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Plessas Experts Network, Inc. informs, trains, researches, and consults on Open Source Intelligence (OSINT), internet technology, information extraction, security and worldwide internet usage. Let us help you navigate the languages and technologies of the internet.
Our training is tailored to our participants needs, not one-size-fits-all. From beginner to advanced user, classroom or computer based training modalities, our courses, conference workshops and consultants keep pace with emerging communication technologies, research tools and the latest in Internet innovation. Our students acquire the skills to collect and apply open-source information (publicly available information recovered from internet research and analysis) for the unique needs and requirements of our government and private-sector organizations. The expertise that Plessas Experts Network, Inc. offers in their customized training includes, but is not limited to:
  • Investigation Techniques for Social Networking Sites
  • Investigation Techniques for the Dark or Hidden Web
  • Automated & Advanced Search
  • People Search
  • Operational Security for Investigators
  • Monitoring Twitter and other Social Media
  • OSINT Support for Cyber Investigations
  • OSINT Support for Counter Terrorism
  • OSINT Support for other Intelligence Disciplines
  • Internet Search in Foreign Languages for the Non-Linguist
Plessas Experts Network, Inc. supports your research and development with efficient testing and analysis.
Recent projects include:
  • Linguistics (REMND: Robust Extraction of Metaphors from Novel Data)
  • Development and analysis (CYCLES: Cycles of Your Cognitive Learning, Expectations, and Schema)
Ongoing Partnerships:
The Institute for Informatics, Logics and Security Studies (ILS) at the University at Albany, State University of New York

Special focus on languages and international internet culture. Our analysts have native and near-native proficiency in Arabic, Farsi, Mandarin, Russian, Spanish and more.
PEN provides effective analysis with proven intelligence techniques and methodologies with our highly experienced, diverse network of skilled employees. We are part of your team, whether we are at your work site or delivering on-demand support, we are able apply our expertise seamlessly to tackle any sized project effort. Our highly experienced network of employees, comprised of subject matter experts with experience across the Intelligence Community (many with native or native-level foreign language expertise), provides us with the unique background and experience to readily provide analytic support in your organization. We have experts and linguists available with deep knowledge and cultural experience for the following languages: Arabic, Chinese, Dari, Farsi, French, Hausa, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Kazakh, Korean, Kyrgyz, Mandarin, Pashto, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Ukrainian, Uzbek and more.
Even with privacy settings in place, social media and search engines leak potentially exploitable data. Our experts will help you stay on top of the latest changes to privacy settings, offering our clients monitoring assistance and service for sensitive information about yourself, your business.
Founded in 2008, Plessas Experts Network, Inc. is a team of social media, subject matter and technical experts skilled in collecting and applying open-source information (publicly available information recovered from internet research and analysis) for the unique needs of diverse government and private-sector organizations. Our experts include linguists, analysts, instructors and consultants; military and intelligence community veterans; Middle Eastern, Asian and Latin American cultural experts. We are a Service Disabled Veteran and Woman-Owned Small Business. Our training keeps pace with emerging communication technologies, research tools and the latest in Internet innovation.
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