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PAI-301

CASO II

Trains CASO graduates to efficiently target big data, extract critical information, and create clear reports across multiple fields.

Duration
5 days
Delivery
Online, live
Level
Advanced

Overview

The CASO II course trains CASO graduates to efficiently target big data, extract critical information, and create clear reports across multiple fields. It equips users to work independently or in teams in dynamic settings, enabling them to deliver actionable insights for decision makers.

This course provides the next level in the CASO curriculum. Courses that pair well with CASO II:

  • Commercial Signature Reduction (CSR): advanced commercial best practices for digital data protection techniques that facilitate safe online operations.
  • Dark Web Immersion: a five-day CASO specialty course on conducting research on the dark web while maintaining safety and anonymity.

Eligibility

CASO is US Government only. Contractors may attend only when sponsored and paid for by a US Government customer. CASO I is a prerequisite.

Prerequisites

Leads to

No courses list this one as a prerequisite.

Upcoming dates

Full schedule

November 2026

  • Online, liveCASO graduates12 seatsFreeCASO graduates, government only.

Where it sits in a learning path

Step 3 of 5 in PAI Research Analyst.

  1. Optional on-ramp. Open to all; useful for mixed government and contractor teams.

  2. PAI-201CASO IGovernment only

    Core certification. Ten days, government only.

  3. PAI-301CASO IICASO graduates

    Big-data targeting and reporting for CASO graduates.

  4. DW-301Dark Web ImmersionCASO graduatesOptional

    CASO specialty. Apply the methodology to hidden networks.

  5. Identity threat tradecraft. Recent CASO graduates qualify for the five-day expedited track.

Related courses

PAI-201Government only

CASO I

Ten days of focused open-source research training that teaches teams to safely leverage publicly available information through advanced, secure techniques.

  • 10 days
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PAI-210Government only

COSMO

A ten-day intensive certification course in OSINT/PAI investigative methods to discover, synthesize, and analyze open-source data in support of any goal.

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