OSINT Training: Recognizing & Assessing Deepfake Media (DIC Vienna 2026 OSINT Pre-Conference Training)

OSINT Training: Recognizing & Assessing Deepfake Media (DIC Vienna 2026 OSINT Pre-Conference Training)

In short

This pre-conference training introduces a structured OSINT approach to identifying and assessing synthetic (“deepfake”) media. It provides participants with practical methods to trace the origin, context, and credibility of suspicious visual content. Skills that are essential for investigative verification and misinformation prevention. The approach is not solely focused on technical model analysis, but also demonstrates how open-source intelligence methods can detect, interpret, and respond to synthetic or manipulated media in real-world information environments. Participants will also gain an understanding of the legal and procedural implications of deepfakes in investigative and judicial contexts.

The training builds progressive competencies: understanding how deepfakes emerge, spread, and influence online ecosystems; applying structured provenance, metadata, and visual analysis to verify images and video content; and examining the online ecosystems, platforms, and communities in which manipulated media is created, shared, and exploited. Through these steps, participants gain a systematic workflow for assessing authenticity and contextualizing emerging threats.

By combining investigative reasoning, structured OSINT techniques, and practical media analysis, the training supports practitioners in journalism, law enforcement, and digital forensics. The final modules include guided hands-on exercises, collaborative case analysis, and discussions on prevention, reporting, and practical response options to help participants make informed decisions when dealing with manipulated media.

Date

14 Oct 2026

Deadline

30 Sep 2026

Duration

1 day

Language

English

Timetable

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09:00 - 17:00

Tutor

Matthew Dompier
Matthew Dompier
External Expert Trainer bei CEPOL, früherer Criminal Intelligence Offier bei INTERPOL

Location

ARCOTEL Wimberger, Neubaugürtel 34-36, 1070 Wien, Österreich

Fees

EUR 750 (excl. VAT)

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Module 1 – Introduction

Introductions of the speakers
Training roadmap
House-keeping

Module 2 – Deepfake Landscape

Definitions and vocabulary
Current status
Social media dynamics
Types of threats
Corporate breach cases

Module 3 – Legal Framework & Case Impact

Austrian legal framework
EU legal framework
International perspectives
Impact on legal proceedings

Module 4 – Structured Provenance & Media Analysis

Source analysis
Metadata analysis
Visual analysis
Open source tool categories

Module 5 – Ecosystem & Community Mapping

Deepfake Communities: CSAM-focused
Commercial cybersecurity
Nudify apps and early warning signals

Module 6 – Hands-on: Amped Authenticate

Guided analysis on real cases

Module 7 – Team Exercise & Review

Team exercise and case review from Module 6
Quick vote

Module 8 – Prevention & Reporting

Prevention resources
Reporting pathways
Tools and resources: commercial & open source

Module 9 – Closing of the training

Key takeaways
Q&A and closing

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