What do I want my adversaries to do?
If you need to ask yourself that question – you need to take one of our world class deceptive thinking skills courses
The Courses
The following training packages are currently available. Should you have a different specialist requirement, please do not hesitate to contact us directly to discuss how we can support your needs.
We deliver our courses all around the world. Get in touch to find out when we are running one near to you.
Changing the behaviour of your enemies and competitors in an adversarial context is not an easy challenge. However, it’s not as though you have a choice… and we can give you the tools you need to meet that challenge.
Artifice Ltd is a specialised training and consultancy company. Most of our work supports specialist teams tasked with national security. We also deliver bespoke services to corporations, elite sportspeople and the creative industries.
Our courses and consultancy services all exploit the Artifice™ System for deceptive thinking. This rigorously developed set of models and support tools is the result of many years of development and application.
Artifice proudly supports
The National Cyber Deception Laboratory
Hosted by the UK MoD’s Defence Academy and Defence Cyber Academy.
The UK’s National Cyber Deception Laboratory will explore how technical assets such as honeypots and honey-tokens can be used to spy on and manipulate the activities of network attackers. Find out more
The Artifice System for Deceptive Thinking
Generates creative solutions to challenging problems
Supports the conception of activities outside of the target’s ability to make sense of what is really happening
Facilitates thinking outside the knowledge, mindset, and imagination of the target
Combines insight, cunning, creativity, simplicity and elegance
The Artifice System fills a void in current tools and techniques for adversary planning. I will use this in every element of leading my operational teams.”
US CourseThe course provided a methodology which makes you focus on what you actually want to achieve and how you might do it. I will be using this in the future.”
UK CourseExceptional course! Simply and smartly executed with direct application to multiple focus areas. This course will show you how brilliant and accessible influence and deception strategies can be applied operationally.”
US CourseThe course was very beneficial, it helped me understand what aspects drive operational activity and it provided the specialist language to discuss deception operations.”
UK CourseThe course has provided me with a method to break down and clarify my thinking around operational problems of all kinds, not just influence and deception.”
UK CourseAn exceptionally well-delivered system that provided new insights, rigour and structure to established planning methods. Course materials were clear, concise and invaluable to continued development of newly acquired skills.”
UK CourseOne of, if not the best courses of instruction I have received in my 21-year career. Provides the best analysis and planning models for human factors I’ve observed.”
US CourseI consider myself to be a technical operator within the cyber effort. This course highlighted the need to examine the softer skillset of deception and its place in the wider effort.”
UK Course