2024-09-12 –, Main hall
Robert Sell has been a certified human tracker in his capacity as a Team Leader in Search and Rescue for over a decade. Trained by border services tracking teams and Canadian Special forces, Robert has spent countless hours as a three person tracking team searching for real persons in the Pacific North West. He applies the tracker skillsets to help people improve their Open Source Intelligence Operations. As the Founder of Trace Labs he has had the opportunity to see the OSINT strategy and techniques of thousands of investigators. He uses this knowledge to compare and show best practises from the tracking field to help OSINT investigators. Robert lowers the curtain on the skillsets and approach real trackers take. This includes everything from detecting state of mind to sign cutting concepts. This talk will allow you to see what was previously invisible to you.
Robert is the founder and president of the Trace Labs, a non profit organization that crowdsources open source intelligence (OSINT) to help locate missing persons. He has spoken at conferences and podcasts around the world on subjects such as social engineering, open source intelligence, physical security, insider threats, operational security and other topics. Robert primarily works in the aerospace industry where he assists newly acquired organizations to secure their environments.