GIAC Open Source Intelligence
6 Days
36 CPEs
Mick Douglas

Starts 17 Mar 2026 at 8:30 AM ET
$8,780 USD (Course)
$999 USD (Certification)
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Summit Chairs

Chris Pizor

Curriculum Lead

With 30 years in cyber and intelligence operations, Chris Pizor teaches SEC504 and SEC497 to help students master OSINT techniques, incident response, and hands-on defense skills shaped by real-world missions.

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Mick Douglas

Managing Partner

Mick Douglas has over 10 years of experience in information security and is currently the Managing Partner for InfoSec Innovations. He specializes in PowerShell, Unix, Data Visualization, Hardware and Radio Hacking.

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Julia Bayer

Innovation Manager

Julia Bayer is an investigative journalist, innovation manager and trainer at Deutsche Welle. At DW’s Investigative unit she is diving deep online collecting publicly available sources to uncover the (in)visible using OSINT.

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Steven Harris

Cyber Threat Analyst

Steven spent 12 years working as an investigator in UK law enforcement. He has received several commendations for catching groups of cyber criminals and improving the way that law enforcement respond to security vulnerability disclosures.

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Matt Edmondson

Founder

Matt Edmondson, Senior SANS Instructor, STI faculty, and Founder of Argelius Labs, authored SEC497 and SEC587. A DHS veteran with 11 GIAC certifications and OSCP, he draws on 20 years of investigations to deliver accessible, real-world OSINT training.

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Nico Dekens

Owner

Nico is an all-round all source analyst with years of government experience. He has taught hundreds of police, tax, and military units to conduct OSINT research & analysis.

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Schedule

Summit Dates

March 16

Training Dates

March 17-22

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Credential Pick Up

08:00AM - 09:00AM EDT

In-Person

Opening Remarks

09:00AM - 09:15AM EDT

Presented by

Chris Pizor

Principal Instructor

Mick Douglas

Principal Instructor

In-Person & Virtual

Keynote: OSINT Force Multiplier: Augmenting OSINT With GenAI for Violent Ideology Discovery, Triage, and Network Mapping

The rise of fragmented, cross-platform extremist ecosystems requires OSINT practitioners to blend traditional tradecraft with AI-accelerated workflows. This presentation demonstrates how human expertise and Generative AI can work together to rapidly surface, triage, and contextualize violent-ideology content originating from any online source.

09:15AM - 10:00AM EDT

Presented by

Chris Poulter

Founder & CEO

In-Person & Virtual

Break

10:00AM - 10:15AM EDT

In-Person & Virtual

OSINT for Geopolitical Crisis Response: Investigating a Rumored Presidential Assassination

It’s 7pm, I’m on a train in Venice, and suddenly the phone rings – it’s my boss.

‘A client of ours operates in Equatorial Guinea. They’ve just heard that the president has been assassinated and that Russian-backed mercenaries are attempting to overthrow the state. They need to know if there’s any truth to this before they repatriate all of their staff. Given the situation, this needs to be done as quickly as possible.'

'No pressure or anything.'

10:15AM - 10:50AM EDT

Presented by

Christian Georgiou

Associate Analyst

In-Person & Virtual

Method Over Madness: The OSINT Targeting Revolution

Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) is often viewed as a checklist of tools, platforms, and steps—but true methodology is far more deliberate.

This presentation redefines OSINT methodology through the targeting cycle, showing how clear objectives and structured analysis lead to real-world impact.

10:55AM - 11:30AM EDT

Presented by

Michal (Michele) Block

Director of Intelligence

Liz Bradt

Director of Operations

In-Person & Virtual

Unmasking Evil: How OSINT Exposed a Dark Web Monster

What begins as a casual research project for an unrelated blog post turns into a life-saving investigation. While exploring a dark web forum, I came across a disturbing post from someone asking for advice on kidnapping people and selling their organs.

In this talk, I’ll walk through how an ordinary OSINT inquiry escalated into identifying a real person operating under an anonymous identity, and how that information was passed on and ultimately led to an arrest in another country.

11:35AM - 12:10PM EDT

Presented by

Joshua Richards

Founder

In-Person & Virtual

Lunch

12:10PM - 01:30PM EDT

In-Person & Virtual

PromptINT: Using Prompt Leaks as a New Source of OSINT Intelligence

The rapid adoption of AI has created a powerful new class of OSINT-ready data sources: exposed private LLM conversations and, secondarily, leaked system prompts. Over the past year, users and organizations have inadvertently exposed millions of private ChatGPT-style conversations through public share links, misconfigured integrations, browser extensions, API logs, and app-side vulnerabilities.

01:30PM - 02:05PM EDT

Presented by

Gil Maman

CTO and Co-Founder

Yotam Perkal

Research Director

In-Person & Virtual

Workshop: TBD

01:30PM - 03:25PM EDT

In-Person

Build Your Own Search Engine and Flip the Script on Google Dorking

As OSINT practitioners, we often find ourselves on the hunt for that key piece of information critical to our intelligence requirements. Looking for that proverbial needle in the massive haystack that is the internet. Specialized search engine queries using Boolean logic or sifting through a collection of reliable sources can be used to accomplish this, but what if there was another way?

02:10PM - 02:45PM EDT

Presented by

Ethan Muntz

Strategic Threat Analyst II

In-Person & Virtual

Counterintelligence in the Age of Open Source: Protecting Emerging Technologies from Adversarial Collection

As open-source information grows more powerful, and more weaponized, adversaries are increasingly using OSINT to map, target, and exploit critical U.S. technologies and research programs.

This presentation exposes how nation-state collectors, foreign intelligence services, and corporate competitors leverage open sources to identify vulnerabilities across the defense and emerging-tech landscape.

02:50PM - 03:25PM EDT

Presented by

Matt Wesmiller

Senior Account Executive

In-Person & Virtual

Break

03:25PM - 03:40PM EDT

In-Person & Virtual

Excel and PowerPoint Tips for OSINT Investigations

Many law enforcement agencies do not have budgets for advanced tools, but access to the Microsoft Office software suite is almost universal.

This session will present practical tips for how to use the common programs of Excel and PowerPoint in OSINT investigations, with Excel being used primarily for data clarity and PowerPoint for story clarity.

03:40PM - 04:15PM EDT

Presented by

Stephen Lerner

Senior Customer Success Specialist

In-Person & Virtual

Workshop: TBD

03:40PM - 04:55PM EDT

In-Person

OSINT Video Forensics: Conducting Video Investigations

This talk will discuss how to conduct video-forward OSINT investigations from start to finish. Covering all aspects of the video investigation lifecycle, from content acquisition and preservation, to video analysis and presenting the findings.

04:20PM - 04:55PM EDT

Presented by

Nikita Mazurov

Security Researcher

In-Person & Virtual

Wrap-Up

04:55PM - 05:10PM EDT

Presented by

Mick Douglas

Principal Instructor

Chris Pizor

Principal Instructor

In-Person & Virtual

Closing Reception

05:30PM - 07:00PM EDT

In-Person

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Hotel Special Rates and Reservations

A special discounted rate of $259.00 S/D plus applicable taxes will be honored based on space availability. The group rate is lower than the Government Per Diem rate.

This rate includes Internet in your room and is only available through Monday, February 23, 2026.

SANS attendees will receive a discounted parking rate of $20 per day and $30 per overnight with in-and-out privileges.

Book Reservation at Special Discounted Rate

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- SANS attendees will receive a discounted parking rate of $20 per day and $30 per overnight with in-and-out privileges. Venue Parking Details - Self-Parking: $45 per day. Rate listed is prevailing and subject to change. Alternative Parking Options - SANS recommends researching nearby parking facilities for more options. Some popular parking apps that can help you locate and reserve space during your training are SpotHero, ParkMobile, and ParkWhiz Distances from Nearby Airports - Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA): Approximately 4 miles - Dulles International Airport (IAD): Approximately 2.8 miles

SEC595: Applied Data Science and AI/Machine Learning for Cybersecurity Professionals

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Master OSINT in the Era of Information Overload at the OSINT Summit

Join Us on Monday, March 16 for the OSINT Summit – In-Person in Arlington, VA or Free Live Online

What Attendees Say

Summit Highlights

Highly Technical Talks, Sessions, & Workshops

One-Of-A-Kind Networking with The Top Minds In OSINT

Summit Night Out

Solutions Expo Hall

Actionable Insights You Can Implement Immediately

Register

Summit and Course Registration

Summit Registration Only

Courses

GIAC Certifications

Extra 4 Months of Course Access

SEC587: Advanced Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) Gathering and Analysis

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SEC497: Practical Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT)

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Summit Chairs

Chris Pizor

Mick Douglas

Julia Bayer

Steven Harris

Matt Edmondson

Nico Dekens

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