Course
IntelTechniques Online OSINT Training
Michael Bazzell and team, IntelTechniques
More than a hundred hours of video and a long PDF manual from the author of the field's best-known book, sold as an annual membership with an optional practical certification. Deep, and priced for professionals.
This is the video counterpart to the OSINT Techniques book: a replica of the live curriculum, with new videos added monthly, a manual, instructor email support, and chat rooms for members. An optional certification requires a ten-day real-world mission rather than a quiz. Instruction and support are led by the team rather than Bazzell personally.
Worth it if
- You own the book, run cases, and want the same material as video with monthly updates
- Your employer pays annually and you want a practical certification based on a real mission
- You want the author's tools and manual kept current for the year
Skip it if
- You are self-funding at the start of your learning; the book plus free resources covers the same ground for far less
- You want a cohort, live classes, or a syllabus you can read before paying; none is public
- You dislike subscriptions that remove access when they lapse
What is inside
- 01
Video curriculum
A replica of the live course across beginner, intermediate, and advanced topics. The provider does not publish a module list; a content browser and demo video are linked from the training site.
- 02
Manual
A long PDF manual, several hundred pages, kept alongside the videos.
- 03
Tools and updates
Member access to the author's search tools and monthly new videos.
- 04
Support and community
Email access to the instructor and member chat rooms.
- 05
OSIP certification
An optional practical exam built around a ten-day real-world OSINT mission.
What you will be able to do
- Run the full IntelTechniques methodology across people, social, breach, and infrastructure sources
- Keep a custom search toolkit current as platforms change
- Complete a multi-day OSINT mission and report it to a certification standard
How current it is
Maintained, with monthly video additions and a pricing change in 2026. The membership model has changed several times over the years, and official pages disagree on exact hour and page counts. There is no public syllabus, so you are buying on the author's reputation.
- Updated
- New videos monthly; pricing updated 2026
- Maintained
- Actively maintained
How to get the most from it
- 01
Read the book first
If the book's approach suits you, the training will. If it does not, no amount of video will change that.
- 02
Set a monthly target
A hundred hours disappears into a year unless you schedule it. Two sections a month, with practice.
- 03
Decide on the certification before you renew
The mission takes ten days of real work. Plan it inside the membership year.
Strengths
- Depth and volume unmatched by other self-paced options
- Monthly updates from a team that tracks platform changes
- A certification that grades a real mission
Limitations
- Annual subscription with access loss on lapse
- No public syllabus
- Instructor identity on official pages is a first name only
Pair it with
- ReadBookPaidIntermediate
OSINT Techniques
The book this training mirrors; read it before you subscribe.
- ReadBookPaidIntermediate
Extreme Privacy: What It Takes to Disappear
The same author on protecting yourself, which the training leans on for OpSec.
- ReadNewsletterFree + paidIntermediate
UNREDACTED Magazine
The author's free magazine, to follow the methods between videos.
FAQ
Questions, answered
Is Michael Bazzell the instructor?
Official pages say students work with Michael, Laura, and Jason, with Jason named for support and the certification. The training is from Bazzell's company; day-to-day instruction is led by the team.
What happens if I do not renew?
You keep the manual, software, and tools on the portal but lose the videos, updates, and support. Former members have been offered reactivation at their earlier rate.
Learned the method? Practise it on real data
The resources above teach the craft. When you want to run real lookups across breach, people, domain, and crypto sources without opening a dozen vendor accounts, that is what SearchIn is for.
- Free account, no card
- Credits never expire
- Refund unused balance in 7 days