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Learn Janes Tradecraft
Helping you transform open-source information into actionable intelligence
Janes understands the challenge of producing effective open-source intelligence (OSINT) for increasingly time-short customers to support their decision makers. This is why we also design and deliver bespoke OSINT training programmes, designed to help you transform open-source information into actionable intelligence.
Learn the processes and methodological standards behind Janes assured intelligence
Creating trusted open-source intelligence has always been our focus. Janes foundational defence intelligence, across military capabilities and order of battle, equipment, events, and defence industry, is verified and validated using our human-centric tradecraft to deliver the highest levels of assurance.
Janes Tradecraft courses deliver online training and support material to enable national security and government organisations to exploit open-source information, improving their planning and decision making processes. It enables analysts to generate assured foundation and discovery intelligence from open-source information by enhancing their capability to answer the complex intelligence requirements National Security and Government organisations have today.
Teaching practitioners to:
Reduce digital footprint and mitigate risks associated with OSINT
Plan structured, methodical collection
Collect, collate, and process information using efficient, standardised processes
Expand information collection beyond their subject matter expertise with supplemental case studies
Produce and disseminate OSINT reports and briefings with appropriate rubric, explanations, and caveats
Course Description
Janes Tradecraft is an online subscription-based learning platform, courses are modular and progressive and can be completed independently. They are based on a combination of established intelligence tradecraft and Janes internal open-source intelligence processes. The course content can be viewed across multiple devices and is entirely self-contained. Where additional software or hardware is required for a specific course options are listed, and unbiased advice is provided.
201: Open-Source Imagery and Geo-spatial Intelligence: tradecraft course focused on support to IMINT and GEOINT activity and analysts
202: Social Media and Human Intelligence: tradecraft course focused on SOCMINT activity, and support to HUMINT activity and analysts
203: Open-Source Signals Intelligence Support to Cyber and Electro-Magnetic Activity: technical tradecraft course focused on support to SIGINT and CEMA tasks
204: Open-Source Financial Intelligence: tradecraft course focused on threat finance, cryptocurrency, and related FININT
301: Structured Analysis and Open-Source Information: Advanced course focused on application of critical thinking and SATs to Open-Source information
302: Open-Source Intelligence Automation and Integration: Advanced course focused on use of free, enterprise, and bespoke software in intelligence analysis workflows
303: Open-Source Intelligence and Information Management: Advanced course focused on intelligence and information management workflows
304: Open-Source Intelligence Support: Advanced course focused on managing Open-Source intelligence teams
401: Open-Source Intelligence Preparation of the Environment: Intelligence support course focused on the use of Open-Source information in intelligence estimates
402: Open-Source Intelligence for Strategic Communications: Intelligence support course focused on understanding Open-Source and social media operating environments
403: Open-Source Intelligence Support to Defence and National Security: Intelligence support course focused on planning and decision making support
404: Open-Source Intelligence Assessments: Intelligence analysis course focused on the incorporation of Open-Source information different intelligence assessments