There will be no newsletter today 🏝 Throughout February, I will be busy teaching, leading several OSINT trainings and Masterclasses. Creating meaningful material and designing hands on exercises takes time, especially when the goal is to build tasks that require real thinking, judgment, and investigation rather than answers that can be generated instantly by AI.

I have learned that multitasking is mostly an illusion. It may work for a moment, but it rarely leads to quality. To deliver something that is genuinely useful and well done, I need to give it my full attention.

The good news is that this break will be well worth it. The next edition will feature a very special guest: one of the founders of The Coalition of Cyber Investigators. I’ve been following their work and publications for a long time, so I’m really excited they agreed to stop by and share what their community is all about. Stay tuned.

If you’re planning your April calendar, the InCyber Forum Europe in Lille, France is the place to be. On April 1st, there is a dedicated OSINT Day track organized by Antoine and his team (shoutout to you, Antoine 👋)

The full agenda is now live, so you can check out the complete lineup of sessions. I’m honored to be one of the speakers this year.

Just like last year, there will be an OSINT challenge prepared by the brilliant Sofia Santos, which is always a highlight.

It feels like a full circle moment for me. Last year was my first time attending as a participant, something I wrote about in Newsletter VN#16, and now I’ll be on the other side of the stage.

If you’re going to be there, come find me and say hi!

See you in 2 weeks.