Sofia Salazar

Sofia Salazar

Sofia Salazar is Director of Services at Hetherington Group, where she oversees the delivery and continued development of the firm’s intelligence, investigations, due diligence, and risk monitoring services. She is responsible for ensuring the quality and consistency of client deliverables, strengthening investigative and analytic capabilities across the Services team, and translating complex information into actionable intelligence that helps clients understand risk and make informed decisions. Sofia brings extensive experience in OSINT and SOCMINT research, global security analysis, digital risk, and the identification and mitigation of online threats and exposures.

Sofia holds a M.A. in Criminology from The George Washington University and graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of New Haven in December 2021 with a B.S. in Criminal Justice and National Security Studies with a minor in Russian Studies. Sofia was the first recipient of the OSMOSIS Open Source Rising Star of the Year Award after providing intelligence on the Port of Beirut explosion 10 minutes before the situation made breaking news, all while leading an intelligence analysis internship program. She was OSMOSIS conference emcee in 2023, and prior to that, received a Gold President’s Volunteer Service Award under the Obama administration (2015) and later the Trump administration (2016).