Introduction
Many institutions have a regulatory requirement to complete due diligence on all their applicants and customers. The main source of publicly held data is on the internet and certain skills and techniques are required to investigate this effectively.
The internet and its supporting technologies are host to an increasing importance for human activities from communications and commerce or online gaming and dating. With more and more individuals and businesses embracing the Internet and making it part of their lives digital footprints are being left in the surface and deep web. It is fair to say that today there is a plethora of data floating in cyber space and to an online investigator the Internet has become a vital tool as web browsers, search engines, social media monitoring tools have all developed with far more capabilities to assist in the retrieval of information – if you know where to look.
Key features
• search engines, web browsers and deep web databases
• director and company search techniques
• tools to assist with due diligence and KYC checks
• geo-location tools for social media and photos
• protecting your privacy when going online
• secure web browsers, VPN’s & TOR.
Speaker
Stephen Hill
Many institutions have a regulatory requirement to complete due diligence on all their applicants and customers. The main source of publicly held data is on the internet and certain skills and techniques are required to investigate this effectively.
The internet and its supporting technologies are host to an increasing importance for human activities from communications and commerce or online gaming and dating. With more and more individuals and businesses embracing the Internet and making it part of their lives digital footprints are being left in the surface and deep web. It is fair to say that today there is a plethora of data floating in cyber space and to an online investigator the Internet has become a vital tool as web browsers, search engines, social media monitoring tools have all developed with far more capabilities to assist in the retrieval of information – if you know where to look.
Key features
• search engines, web browsers and deep web databases
• director and company search techniques
• tools to assist with due diligence and KYC checks
• geo-location tools for social media and photos
• protecting your privacy when going online
• secure web browsers, VPN’s & TOR.
Speaker
Stephen Hill