GIAC (SANS)GIAC Strategic OSINT Analyst
The GIAC Strategic OSINT Analyst (GSOA) certification validates advanced open-source intelligence skills, from automating investigations with Python to tracking threats across social platforms, darknet forums, blockchain activity, and disinformation networks. Designed for incident responders, DFIR analysts, penetration testers, and intelligence personnel, GSOA proves you can conduct sophisticated OSINT investigations at scale and deliver actionable intelligence.
175 practice questions · Updated 2026-07-30
2Domains
5Objectives
28Concepts
175Questions
GSOA Curriculum
Every domain, objective, and concept the GSOA exam measures.
- Disinformation Identification
- Information Reliability Assessment
- Sensitive Group Analysis
- Sensitive Individual Analysis
- Third-Party Web-Based Monitoring Tools
- Monitoring Topics of Interest
- Technical Access to Password-Protected Files
- Transportation-Related Open-Source Information
- Automated Identification of Sensitive Credentials
- Fictitious Identity Creation
- Identity Maintenance and OPSEC
- Dark Web Access and Anonymization
- Dark Web OSINT Collection
- Cryptocurrency Transaction Tracking
- Cryptocurrency Attribution and Analysis
- Wireless Intelligence Gathering
- Wireless Network Analysis
- Image verification techniques
- Video verification techniques
- Audio verification techniques
- AI integration in OSINT research
- Automating OSINT workflows with Python
- Using third-party APIs in OSINT
- Local and cloud execution of OSINT scripts
- Persistent monitoring of websites
- Scheduling and orchestration of monitoring tasks
- Handling API authentication and rate limits
- Data storage and logging for automated OSINT
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