Cyber Operations In Information Environment Training

We provide technical and operational services and training and readiness solutions to public and private enterprises to discretely mitigate vulnerabilities derived from physical, technical, and criminal threats against their operations, infrastructure, personnel, resources and intellectual property. Our immersive AD², CASO, and Commercial Signature Reduction (CSR) courses are iteratively developed to ensure you are always getting the most current and relevant instruction for today’s information environment.

Explore Our Courses

Open Enrollment

Open Enrollment courses are a great option for organizations that require longer term planning for training in PAI investigation and signature reduction techniques. These courses are held online, several times per year, so that you have flexibility in keeping with your operational tempo, and students can gain collaborative insights from working in an inter-agency environment.

Course Delivery

All courses are scheduled online. Dedicated iterations may be conducted in Fayetteville, NC or Herndon, VA upon demand. Mobile training teams are available to host specially-tailored courses in your location. Course dates are subject to change pending minimum student enrollment is reached.

CASO™ I

CASO™ readiness programs provide best-in-class certification standards to understand and exploit publicly available information (PAI) using advanced and safe research techniques for actionable insights and decision making.

Our range of programs include half-day engagements to our well-known 2-week certification course which can be purchased a variety of different ways, including Open Enrollment for individual students. This course is for government only.

CASO I Open Enrollment Course Dates:

– CASO (Online) | August 5 – 16, 2024 – Learn More

– CASO (Online) | September 9 – 20, 2024 – Learn More

– CASO (Online) | October 21 – November 1, 2024 – Learn More

To enroll in this course, or to learn more about pricing specials, please fill out the contact form.

CASO™ II

CASO™ II teaches advanced digital researchers to strategically target big data sets to extract time-sensitive digital artifacts and synthesize streamlined reports across multiple domains. This course is specifically for CASO™ I graduates and government only.

To help make it easier to attend CASO, we’ve created a template to assist you in providing justification to your organization for attending the course. View the template.

CASO II Open Enrollment Course Dates:

– CASO II (Online) | Sept 23 – 27, 2024 – Learn More

To enroll in this course, or to learn more about pricing specials, please fill out the contact form.

Advanced Digital Discovery (AD²)

AD² is a virtual interactive distance learning course featuring proven digital research methodologies from CASO™ and a program of instruction focused on applying effective research methodologies, irrespective of the tools being used, in a 1-week online format.

While this course does not result in a certification, our cadre of instructors inject the core CASO methodology to ensure that students build the critical foundation needed to manage their digital footprint while applying research techniques in the digital domain. Our unique and secure instructional platform utilizes US government-approved encrypted solutions that are Tier C compliant. This broad set of global compliance and data protection requirements includes ISO 27001, ISO 27018, EUMC, SOC 1 Type I & II, SOC 2 Type I and II, HIPAA and FERPA. This course is open to all.

AD² Course Dates:

– AD² (Online) | July 8 – 12, 2024 – Learn More

– AD² (Online) | October 16 – 18, 2024 – Learn More

To enroll in this course, or to learn more about pricing specials, please fill out the contact form.

Commercial Signature Reduction (CSR) Programs

CSR readiness programs and Advanced CSR focuses on delivering Digital Data Protection techniques for operating safely within the dynamic Information Environment. CSR courses are offered on a case by case basis throughout the year. This course is open to all.

To enroll in this course, or to learn more about pricing specials, please fill out the contact form.

Digital Domain Discovery (3D)

Digital Domain Discovery (3D) features a beginner’s program of instruction focused on teaching basic research methodologies for publicly available information (PAI), in a 2-day course, entirely online.

Students learn to safely discover and identify relevant publicly available data and metadata and use a host of publicly available tools to enable the digital discovery cycle. We have created a unique and secure instructional platform utilizing US government-approved encrypted solutions through Office 365 applications which are Tier C compliant. This broad set of global compliance and data protection requirements includes ISO 27001, ISO 27018, EUMC, SOC 1 Type I & II, SOC 2 Type I and II, HIPAA and FERPA. This course is open to all.

3D is geared towards managers and those who desire a brief introduction to OSINT techniques. These courses are offered on a case by case basis throughout the year. This course is open to all. To enroll in this course, or to learn more about pricing specials, please fill out the contact form.

Safe Traveler™

Safe Traveler™ is an online lecture series focused on delivering best practices for travelers, Military members, and executives on business who are at risk of becoming soft targets for cybercriminals. Safe Traveler™ training modules teach students to take proactive steps against adversarial threats by learning how to secure personal devices across physical, digital, and network data environments.

Safe Traveler™ Course Dates:

• On-demand course content – learn at your own pace and schedule
• Each license includes 2-week access to all course content
• Content provided in a user-friendly learning management system (LMS) and interface to help you keep track of your progress
• Course includes videos and interactive exercises for practical application of skills learned
• Cost: $500 per license (enterprise licenses available)
• Open to all

To enroll in this course, or to learn more about pricing specials, please fill out the contact form.

Dark Web Seminar

Our 1-day Dark Web Seminar is designed to provide a foundational and advanced understanding of the hidden areas of the internet and digital identity on the dark web. Attendees will work through downloading Tor to conduct research and navigate the dark web. This course is open to all.

We have created a unique and secure instructional platform utilizing US government-approved encrypted solutions through Office 365 applications which are Tier C compliant. This broad set of global compliance and data protection requirements includes ISO 27001, ISO 27018, EUMC, SOC 1 Type I & II, SOC 2 Type I and II, HIPAA and FERPA.

Dark Web Seminar Course Dates

– Dark Web Seminar (Online) | July 15, 2024 – Learn More

– Dark Web Seminar (Online) | November 18, 2024 – Learn More

To enroll in this course, or to learn more about pricing specials, please fill out the contact form.

Investigational Python

Our 5-day Investigational Python course teaches CASO grads how to create code to automate their OSINT/PAI needs. This course is for government only.

Investigational Python Course Dates:

– Investigational Python (Online) | November 4-8, 2024 – Learn More

To enroll in this course, or to learn more about pricing specials, please fill out the contact form.

Dark Web Immersion

The CASO™ Specialty Dark Web Immersion Course is designed to provide a secure environment where researchers and analysts can develop a foundational knowledge of dark web networks and the content found therein. This course applies CASO methodology to the task of discovery and enumeration of entities on the dark web, and showcases a variety of tools and methods to maintain privacy and security while conducting online operations.

Through hands-on practical exercises and live demonstrations, we will help you gain an understanding of dark web research tradecraft which can be used to uncover risks to you, your organization, or your assets. This course is for CASO™ graduates and government only.

2024 Dark Web Immersion Course Dates:

– Dark Web Immersion Course | October 28 – November 3, 2024 – Learn More

To enroll in this course, or to learn more about pricing specials, please fill out the contact form.

Kali Linux

The Kali Linux course prepares students to conduct OSINT investigations using a Debian-based Linux distribution. We train on both Kali and Ubuntu to highlight the utility of many of Kali’s built-in investigation tools. This is also an excellent way to introduce students to the Linux operating system, as we cover all the basics of Linux command line usage, including permission management and shell scripting to automate routine tasks. Students will earn how to locate and install additional tools from internet repositories including PyPi, Github, and Gitlab. They will also learn how to read script files and customize their tool installation to their needs or troubleshoot a malfunctioning installation. Students will also learn how to install containerized software such as Snaps, Flatpaks, and Docker containers.

CASO or CSR grads prepare to conduct OSINT/PAI investigations using a Debian-based Linux distribution.

2024 Kali Linux Course Dates:

– Kali Linux Course | October 21-25, 2024 – Learn More

To enroll in this course, or to learn more about pricing specials, please fill out the contact form.

Advanced Open-Source Identity Threat Tradecraft (AOIT²)

The AOIT² course is an operational research approach utilizing publicly available information (PAI) with the intent of gathering and disseminating Entities of Interest (EOI) information to address specific mission requirements.

AOIT² is a ten-day in-person course that provides the skills necessary to conduct Identity Threat Tradecraft (Identification of EOI) process research in an open-source environment.

A five-day course is available for prior CASO graduates from Blackhorse, a Parsons Company. The CASO certification must be earned within the year prior to taking the expedited AOIT² course and have proficiency in open-source research. A five-day course is expedited using PAI research techniques learned in prior CASO courses,  with the intent of identifying EOI and providing actionable recommendations based on an Identity Threat Tradecraft methodology process. This version is tailored for those who are using CASO techniques regularly as the methodologies taught in CASO are not covered in the expedited version.

To enroll in this course, or to learn more about pricing specials, please fill out the contact form.

Virtual Operations Tradecraft Course

The Virtual Operations Tradecraft Course offers a comprehensive training on the management, strategic implementation, and effective deployment of digital sock puppets to bolster an organizations operation in the virtual domain. The course spans one week and guides students through the intricacies of crafting and maintaining digital sock puppets.

This course requires CASO as a prerequisite.

Advanced Training Options:

– Virtual Operations Tradecraft Course (VOTC) | Learn More

To enroll in this course, or to learn more about pricing specials, please fill out the contact form.

Capture The Flag Exercises

Our CTF events are designed to simulate real-world scenarios and offer a practical and interactive approach to honing the skills necessary for gathering, analyzing, and exploiting information prom publicly available information (PAI) sources. The practical approach to learning cultivates the critical thinking creativity, and adaptability necessary to success int he rapidly evolving world of PAI.

PAI research covers possibly the largest and most diverse problem set of any other related discipline. The field covers topics such as social media, website enumeration, and corporate and threat research.

Proven Results

Our CTF platform is based on the one developed by CTFd and is widely used in a variety of organizations. This serves as an interactive test where students are challenges to find real world answers to the questions we ask. The challenges are created with certain “flags” that serve as the answers to these challenges and students must use the techniques taught throughout the course to find them. We currently use this style CTF in our CASE, AD2, DWI, VOTC and COSMO courses. More than a thousand alumni have participated in their event and have described it as an invaluable way to test their knowledge.