What is the purpose of an Analysis of Competing Hypotheses? Recently, I taught cybersecurity experts how to use Structured Analytic Techniques (SATs).
We are the first German company to specialize in the professionalization of the analysis and decision-making process. We are thus pioneers in the qualification of analysis and decision-making personnel using structured analysis and decision-making techniques. We follow the approach that analysis provides information superiority. Information superiority and structured decisions are then the basis of decision superiority; this results in effect superiority.
online – 3 Weeks – part time
This training lays the foundation for a well-founded analysis qualification. It teaches the basics of analysis and the correct handling of questions. The focus is on the practical training of structured analytic techniques (SATs).
In-Person – 7 Days – full-time
In this training, all steps of the Intelligence Cycle are taught. The focus is on the practical application of structured analytic techniques (SATs) along the entire cycle. The complete training takes seven days.
In-Person - 3 days - full-time
In addition to the basics of analysis, in this training you will learn how to meet challenges in the area of object security by applying Structured Analytic Techniques (SATs).
In preparation / On demand
In-Person - 3 days - full-time
In this training you will learn the basics of analysis and asking the right questions. In addition, questions on event security are dealt with using structured analytic techniques (SATs).
In preparation / On demand
In-Person - 3 days - full-time
Within a realistic scenario, you will learn analytical basics as well as the application of Structured Analytic Techniques (SATs) in this training. The aim of these techniques is to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the analysis process.
In preparation / On demand
In-Person - 3 days - full-time
How can the experiences and insights from the field of intelligence be applied to information and cyber security? This training is primarily aimed at CISOs and security consultants (SOCs, CDOCs) as well as Incidence Response Manager.
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In-Person - 3 days - full-time
Most OSINT trainings focus on the process step Collection. However, the "intelligence character" of the discipline is often neglected. In this compact training, the focus is on the phases Direction (questions and customer orientation) and Processing (structured analytic techniques).
In preparation / On demand
In-Person -7 days - full-time
"Putting the -INT into OSINT" - This is the motto of the full training course, which focuses on the intelligence part of OSINT. While less attention is paid to the collection step, the focus is on the direction and processing phases of the intelligence cycle.
In preparation / On demand
In-Person - 3 days - full-time
"Without future-oriented analysis, no future-robust decisions." This training teaches the basics of future-oriented analysis on a topic of your choice. The focus is on the hands-on competence of generating scenarios and indicators.
In-Person - 3 days - full-time
Any knowledge enterprise is only as good as the personnel who run it. This also applies to the field of intelligence. Get the best out of your staff and increase the added value and relevance of your team.
Companies and public institutions have one thing in common: they want to be successful in what they do. Higher profits, safer streets or prevented attacks - success can be defined very differently from institution to institution. No matter how you define success, it usually depends on two factors. Factor one is your own actions and factor two is the actions of other actors. It doesn't matter whether other actors are competitors in the marketplace, organized crime, or adversaries in military conflicts.
To be successful, it is necessary to have a faster or better impact than competitors or enemies. It does not matter whether the effect is in the information space, through an earlier product launch or a stronger presence in a particular place. However, in order to establish superiority in terms of impact, I first have to make better decisions than my antagonists. The prerequisites for this are structured and low-bias decisions and an adequate information base. This includes information about one's own institution and, of course, information about other relevant actors. The goal is thus to ensure information superiority as a prerequisite for decision superiority. In order to approach the goal of information superiority, companies employ analysts in various fields of activity. These analysts have to meet a wide range of requirements in order to fulfill their missionof insuring information superiority.“ erfüllen zu können.
Creativity, critical thinking and the ability to create truly relevant products are examples of the requirements that must be met by analysts. In order to meet these requirements, your experts need a sound education and training.
On your way to making the most of your analysts and their supervisors, we support you with targeted training, practical workshops and personal guidance. Together, we can lay the foundation for good decisions and thus create the conditions for your success.
Together with Björn Lingner the first commercial for appropriate training of analytical personnel has been created. We are very pleased with the result. The core message of the commercial is that, in addition to technical capabilities in the area of collection and IT systems, companies and public institutions should also and especially invest in their personnel if they want to obtain truly relevant results in the end.
Companies and public institutions have one thing in common: they want to be successful in what they do. Higher profits, safer streets or prevented attacks - success can be defined very differently from institution to institution. No matter how you define success, it usually depends on two factors. Factor one is your own actions and factor two is the actions of other actors. It doesn't matter whether other actors are competitors in the marketplace, organized crime, or adversaries in military conflicts.
To be successful, it is necessary to have a faster or better impact than competitors or enemies. It does not matter whether the effect is in the information space, through an earlier product launch or a stronger presence in a particular place. However, in order to establish superiority in terms of impact, I first have to make better decisions than my antagonists. The prerequisites for this are structured and low-bias decisions and an adequate information base. This includes information about one's own institution and, of course, information about other relevant actors. The goal is thus to ensure information superiority as a prerequisite for decision superiority. In order to approach the goal of information superiority, companies employ analysts in various fields of activity. These analysts have to meet a wide range of requirements in order to fulfill their missionof insuring information superiority.“ erfüllen zu können.
Creativity, critical thinking and the ability to create truly relevant products are examples of the requirements that must be met by analysts. In order to meet these requirements, your experts need a sound education and training.
On your way to making the most of your analysts and their supervisors, we support you with targeted training, practical workshops and personal guidance. Together, we can lay the foundation for good decisions and thus create the conditions for your success.
What is the purpose of an Analysis of Competing Hypotheses? Recently, I taught cybersecurity experts how to use Structured Analytic Techniques (SATs).
One year ago, I entered a world that was all at once: strangely familiar and quite foreign to me – the world
Vor einem Jahr betrat ich eine Welt, die mir gleichzeitig seltsam vertraut und ziemlich fremd war: Die Welt der Cybersicherheit. Vertraut war
Bei der Vorausschau versuchen Analystinnen und Analysten auf Grundlage unvollständiger und widersprüchlicher Informationen eine Aussage über mögliche künftige Entwicklungen zu formulieren (Intelligence
“[…] a person seeking to understand any subject no longer meets the challenge of lack of accessibility to information but instead encounters the problem of how to interpret and apply that information.”
— Hendrickson, Noel, Reasoning for Intelligence Analysis – A Multidimensional Approach of Traits, Techniques, and Targets, Rowman & Littlefield, Maryland: 2018,S. 36.