OSINT Techniques for Foreign-Language Research

About this episode

The episode discusses effective research techniques in foreign languages with OSINT expert Skip Schiphorst.

In this episode of Integrity Insights, Filip is joined by Skip Schiphorst of i-Intelligence, a specialist in multilingual open-source intelligence and online research. Skip manages the company’s language-focused OSINT courses, including Chinese, Russian, and Arabic. The conversation explores a frequently overlooked aspect of OSINT: how to research effectively in foreign languages even if you do not speak them fluently. Skip explains why accurate searching in Arabic, Chinese, and Russian is ab...

People in this episode

Host: Filip

Guest: Skip Schiphorst

Topics covered

• OSINT
• foreign-language research
• multilingual intelligence
• online research
• language-focused courses

Keywords

• OSINT
• foreign languages
• multilingual research
• Chinese
• Russian
• Arabic
• online intelligence

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: i-Intelligence

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