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History of U.S. Intelligence: March 16, 2010 (1/2 day)
Instructor: Mark Lowenthal
This half-day course reviews the major events and trends that have shaped U.S. intelligence, from its World War II pre-history through the current day. Among the issues that are covered are: responses to external threats; the role of technology; espionage; Congress and partisan politics. This course gives attendees a much better context and understanding of the major forces that continue to influence or determine U.S. intelligence policy.
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Introduction to U.S. Intelligence: March 17, 2010 (1 day)
Instructor: Mark Lowenthal
This is a one-day course that offers a broad introduction to the major current issues in U.S. intelligence: the current structure of the Community and the role of the agencies and the DNI; collection; analysis; the intelligence budget; and the role of Congress. This is an appropriate course for those who are fairly new to intelligence issues or as a refresher for those returning to intelligence issues.
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GEOINT 101: March 23, 2010 (1 day)
Instructor: Keith Masback/Robert Tomes
This one-day course provides an introduction to the fundamentals of the Geospatial Intelligence (GEOINT) community, core GEOINT technologies and operations, and the role of GEOINT in national security affairs supporting decision makers and operations. It is intended for those seeking a broad understanding of the evolution of GEOINT as an intelligence discipline; the current state of GEOINT collection, analysis, and community management; and the core operational and technical concepts necessary to interact within the international GEOINT community. The course theme, “We are all GEOINTers,” draws on everyday experiences with Google Earth, Microsoft Virtual Earth and GPS technology to enable learning across all experience levels; this course uses real-world problems and data. This course is designed for a wide audience, including those from civil, federal, not-for-profit, state, local and tribal organizations. The United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (www.usgif.org) developed this course and offers it in partnership with The Intelligence and Security Academy. This is the only GEOINT 101 course certified by USGIF. A discount is available for USGIF members.
Technical Intelligence: March 24-25, 2010 (2 day)
Instructor: Robert Clark/Reg Heitchue
This is a two-day course designed to explain how technical collection systems work; the special terminology used to describe them; their capabilities and limitations; how they are used in practice; the intelligence that is gained from them; and how that intelligence supports policy makers and military operations. This course will be of use to a broad array of intelligence professionals – all source analysts, collection discipline specialists and analysts, and collection managers who need to understand how technical collection assets work and the challenges of managing and interacting across collection disciplines. The course also will be of value for the national policy and military communities who use intelligence products in the furtherance of U.S. national security objectives.
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The Intelligence Budget Process: March 30-31, 2010 (2 day)
Instructor: Kathleen Reilly
This is a two-day course that offers a detailed understanding of the intelligence budget process, examining both how the budget is created in the Executive branch, primarily in negotiations between Defense and Intelligence, and then how the budget moves through Congress. This course is extremely helpful to those who are new to the budget process and to those who have programmatic responsibilities that are influenced by federal budget decisions.
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Cyber: We offer three different levels of courses on cyber. These courses are offered in partnership with the Kiernan Group (www.Kiernan-Group.com) and Delta Risk, LLC (www.delta-risk.net).
- Basic Intelligence Support to Cyberwarfare: April 1, 2010 (1 day)
Instructor: Jason Healey
This is a one-day introduction to intelligence support to warfare conducted in cyberspace: computer network attack, defense, and exploitation. It is intended for individuals starting a career in the field or who are interested in separating the hype from the reality of intelligence in cyberspace. This course covers the nature of cyberspace; understanding cyber attacks and U.S. adversaries in cyberspace; and intelligence support to computer network defense and offense, including indications & warning (I&W) and battle damage assessment (BDA).
Register online - Intermediate Intelligence Support to Cyberwarfare: April 6-7, 2010 (1 1/2 day)
Instructor: Jason Healey
This is a one and a half day-course that builds on the basic cyber course by summarizing topics like indications and warning, targeting and BDA, and introduces sessions on legal aspects of cyberwarfare, collaboration with the private sector and the interagency process, minimizing the role of uncertainty, and how intelligence sources and methods must drive the Nation’s response to cyberattack. This class is intended for individuals with two to four years’ experience who seek a wider, broader understanding of the field.
Register online - Advanced Intelligence Support to Cyberwarfare: April 13-14, 2010 (2 day)
Instructor: Jason Healey
This is a two-day course that builds on the basic and intermediate courses, reviewing previous topics before diving into more complex material. Individuals should have a minimum of four years’ experience. Topics include strategic warfare in cyberspace, deterrence and arms control, interagency collaboration at the White House and with national agencies, increasing intelligence support to the private sector, and other advanced topics.
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Risk Awareness Intelligence™: April 15, 2010 (1 day)
Instructor: Maria Velez de Berliner
This one-day course offers an analytical approach that explores how to identify, analyze and evaluate unexpected risks; risks that are ignored because they seem irrelevant or unlikely; or are not considered because of the crush of day-to-day analysis. RAI is a concurrent, issue specific, focused and active approach to “defensive risk scouting.” It helps identify, evaluate and manage the probable consequences of unknown, or overlooked, political, economic, technological, social, cultural, security and military risks likely to derail the best-laid strategy in private industry, or the best thought-out public policy. This course has been taught for multiple clients, including the U.S. Air Force, the U.S. Joint Information Operations Warfare Command, and universities within the U.S. and overseas. Intelligent Decision Partners (www.intelligentdecisionpartners.com) developed this course and offers it in partnership with The Intelligence and Security Academy.
North Africa in Transition: April 20, 2010 (1 day)
Instructor: Yasin el-Maghrbi/Robert Wysocki
Using regional experts from academia and other areas, this one-day seminar style workshop will focus on political and social reforms and shifts in the national and intra-theater balance of power across the Maghreb. Demands for political reform by domestic forces and often broken pledges to reform by existing political leadership have been a recurring theme in North African politics. Students will be exposed to a panel discussion providing insights on the leadership dynamics, political reform, and democratization – and their impacts – on the region and the West. Individual workshops will be conducted to provide more in-depth analysis of the power transfers and succession in both Gaddafi’s Libya and Mubarak’s Egypt. By attending the Egyptian workshop, for example, participants will examine the existing regime’s response to domestic demands and external pressures, as well as assess the impact of Egypt’s anticipated transition in 2012-2013 beyond its borders due to its importance in the Arab world. In a related workshop, students will examine the current state of Islamist interaction within Egypt, particularly the interaction with the Muslim Brotherhood as the leading political opposition, and their impact on upcoming presidential and parliamentary elections. Additional workshops during the day will focus on an overview of the MENA region, discussing cultural, political, web based communications, and entertainment venues and their significance in assessing the future of the region. The workshops will include a discussion of the results of a social media study conducted by analyzing the Diaspora and internal community messaging on social media including Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, and MySpace. Lastly, workshop attendees will be provided an explanation of the social code, traditions, and tribal loyalties across the Maghreb. Cultural experts will lead a discussion that exposes students to the cultural nuances underlying noteworthy events, including holidays, politics, terrorist, and military activity. MENA Consulting Group (www.menaglobal.com) and Strategy Actualization (www.strategyactualization) developed this course and offer it in partnership with The Intelligence and Security Academy.
