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The information is out there. Can you find what matters and verify what you find?
Join us at #OSINTSummit for real-world investigations, emerging research, tools & techniques you can put to work.
🗓️ Feb. 1–2
📍 Alexandria, VA
🎟️ Space is limited
➡️ go.sans.org/g59cmF
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Faster analysis still needs sound judgment.
This session explores how AI-assisted workflows are changing everyday SOC operations, including where automation helps, where human validation remains essential, and how analyst skill sets need to evolve.
🔗 go.sans.org/mpEhun
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🚨 LAST CALL! The SANS #OSINTSummit 2027 Call for Presentations closes TODAY!
Have an OSINT case study, research project, tool, technique, or lesson learned worth sharing? We want to hear from you!
⏰ Deadline: Today, Oct. 26 | 5 p.m. EDT
📩 go.sans.org/dPm8qI
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Eight categories, and your vote picks the community's choice in each.
The 2026 SANS Difference Makers Awards celebrate practitioners, projects, and organizations. Which category do you know best? Voting closes Nov 9.
Cast your vote: feedback.sans.org/733559
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📣 The #OSINTSummit Call for Presentations closes Monday.
What have you learned that could help another OSINT practitioner? Share your research, tools, techniques, case studies, or lessons learned.
⏰ Monday, Oct. 26, 5:00pm EDT
📩 go.sans.org/dPm8qI
#OSINT
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AI is changing the SOC analyst’s job.
John Hubbard will break down where AI is reducing manual effort in triage, detection, and investigation, where it can mislead analysts, and which fundamentals still matter most.
🔗 go.sans.org/mpEhun
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How are advances in AI changing the way we approach cybersecurity?
Join us at SANS #AISummit as Amy Herzog shares lessons from testing Mythos Preview against AWS code and what security teams should consider next.
📅 Nov. 2–3 | Arlington & Virtual
➡️ go.sans.org/USUvPm
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📣 Deadline Extended! The SANS #OSINTSummit 2027 Call for Presentations is open for another week!
Have an OSINT case study, research project, tool, technique, or lesson learned to share? We want to hear from you!
⏰ New Deadline: Oct. 26, 5 p.m. EDT
📩 go.sans.org/dPm8qI
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📣 The #OSINTSummit Call for Presentations closes Monday.
What have you learned that could help another OSINT practitioner? Share your research, tools, techniques, case studies, or lessons learned.
⏰ Monday, Oct. 19, 5:00pm EDT
📩 go.sans.org/dPm8qI
#OSINT
ALT Promotional graphic for the OSINT Summit and Training 2024. Text reads: "Call for Presentations Open." Event details: February 1-2 in Arlington, VA and online. SANS logo is at the bottom right. Background features a stylized map.
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Technical depth is what closes the human-element gap.
At #SANSCDI 2026, train directly with the instructors shaping how the industry defends, through hands-on labs built around real threats.
Dec 14-19, Washington, D.C. or Live Online. go.sans.org/usHyyV
#SANSLiveTraining
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.@BryanOnSecurity uses AI daily and argues with it daily. His new SANS post explains why that skill is worth protecting.
Read the full post: go.sans.org/v9CDKf
Want to get better at checking AI’s answers? Take SEC401 with Bryan at #SANSCDI 2026: go.sans.org/usHyyV
ALT Blog title image with the text: 'What Happens When AI Gives Us Answers Before We’ve Learned How to Ask the Questions?' by Bryan Simon, on a blue abstract background.
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📣 One week left to submit a talk proposal for #OSINTSummit 2027!
Have an OSINT case study, research project, tool, technique, or hard-earned lesson worth sharing with the community?
⏰ Deadline: Oct. 19, 5:00pm
📩 go.sans.org/dPm8qI
#OSINT #OpenSourceIntelligence
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OSINT isn't just a collection tool. It's an exposure risk.
Matt Wesmiller (Orbis) shows how adversaries use open sources to map and target defense and emerging-tech programs, and how to run a counter-OSINT audit on your own organization.
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Stop sifting. Start scraping the sources that matter.
At SANS OSINT Summit 2026, Ethan Muntz (Health-ISAC) breaks down how to build, use, and maintain your own free search engine for faster, higher-fidelity intelligence.
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Advance your #OSINT tradecraft.
Explore how practitioners uncover threats, support investigations, verify information & turn open-source data into intelligence.
NEW: Access OSINT + CTI Summit sessions w/ one registration.
📅 Feb. 1–2 | Alexandria, VA
➡️ go.sans.org/g59cmF
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What could you bring to the #OSINTSummit stage?
A real-world case study. A collection technique. A tool you built. Research that uncovered something unexpected. A lesson learned.
⏰ Submit by Oct. 19: go.sans.org/dPm8qI
#OSINT
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Database lookups and social scans get the spotlight. Video often gets skipped, and that's where the breadcrumbs are.
Nikita Mazurov (Press Freedom Defense Fund) breaks down how to run a video OSINT investigation start to finish.
Watch: piped.video/uHnj_MjG4_4
#OSINT
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🔐 SEC411 teaches defense against prompt injection, jailbreaking, and RAG manipulation through hands-on labs, no prior AI experience needed. Start your AI security journey: go.sans.org/gHJMPX #AISecurity #LLM #CyberDefense
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📣 Registration is OPEN for #OSINTSummit 2027!
Join the OSINT community in Alexandria for real-world case studies, tools & practical tradecraft.
NEW: One registration gives you access to OSINT + CTI Summit sessions.
📅 Feb. 1–2
➡️ go.sans.org/g59cmF
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A repeatable framework, not a tool list.
From SANS OSINT Summit 2026: Liz Bradt & Michael Block (Skull Games Solutions) on building disciplined, purpose-driven OSINT investigations, illustrated by a case that ended in a rescue and an arrest.
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