OSINT Monitoring and Detection: Fast Track
RCCE students will learn open source intelligence collection, analysis, and operational security including social media intelligence, domain and infrastructure reconnaissance, dark web monitoring, and OSINT tool proficiency. RCCE students will learn to conduct OSINT investigations using publicly available data sources, perform people searches and social media analysis, enumerate organizational infrastructure through DNS, WHOIS, and certificate transparency logs, monitor paste sites and dark web forums for leaked credentials and threat actor activity, apply OSINT tradecraft while maintaining operational security, and produce actionable OSINT reports. This monitoring course teaches comprehensive detection and observability strategies for proactive security operations. Starting from foundational concepts, RCCE students will learn to instrument systems for security telemetry, build detection pipelines, configure alerting, and maintain monitoring coverage as environments evolve. Students gain the visibility and detection capabilities needed to catch threats early.
- Security Engineers building defensive controls
- Security Analysts and Blue Team members
- Systems Administrators with security responsibilities
- GRC and Risk Professionals supporting controls
- Professionals implementing OSINT Monitoring and Detection: Fast Track
- Monitor and audit privilege usage; detect escalation attempts
- Build detections and response workflows for privilege escalation
- Execute hands-on tasks for open source intelligence collection, analysis & operational security
- Explain Course Overview fundamentals
- Execute hands-on tasks for scope & objectives
- Execute hands-on tasks for skills acquired
- Execute hands-on tasks for audience & format — covering OSINT collection, People search & SOCMINT.
- Execute hands-on tasks for osint tradecraft & opsec — covering People search & SOCMINT.
- Execute hands-on tasks for definition & principles — covering Intel from publicly available sources, Social media & forums.
- Execute hands-on tasks for osint data categories — covering Intel from publicly available sources.
- Execute hands-on tasks for 1. planning & direction
- Execute hands-on tasks for source category
| Module 01 | OSINT Monitoring |
| Module 02 | and Detection: Fast Track |
| Module 03 | Open Source Intelligence Collection, Analysis & Operational Security |
| Module 04 | Course Overview |
| Module 05 | Scope & Objectives |
| Module 06 | Skills Acquired |
| Module 07 | Audience & Format |
| Module 08 | OSINT tradecraft & OPSEC |
| Module 09 | Definition & Principles |
| Module 10 | OSINT Data Categories |
| Module 11 | 1. Planning & Direction |
| Module 12 | Source Category |
| Module 13 | Collection Method |
| Module 14 | Social Media |
All hands-on labs run on Rocheston Rose X OS. Students practice osint monitoring and detection: fast track by implementing the controls discussed in class, with a focus on real-world deployment, monitoring, and validation.
- Lab 1: Monitor and audit privilege usage; detect escalation attempts
- Lab 2: Build detections and response workflows for privilege escalation
- Lab 3: Execute hands-on tasks for open source intelligence collection, analysis & operational security
- Lab 4: Explain Course Overview fundamentals
- Lab 5: Execute hands-on tasks for scope & objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, students will receive an official RCCE Course Completion Certificate for OSINT Monitoring and Detection: Fast Track, verifiable through the Rocheston certification portal.
- Full access to all course materials and slide decks
- Hands-on lab access on Rocheston Rose X OS environment
- Access to Rocheston CyberNotes
- Access to Rocheston Zelfire — EDR/XDR SIEM platform
- Access to Rocheston Raven — online cyber range exercise platform
- Access to Rocheston Vulnerability Vines AI