CSFI Radicalization and Counter Cyber Jihadist Operations Analyst (RCCJOA)

 

What Students Will Learn

Professional and academic discourse around radicalization with the intent to disrupt, isolate, and dismantle terrorist organizations.

How religious extremists use social media and social networks to recruit.

The do’s and do not’s of government (including military) response to recruiting by religious extremists.

How to read social media profiles of potential targets to understand the human terrain.

The use of scripture by religious civil society to combat and suppress extremism.

Final hands-on exercise lab and testing.

Time Frame: 1 Day

Course Pricing: $1,300 per student

Certification: RCCJOA

Minimum Number of Students: 8

For more information please contact CSFI at: contact@csfi.us

Course Outline

World History and Islam 101
Learn about the world from a macro-level to understand political & cultural contexts that shape our globe
Learn about Islam specifically: origins, beliefs, empire expansion and contact with Christian Europe
Terrorism from talk to action, The Toronto 18 Terror Plot
See from a real-life example of a terrorist plot and how a group of youth moved from talk to action
Notes and commentary on human intelligence operations in counter terrorism prosecutions
Identifying vulnerable persons guide for LE: patrol officers, border control, analysts, operators and managers
The A to Z of ISIS
Recruiting of males, females and child soldiers, propaganda, incitement & attack methods etc.
Discussion of the concept, “Terrorism in Islamic Costume” with extensive references to Islamic Scriptures
Catalog of ISIS attacks: how to learn from past incidents
Red Team Exercise
Malware Analysis Hands-On Lab (OSINT techniques) – Syrian Electronic Army (SEA)Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs).
“Terrorists employ the Internet for recruiting, training, motivating, and synchronizing their followers. The enemy frequently operates essentially unrestrained and is free to innovate and exploit its potential. Cyberspace provides new and important means and methods to collect and process large amounts of information on the local populace and insurgents.”
Joint Pub 3-26 Counterterrorism
The end state of CSFI’s unique Radicalization and Counter/Cyber Jihadist Operations Analyst (RCCJOA) training and certification is to support the warfighter, the intelligence community, and law enforcement to strategically defeat terrorist organizations and their affiliates and adherents through the use of cyberspace.
Notice

CSFI screens all applications and will not allow any applicant whose name appears on the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Asset Controls (OFAC) Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List or on OFAC’s Consolidated List to enroll in a CSFI-sponsored course.

 

 

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Paul de Souza and Bradford Rand

Paul de Souza and Bradford Rand, Washington DC 2018.

Paul De Souza and Bradford Rand after a successful cyber security event in Washington DC, 2018.

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CSFI is looking for #Arabic Linguist Volunteers!

CSFI is looking for #Arabic Linguist Volunteers!

Native fluency in Arabic and excellent command of English language, strong technical background in hardware, software and internet technologies, knowledge and experience in translating texts from Arabic into English, as well as editing and proofreading experience.

Must have:

Required:
Applicants must be willing to sign NDA and code of conduct.
US Citizens and #NATO members only.
Send resume with contact information to contact@csfi.us.

Higly desirable:
CT/CI background
#OSINT knowledge

Upon successful completion of the internship program (12 month commitment), the volunteer will receive a letter of recommendation, a certificate from CSFI along with professional exposure and recognition in the cyber security/cyber warfare markets.

#cyber #volunteering #counterterrorism #counterintelligence

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Thomas C. Wingfield (NDU) and Paul de Souza (CSFI)

It was a pleasure to get together with Thomas Wingfield from #NDU National Defense University at the College of Information and Cyberspace #CIC @Fort Mcnair. Thomas is shaping the future of American national security and strengthening our allies.

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Cyber Security Forum Initiative booth at the Cyber Security Summit 2018

Awesome Cyber Security Forum Initiative booth at the Cyber Security Summit, DC Metro. Thank you Hannah Phillips Natalia Kulczycki and Daria Etezadi for managing our booth! Thank you Bradford Rand for putting together such an impressive event in DC!

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Christine de Souza and Women in Technology (WIT)

Paul de Souza, CSFI and Christine de Souza, (USAF/DHS/CSFI/SOSi)

Christine de Souza was a finalist for the Women in Defense category at this year’s #WIT Leardership Awards, and I had the pleasure of accompanying her at this prestigious event. Thank you for your amazing service to America, Christine!

Women in Technology (WIT) has the sole aim of advancing women in technology — from the classroom to the boardroom.

 

 

 

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American Legion Post 34 – Patrick Henry

Paul and Christine de Souza, American Legion

What is the mission of American Legion Post 34 – Patrick Henry?
Uphold the constitution of the United States

American Legion Post 34, which also operates under the name Patrick Henry, is located in Brooklyn, Maryland. This organization primarily operates in the Veterans’ Organization business / industry within the Membership Organizations sector. This organization has been operating for approximately 60 years.

The American Legion was chartered and incorporated by Congress in 1919 as a patriotic veterans organization devoted to mutual helpfulness. It is the nation’s largest wartime veterans service organization, committed to mentoring youth and sponsorship of wholesome programs in our communities, advocating patriotism and honor, promoting strong national security, and continued devotion to our fellow servicemembers and veterans.

 

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Paul de Souza and Robert L. Strayer

Paul de Souza, CSFI Founder and Robert L. Strayer, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Cyber and International Communications and Information Policy.

Robert L. Strayer is the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Cyber and International Communications and Information Policy.

Before joining the State Department, Mr. Strayer was the general counsel for the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee under the leadership of Senator Bob Corker (R-TN). In that position, he oversaw the drafting and passage of the committee’s legislation and advised the Chairman on policy matters, including cyber security, sanctions, and digital economic policy. During 2015, Mr. Strayer taught a seminar on cyber security law as an adjunct law professor at the George Mason University law school.

From 2011 to 2012, Mr. Strayer was the director of the homeland security project at the Bipartisan Policy Center, which was led by 9/11 Commission co-chairs former Governor Tom Kean and former Congressman Lee Hamilton. During that time, he initiated and directed a task force on cyber security that published a report on eliminating cyber security information sharing impediments.

From 2005 to 2011, Mr. Strayer served as a counsel and, subsequently, Republican deputy staff director on the U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. In that role, he managed the development of cyber security policy and the drafting of cyber security legislation. In addition, he was a counsel on the committee’s special investigation of the government’s response to Hurricane Katrina, reviewing communications failures following the hurricane.

From 2002 to 2005, Mr. Strayer practiced telecommunications law at WilmerHale. Prior to the law firm, he clerked for then-Chief Judge Lanier Anderson on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, and served as the Si Karas fellow in the Solicitor’s Office of the Ohio Attorney General.

Mr. Strayer received a law degree from Vanderbilt University Law School, where he was Order of the Coif, and he earned his B.A. in Economics, summa cum laude, from Denison University.

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New CSFI Fellow Desislava Stoyneva (Bulgaria)

Desislava Stoyneva is a security professional who studied safety and security management in an international environment at The Hague University of Applied Sciences. Previously, she was an intern at the NATO School Oberammergau (NSO) in Germany where she improved her legal research skills and knowledge and interned as a course administrator for various NSO operational courses. Desislava demonstrated extraordinary enthusiasm and interest in the security field, so she pursued and successfully completed the NATO Counterterrorism Course and NATO CBRN Introduction Course. She further enhanced her research skills when as a counterterrorism research intern at the Marshall Center for Security Studies, where she demonstrated great knowledge and awareness about current terrorist and geopolitical issues and assessed contemporary efforts to combat terrorism and violent extremism. Moreover, Desislava demonstrated immense enthusiasm through voluntarily supporting the Regional Security Program, which took place at the time of her internship there. After graduating, she was selected as a dispatching unit trainee at the European Parliament where she served as an active member in the unit’s day-to-day duties as well as being deeply involved in the project management process.

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The IWP Cyber Intelligence Initiative (Ci2)

Joe Billingsley, Dean Lane, and Paul de Souza

The IWP Cyber Intelligence Initiative (Ci²) is a professional education program of The Institute of World Politics. IWP Ci² was designed by business leaders and national security experts to help practitioners and companies better understand the intersection between cyberspace, intelligence, counterintelligence, and national security and how to use intelligence to develop policies and operations that proactively increase security and reduce business risk.

To learn more about IWP CII programs, please visit www.cyberintelligenceinitiative.org.

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