Training & Capability Development

Cyber Defence, Evaluation & Consultancy Ltd (CDEC) delivers professional training programmes in security, intelligence, and investigative disciplines for organisations, legal professionals, corporate teams, and public-sector bodies requiring practical, real-world capability development.

Our training is designed for environments where accuracy, legality, and operational realism matter. Courses are built around how threats actually operate, not abstract theory, and are informed by real investigative and security work across digital, physical, and hybrid risk domains.

We provide structured training across areas including:

• Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) and digital exposure analysis

• Surveillance awareness and counter-surveillance principles

• Physical security, access control weaknesses, and intrusion risk

• Digital investigation fundamentals and evidential handling

• Situational awareness, risk assessment, and decision-making

Training is delivered through in-person instruction, private group sessions, or tailored programmes, depending on client requirements. Content can be adapted to suit legal teams, corporate security functions, investigators, or operational staff who require a clear understanding of threat, exposure, and mitigation.

We are typically instructed to provide training by:

• Organisations seeking to upskill internal security or investigation teams

• Legal professionals requiring contextual understanding of OSINT or digital risk

• Public-sector or regulated bodies requiring structured, defensible training

All training is delivered by experienced practitioners and focuses on practical application, lawful methodology, and decision-making under realistic constraints. Emphasis is placed on understanding risk, recognising indicators, and applying techniques responsibly within legal and ethical boundaries.

This training is provided separately from investigative or operational services and is intended to build internal capability, awareness, and resilience rather than to replace independent assessments or investigations.

Core Training Modules

• Open Source Intelligence Foundations (OSINTF)
  Designed for professionals who need to understand how open data becomes actionable intelligence. Delegates learn advanced search methodologies, verification frameworks and reporting standards that align with intelligence tradecraft. The course covers structured data collection, social media exploitation, deep and dark web awareness and metadata interpretation — all using free or low-cost tools. This course provides a foundation for investigators, analysts, and protective teams seeking to enhance digital situational awareness.

• Technical Counter-Surveillance Tactics (TCSO)
  Unlike many legacy courses still based on Cold-War era tradecraft, our Technical Counter-Surveillance Operations (TCSO) training reflects today’s digital-physical threat reality. Participants learn how to detect and mitigate technical surveillance in real-world environments — from RF and optical monitoring to covert trackers, Wi-Fi/BLE beacons and other modern collection vectors. Delivered using current hardware, live demonstrations and field exercises, this programme develops true counter-technical capability.

• Situational Awareness & Threat Recognition (SATR)
  Modern situational awareness goes far beyond “looking over your shoulder.” The Situational Awareness & Threat Recognition (SATR) course teaches the behavioural, environmental, and cognitive techniques used by operational professionals to baseline, detect, and respond to subtle indicators of threat. Incorporating elements of behavioural analysis, movement profiling and cognitive conditioning, it prepares attendees to identify anomalies early and act decisively — whether travelling abroad or managing corporate security in-country..

• Overseas Travel & Personal Security (OTAPS)
  Built for executives, journalists, and contractors, the Overseas Travel & Personal Security (OTAPS) course provides the framework to operate safely and confidently in high-risk or unfamiliar environments. It covers pre-travel planning, safe movement principles, emergency response, and the use of PACE (Primary, Alternate, Contingency, Emergency) communication plans. Delegates learn about cultural awareness, vehicle and hotel security, surveillance avoidance, and what to do if detained or caught in a crisis event. Practical exercises reinforce decision-making under pressure, ensuring personnel understand how to plan, move, and respond effectively — wherever they are deployed.

• Insider Threat & Grey-Zone Resilience (ITGR)
  A deep dive into human and technical vulnerabilities within organisations, the Insider Threat & Grey-Zone Resilience (ITGR) course helps teams detect and mitigate threats that arise from within. Students learn how malicious insiders operate, the early indicators of compromise, and how social engineering, coercion and digital leakage occur in practice. The programme also covers psychological profiling, anomaly detection in communication patterns, and countermeasures for hybrid (digital–physical) intrusion. By combining behavioural science with technical monitoring awareness, delegates gain the insight needed to prevent minor security lapses from becoming strategic breaches.

• Digital Forensics & Incident Response Foundations (DFIRF)
  A practical introduction to digital forensics and post-incident handling, the Digital Forensics & Incident Response Foundations (DFIRF) course helps non-specialists and first responders understand how to protect, recover, and interpret digital evidence. Delegates learn principles of chain of custody, imaging, metadata preservation, and secure handling of mobile and endpoint data. The course also introduces triage workflows, file system structures, and the basics of open-source forensic tools. By combining hands-on exercises with scenario-based learning, it ensures teams can preserve integrity, report accurately, and support professional forensic investigators or legal teams when incidents occur.

Engagement Options

• Private courses for executive or security teams

• Group workshops (1–5 days) delivered on-site or remotely

• Bespoke curriculum design for high-risk sectors

Why Choose CDEC

CDEC isn’t a training vendor — we’re active practitioners. Our instructors continue to operate in the same threat landscapes they teach about, ensuring content stays current, relevant and proven. From boardroom awareness to field-ready operator training, we transfer real experience — not recycled slides.

Contact CDEC Ltd today to discuss your training requirements. Whether you need a tailored OSINT course, executive safety briefing or full operational capability programme, our experts can help you build resilient teams prepared for tomorrow’s threats.

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