About The Class:
Digital investigations become most effective when you have multiple aces up your sleeve. When OSINT alone cannot answer critical intelligence questions, it becomes essential to engage human sources. In this interactive, 3-hour online class we delve into the art and science of elicitation techniques for covert information collection.
Participants will learn to develop rapport with potential sources even in challenging environments, and learn how to use subtle information elicitation techniques that trigger sources to volunteer information. Attendees will gain practical skills to bridge the gap between OSINT collection and the person-to-person information extraction from primary sources.
Whether you are professional in security, intelligence, investigations, or a threat intelligence professional investigating cyber threat actors, this session will equip you with skills that will help you connect with online persons (or their aliases) and extract first-hand information.
Class Outline
Introduction
What Makes Elicitation Work
Interaction Prerequisites
Rapport Building Techniques With Online Persons & Personas
Universal Human Tendencies for Elicitation (Psychology)
Elicitation Methodology for Covert Collection
Elicitation Techniques
Pitfalls, Myths & What To Avoid
Closing Remarks
Who, When, Where
Class Instructor: Christina Lekati
Date: 21st January 2025
Time: 16:00 CET
Location: Live Online (link will follow upon registration to the class)
Your instructor
Christina Lekati is a psychologist and a social engineer.
With her background and degree in psychology, she learned the mechanisms of behavior, motivation, and decision-making, as well as manipulation and deceit. She became particularly interested in human dynamics, passionate about social engineering and in extent, open-source intelligence.
Christina has participated in penetration tests, law enforcement training, organizational trainings, high-value target & corporate vulnerability assessments, and more. She is an expert in social media profiling and analysis of the modus operandi, and in the process of identifying personality traits, behavioral tendencies, and demographic variables of both offenders and victims. She is working with Cyber Risk GmbH as a lead intelligence analyst & social engineering consultant and trainer.
Christina is frequently invited as a speaker or keynote speaker at cyber-security events around the globe.
She was an Executive Board Member at the OSINT Curious project, contributing to the international scene of Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) with the most recent news, tools and investigative techniques.