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Class Description

The Introduction to Cryptocurrency Investigations course is a fundamental course that begins by providing students with definitions and concepts associated with Cryptocurrency as a means of level setting. From here, the course moves into an understanding of exchanges, regulations, and the ability to identify various address types. The course concludes with a survey into the methods using free tools, techniques, and resources that can be leveraged by investigators.

In brief, this course covers the following via lectures, labs, and demonstrations:

  • Understand fundamental concepts associated with the cryptocurrency ecosystem
    • Cryptography, Cryptanalysis, and Cryptocurrency
    • Blockchain
    • Concepts within blockchain
    • Non Fungible Tokens (NFTs)
  • Exchanges
  • Regulations
  • Cryptocurrency Types & Addressing
  • Investigation Tools, Techniques, and Resources

Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites for this course.

Cost

This 4-hour course costs $190.

Continuing Education & Employer Relations

Information about getting certificates, badges, or invoices for CPEs/CEUs/etc. and employer reimbursement can be found here.

About Joe and The OSINTion

The OSINTion, LLC is an online and onsite Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) training provider based in the US. The Principal Instructor, Joe Gray, is a recognized expert in Intelligence, specifically OSINT and other relevant topics in information security. Joe’s passionate and common sense approach to Intelligence is easy to comprehend and natural for students to follow along. 

Competitively, Joe has placed in the following competitions involving OSINT:

  • 3rd place in the NOLACon OSINT CTF in 2018 (as a member of the Password Inspection Agency)
  • 3rd place in the NOLACon OSINT CTF in 2019 (as a member of the Password Inspection Agency)
  • 2nd place in the BSides Atlanta OSINT CTF in 2019 (as a member of the Password Inspection Agency)
  • 1st place in the DerbyCon Social Engineering Capture the Flag (SECTF) in 2017
  • 4th place in the DerbyCon OSINT CTF in 2019
  • 2nd place in the Hackfest (Quebec) Missing Persons CTF powered by TraceLabs in 2019 (as a member of the Password Inspection Agency)
  • 2nd place in the Hackfest (Quebec) Social Engineering Capture the Flag (SECTF) in 2019
  • 2nd place in the TraceLabs Global Missing Persons CTF V (as a member of the Password Inspection Agency)
  • 1st place in the TraceLabs Global OSINT Search Party at DEFCON 28 (as a member of the Password Inspection Agency)
  • 1st place in the TraceLabs Global OSINT Search Party at DEFCON 29 (as a member of The Federal Bureau of OH-SHINT)

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