27 March 2009

Internet Intelligence Course : How to use the Internet as an Effective Investigative Research Tool

27-30 September 2009

ICC Commercial Crime Services have developed a three-day course to be held in state of the art computer facilities at Cambridge University which will provide delegates with:

  • An overview of the Internet and how it works
  • The ability to use the Internet in a more effective way as an open source/competitive intelligence tool
  • Advanced techniques to mine data using different search tools and uncover hidden information
  • Strategies for filtering, analysing and organising research data
  • An awareness of security and privacy issues including techniques to both hide and increase visibilities of sites

The course will be highly practical and interactive and is led by David Toddington, who is a leading expert with a wealth of experience in this field. It will be of interest to a range of different individuals, including:

  • Corporate security professionals in banks, insurers and multinationals
  • Fraud investigators, accountants and analysts
  • Competitive intelligence researchers
  • Government and private sector investigators
  • Law enforcement officers
  • Knowledge workers and researchers

Each delegate will receive a 250-page comprehensive manual, as well as various shareware software applications, and a certificate of attendance. Click here to download a course brochure

Who should attend?

This unique course is designed for anyone who wishes to use the Internet more effectively for research, investigation and information gathering. It will appeal in particular to:

  • Corporate security professionals in banks, insurers and multinationals
  • Fraud investigators, accountants and analysts
  • Competitive intelligence researchers
  • Government and private sector investigators
  • Law enforcement officers
  • Knowledge workers and researchers

What the course includes

  • Intensive 3 day training for up to 25 delegates using networked computers
  • A 250 page course manual and shareware software applications
  • Accommodation in single ensuite rooms at the college
  • All meals
  • Evening social programme

About the Speaker

David Toddington, is a former Vice President and General Manager of a national Canadian Internet Service Provider. David has operated an Information Technology consulting firm that provides services to a diverse selection of Law Enforcement, Public and Private Sector clients for the past eight years.

DM Toddington & Company provides advanced Internet technologies support, computer forensic data examination and Internet based intelligence services to a number of operational units within the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. In addition to the RCMP, the company has also provided services to sections within the British Columbia Organized Crime Agency and a number of municipal police agencies across Canada.

David regularly lectures on Internet related investigative matters to various police and related groups in Canada, United States, Asia, Europe and the Middle East, and has developed a number of training programmes focused on Information Technologies as they relate to security and police investigations. In addition to his teaching at the Canadian Police College, David also instructs through a number of different police academies including the RCMPs Pacific Region Training Centre, the Idaho State Police Academy (US) and the West Yorkshire Police Training and Development Centre (UK).

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