Specialized training in Strategic Intelligence with i2: Become an expert in Intelligence Analysis

Intelligence analysis is a discipline that is constantly evolving due to new threats and technological advances. Analysts must be constantly updated with the latest trends and technologies to be able to effectively prevent and combat crime.

Criminals are becoming more sophisticated in the way they operate and often use complex techniques to conceal their activities. To counter this, analysts must be trained to use advanced tools and technologies to collect, process and analyze information. In addition, analysts must understand crime trends and emerging threats. Continuing education programs can help analysts develop their skills and expertise to be on the cutting edge of crime fighting.

In sum, continuing education is essential to keeping intelligence analysts current and competitive in their work. Analysts who are not up to date with the latest trends and technologies risk missing critical information and not being able to prevent criminal activity.

Our i2 training offers

Our trainings can be given in class or remotely. We also offer special rates for groups.

i2 Analyst’s Notebook is a visual analysis tool that helps you turn data into intelligence. The solution provides innovative features such as connected network visualizations, social network analysis, and geospatial or temporal views to help you uncover hidden connections and patterns in data. This insight can help you better identify and disrupt criminal, cyber and fraudulent threats.

Lasting 5 days, this hands-on online training is given by an instructor. It provides the required concepts to use i2 Analyst’s Notebook as a tool in the analytical role the Analyst and focuses on the analyst developing an understanding of the solution’s interface and tools, methodology and techniques to conduct analysis to uncover relationships and associations. This course uses scenarios based on real-time events and data relative to today’s investigations to insure the student understand how to use i2 Analyst’s Notebook and its basic functions.

The i2 Analyst’s Notebook Training Part 1 meets the following learning objectives

  • Understand Analyst’s Notebook tools and functions.
  • Learn how to create manual charts in an Association or Timeline styles.
  • Learn about data importation from files.
  • Use Graphical representations and Analytical functions.
  • Dissemination of charts.

Training Content

  1. Analyst’s Notebook terminology.
  2. Navigate within Analyst’s Notebook chart.
  3. Information search within a chart.
  4. Creation of Association style charts and the use of the page cover.
  5. Creation of Timeline charts and the use of the page cover.
  6. Behaviors of numbers within Analyst’s Notebook.
  7. Combination of several charts.
  8. Introduction of the Import Specification features and results in Association style or Timeline chart.
  9. Usage of tools and functions such as filters & histograms, visual search, social network analysis and conditional formatting.
  10. Options available for dissemination like the use of a legend, specific needs for printing and security behind every chart.

Pre-requisites

  • Understanding the basics and working knowledge of Windows environment, Windows Explorer, Microsoft Office and Web browsers.

Participants

  • This training is designed for criminal intelligence or fraud analysts and anyone else considering the use of i2 Analyst’s Notebook.

This 5-day instructor-led online advanced training builds upon the functions and concepts learned in Analyst’s Notebook Training Part 1. The emphasis is on advanced import specifications, analysis and customization rather than manual mapping. The focus is on importing data, new semantics features, analysis tools, finding commonalities within and between charts as well as connectivity to 3rd data sources to maximise analytical work and speed up investigations.

To ensure that the student understands how to maximize the benefits of i2 Analyst’s Notebook, this course uses real-world scenarios based on events and data relative to today’s investigations. It offers a certain level of customization since participants are invited to pose their questions and propose work scenarios to the instructor before the start of the training.

The i2 Analyst’s Notebook Training Part 2 meets the following learning objectives

  • Develop import and analysis advanced skills while learning techniques for manipulating charts created with mass data.
  • Identify strategies for creating customized templates for an analyst, a team and an organization.
  • Stimulate consistency in charts across teams and organizations.
  • Learn to create and customize icons, attributes, templates, palettes and chart properties that complement investigations.
  • Understand the capability of Analyst’s Notebook Premium (ANBP) and its connectors (i2 Connect).
  • Learn how to connect to a 3rd party data source and its security considerations.
  • Create simple and complex query to your 3rd party data and charted your results.
  • Understand your presentation schema within Analyst’s Notebook Premium.
  • View your analysis with i2 Notebook Web Interface.

Training Content

  1. Revision of data imports.
  2. Import specification for Association and Timeline charts.
  3. Usage of Analysis attributes to chart data from the Import Specification.
  4. Usage of other Analysis functions to extract pertinent data.
  5. Usage of Analyst’s Notebook advanced analytics tools and semantic features.
  6. Usage of attributes as part of an analysis.
  7. Center of interest of a graph and search for common points inside it or between several graphs.
  8. Introduction to templates available with Analyst’s Notebook.
  9. Creation of templates for investigation.
  10. Techniques for manipulating graphs created with mass data.
  11. Customization and creation of icons, attributes, palettes and graph properties to enrich investigations.
  12. Overview of ANBP specific functions including Chart Store.
  13. Create queries and view results within i2 Connect module.
  14. Select results and push it to your chart.
  15. Resolve disparate data on your chart using Find Matching Records function.
  16. Open i2 Notebook web interface, query your data and view it.

Pre-requisites

  • Participants partaken to an Analyst’s Notebook Part 1 course with a recognized i2 training provider.

Participants

  • This advanced training is intended for criminal intelligence or fraud analysts and anyone else who is working in that domain.

i2 iBase is an intuitive intelligence data management application that enables collaborative teams of analysts to capture, control and analyze data from multiple sources in secure workgroup environments. It enables the analyst to meet the daily challenge of discovering networks, patterns and trends in ever-increasing volumes of complex structured and unstructured data. i2 iBase provides a multi-user data sharing environment that offers rich analysis and visualization functions, with dissemination tools.

This hands-on 4-day course covers the concepts needed to get the most out of i2 iBase. It aims to enable the analyst to better understand the iBase interface, tools, methodology and techniques, in order to support analyzes to discover relationships and associations using i2 solutions. This course uses real-world scenarios based on today’s survey events and data to help the student understand how to use i2 iBase and its basic functions.

The i2 iBase User training meets the following learning objectives

  • Understanding iBase tools.
  • Learn the functions of iBase in all its forms.
  • Learn the functions associated with queries.
  • Learn the search functions.
  • Learn to visualize data in iBase and Analyst’s Notebook.
  • Learn to use iBase analytical functions from Analyst’s Notebook.
  • Introduction to information dissemination.

Content of the training

  1. iBase terminology.
  2. In-depth presentation and introduction to the functions and tools offered to iBase users.
  3. Browse and explore data in multiple formats.
  4. Creation, modification and saving of data.
  5. Worksheet data exploration.
  6. Creation of labeled formats and graph format.
  7. Building simple and complex queries.
  8. Importing and exporting data.
  9. Analytical functions and export of results to Analyst’s Notebook.
  10. Creating concordant data collection and data visualization techniques from Analyst’s Notebook.
  11. 360 search (if SQL) and full search.
  12. Administrative functions and alerts.
  13. Security in iBase.

Prerequisites

  • Know the basics and be familiar with the Windows environment, Windows Explorer, Microsoft Office as well as web browsing tools.
  • Have completed the i2 Analyst’s Notebook Part 1 training and/or be familiar with the Analyst’s Notebook environment.

Participants

  • This training is intended for criminal intelligence or fraud analysts and anyone else considering using i2 iBase.

Designers and administrators use i2 iBase Designer to design, create and update, configure and manage iBase databases as well as perform tasks that can only be performed when other users are excluded from the database.

This hands-on 3-day course covers the knowledge required to use i2 iBase Designer to its full potential.

The i2 iBase Designer course meets the following learning objectives

  • Understand the concepts, development cycle and architecture of an iBase database.
  • Learn to identify users and their needs.
  • Become familiar with modeling, creating and configuring iBase databases.
  • Learn how to deploy iBase databases and access them through Analyst’s Notebook and iBase.
  • Discover the Administration pane in iBase Designer.

Content of the training

  1. iBase Designer terminology and navigation.
  2. Explanation and discussion of database concepts.
  3. Map data flow and identify different levels of database usage.
  4. Database modeling (entities, links and respective fields).
  5. Creation of an organizational database with a focus on modeling (entities, links, fields and menus).
  6. Revised information flow and modeling through iBase.
  7. Creating a second database.
  8. Scenario with focus on modeling, information distribution and security established in iBase.
  9. Administration and options in iBase Designer (import, user security, information dissemination, schedules, upsize in SQL, indexing, migration and reconfiguration of the database).

Prerequisites

  • Know the basics and be familiar with the Windows environment, Windows Explorer, Microsoft Office as well as web browsing tools.
  • Be familiar with database concepts.
  • Have completed the i2 Analyst’s Notebook Level 1 training and/or master the basic functions and concepts of Analyst’s Notebook.
  • Have completed the i2 iBase User training and/or master the basic functions and concepts of iBase.

Participants

  • This training is intended for criminal intelligence or fraud analysts and anyone else considering using i2 iBase Designer.
  • This training is also intended for IT teams supporting a team of investigators using i2 iBase.

We recognize that intelligence analysts have specific training needs related to the nature of their work and the requirements of their field.

That’s why we can create customized training, providing advanced knowledge and skills to enhance the ability to collect, analyze and disseminate investigative information. Our experienced intelligence trainers can design specific training courses tailored to the needs of each analyst, enabling them to improve their skills and stay one step ahead of potential threats.

Contact us to discuss your training needs and we’ll be happy to help you achieve your professional goals.

Telephone Toll Analysis Workshop

This 3-day advanced workshop targets the telephone analysts. The emphasis is on hands-on familiarization and obtaining results in a timely manner.

  • Review of standard Analyst’s Notebook functions learned in Analyst’s Notebook Part 1.
  • Review of import specifications.
  • Review of Analyst’s Notebook model concept.
  • Creation of model for telephone analysis.
  • Based on scenarios, in-depth study of telephone data using imports and analysis tools.
  • Functions and conceptual techniques applied specifically to high volume telephone call examinations.
  • Presentation of results in graphs and reports.

Know your Import Specifications

This 1-day advanced workshop focuses on Import Specifications, a data import tool of Analyst’s Notebook. This specialized workshop covers only on importing data to Analyst’s Notebook and includes the following themes:

  • This workshop will review the import specifications.
  • Import specification for Association and Timeline charts.
  • Usage of Analysis attributes to chart data from the Import Specification.
  • Usage of other Analysis functions to extract pertinent data.

Financial Analysis

Based on the functions and concepts learned during Analyst’s Notebook Part 1 Training, this 2-day advanced workshop includes the following themes:

  • Concept of models.
  • Creation of financial oriented models.
  • Creation of initial fraud detection graphs and data addition by import specifications.
  • Review and usage of analysis and result presentation tools.