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Sample Schedule and Course Descriptions

The document outlines a sample schedule for a week-long training event in Vienna, featuring keynote presentations, tool demonstrations, and hands-on sessions focused on various analysis topics. Each day includes sessions on different levels of analysis, such as establishing ground truth, mapping ecosystems, researching current activities, and understanding system processes. The schedule also includes breaks and lunch periods, with specific tools like EPIC and EPHEMERIS being demonstrated.

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Sample Schedule and Course Descriptions

The document outlines a sample schedule for a week-long training event in Vienna, featuring keynote presentations, tool demonstrations, and hands-on sessions focused on various analysis topics. Each day includes sessions on different levels of analysis, such as establishing ground truth, mapping ecosystems, researching current activities, and understanding system processes. The schedule also includes breaks and lunch periods, with specific tools like EPIC and EPHEMERIS being demonstrated.

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Sample Schedule
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Time Location: Vienna Location: Vienna Location: Vienna Location: Vienna Location: Vienna
Admin/Security Keynote Keynote Keynote Keynote
09:00 – 09:30 Brief Presentation: Sr. Presentation: Sr. Presentation: Sr. Presentation: Sr.
Analyst 1 Analyst 2 Analyst 3 Analyst 4
Introduction to Keynote Keynote Keynote Keynote
09:30 – 10:30 SOSI: Mulvenon Presentation: Sr. Presentation: Sr. Presentation: Sr. Presentation: Sr.
Analyst 1 Analyst 2 Analyst 3 Analyst 4
10:30 – 10:45 Break Break Break Break Break
10:45 – 11:15 Analysis 101 Analysis 201 Analysis 301 Analysis 401 Mulvenon Time
11:15 – 11:45 Analysis 101 Analysis 201 Analysis 301 Analysis 401 Mulvenon Time
11:45 – 13:15 Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch
Tool Demo: EPIC Tool Demo: Tool Demo: Tool Demo: TBD Tool Demo: TBD
13:15 – 13:45 EPHEMERIS EVENT
HORIZON, Foxtrot
Tool Demo: EPIC Tool Demo: Tool Demo: Tool Demo: TBD Tool Demo: TBD
13:45 – 14:15 EPHEMERIS EVENT
HORIZON, Foxtrot
14:15 – 14:30 Break Break Break Break Break
Library Tour Hands-on Session Hands-on Session Hands-on Session Hands-on Session
14:30 – 15:00
w/Analyst w/Analyst w/Analyst w/Analyst
Library Tour Hands-on Session Hands-on Session Hands-on Session Hands-on Session
15:00 – 15:30
w/Analyst w/Analyst w/Analyst w/Analyst
15:30 – 15:45 Break Break Break Break Break
Hands-on Session Analyst Happy
15:45 – 16:15 Hawaii Time Hawaii Time Hawaii Time
w/Analyst Hour
Hands-on Session Analyst Happy
16:15 – 16:45 Hawaii Time Hawaii Time Hawaii Time
w/Analyst Hour
Hands-on Session Analyst Happy
16:45 – 17:00 Hawaii Time Hawaii Time Hawaii Time
w/Analyst Hour
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Analysis 101: Establishing Ground Truth: Identifying a Person or Organization


Analysis 101 is focused on using a variety of means and sources to confirm or identify basic information about a person or an
organization. Analysts will learn to exploit a wide variety of internet-based resources using TCE’s secure collection architecture.
Topics of discussion will include:
 Using résumés, social media platforms, and publications to positively identify personnel of interest
 Using corporate records to establish corporate entity ownership, location, scope of work, and develop additional selectors
 Locating and using company annual reports, disclosures, and websites to verify information and assess company posture
 Using official news reports and certifications to elaborate on selectors
 Geolocating facilities in denied domains
 Image search tools, include reverse image search
 Advanced Boolean search methods
 Associated Tool Demo: EPIC

Analysis 201: Mapping an Ecosystem: Identifying Connections and Relationships


Analysis 201 describes methods and sources for connecting a person or organization to other entities of interest. Analysts will focus
on exploiting metadata and secondary sources to confirm and explore connections between people and organizations with varying
degrees of certainty.
Topics of discussion will include:
 Using CNKI to determine co-authoring and research funding relationships
 Using CNKI to identify relative centers of excellence in certain fields
 Identifying relevant procurement data to determine organizational relationships and delving deeper into corporate records
databases to investigate ownership webs
 Exploiting metadata from industrial and technical standards databases
 Using corporate disclosures to identify investment or contractual relationships
 Image search tools, include reverse image search
 Associated Tool Demo: EPHEMERIS

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Analysis 301: Researching Current Activities or Capabilities


Analysis 301 provides sources and methods for researching the current activities of a person or organization with a focus on technical
aspects of activities. Analysts will identify, triage, and exploit full-text sources using TCE tools and platforms.
Topics of discussion will include:
 Methodology and best practices in using publicly available information for researching current activities
 Full-text exploitation of industrial and technical standards
 Using technical/academic research articles and dissertations
 Triaging and exploiting newspaper articles in bulk
 Video and imagery exploitation
 Using collected certification databases, product pages, and corporate disclosures
 Using CNKI to map research trends over time
 Associated Tool Demo: EVENT HORIZON, Foxtrot

Analysis 401: Researching System Processes


Analysis 401 describes methodologies for researching and analyzing how a broader strategy, policy, or organizational system works in
theory and in practice. Analysts will use a variety of full-text theoretical, doctrinal, and academic sources with restricted distribution to
place a target in proper strategic or operational context.
Topics of discussion will include:
 Methodology and best practices in using full-text sources to research system processes
 Researching how a system works using dictionaries, theoretical books, textbooks and instructional materials, and primers
 Identifying and using laws, regulations, government pronouncements, or other official documents
 Exploiting newspaper articles, news video, and local media reports to determine how a system works in practice
 Associated Tool Demo: TBD

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