What You Will Learn

Counterintelligence tradecraft delivered across 8 weeks of curriculum

• Cyber counterintelligence fundamentals — Rules of Engagement, operational security (OPSEC) for CI work, and integration of generative AI assistants into counterintelligence workflows
• Influence and manipulation tradecraft — Cialdini's six principles of influence, Rules for Radicals, methods to disagree and manipulate, and disinformation pattern recognition
• Adversary behavioral profiling — Myers-Briggs destructive and under-pressure modes, Dark Triad, Pitch Black Tetrad, Big 5 / OCEAN, and the Seven Radicals framework applied to persona analysis
• Deception planning and execution — denial and deception operations management, deception narrative construction, and counter-deception detection
• Offensive countermeasures — proactive counterintelligence techniques against hostile collection, with operational rules of engagement
• Disinformation and information operations — propaganda analysis, conspiracy theory weaponization, the 44 Dirty Tricks taxonomy, and aspects of disinformation across narrative channels
• Insider threat detection with AI augmentation — the Insider Threat Capability Maturity Model (CMM Plus), traditional detection methods, and AI-driven insider threat analytics
• Elicitation methods for interviews and online operations — playbook-driven elicitation, stress-tested interview protocols, liveness checks, and online impostor detection

What You Will Be Able To Do After

Concrete operational capabilities upon completion

• Plan and execute cyber counterintelligence operations against hostile adversary collection under documented rules of engagement
• Profile adversary personas and operators using Myers-Briggs destructive modes, Dark Triad, Pitch Black Tetrad, Big 5 / OCEAN, and Seven Radicals frameworks
• Construct and run deception operations, including narrative planning, denial methods, and offensive countermeasures aligned to organizational risk posture
• Identify and counter influence operations using Cialdini's principles, Rules for Radicals, and the 44 Dirty Tricks taxonomy as defensive analysis frameworks
• Detect, document, and respond to insider threats using the Insider Threat Capability Maturity Model (CMM Plus) with AI-augmented behavioral analytics
• Run elicitation-driven interviews and online operations using playbook protocols, liveness checks, and stress-tested impostor detection methods
• Integrate generative AI assistants into counterintelligence workflows for adversary modeling, narrative analysis, deception detection, and bias control
• Brief leadership on counterintelligence posture, insider threat exposure, and disinformation or influence campaigns targeting the organization

Who This Is For

• Counterintelligence officers and analysts in commercial, defense, or government settings building active CI capability
• Insider threat program managers building or maturing detection, investigation, and response capabilities
• Security leaders responsible for executive protection, brand defense, and influence operation response
• Threat hunters and SOC team leads transitioning into proactive CI and adversary engagement work
• Investigations and HR-security partners running elicitation-driven interviews, integrity inquiries, and personnel security reviews
• Information operations analysts (state and corporate) countering hostile narrative campaigns, disinformation, and reputational attacks
• Cyber intelligence analysts integrating CI tradecraft into existing threat assessment and adversary targeting workflows

Prerequisites

• No formal prerequisites required — open enrollment, civilian-accessible (no clearance required)
• Recommended: foundational cyber intelligence or security background; familiarity with OSINT and adversary tradecraft concepts
• Helpful: prior exposure to behavioral psychology, social engineering defense, or insider threat program operations
• Technical: a workstation capable of running browser-based tools and generative AI assistants; corporate or institutional email address for enrollment validation